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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Win $100K For Jefferson Schools in Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest here from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so now’s the time to get your …

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Schools: We'd Spend Prize Money on Technology

Electronic devices on top of wish lists if Jefferson wins Patch prize money.

Technology and electronic products are on many personal holiday wish lists this year, and it seems that the Jefferson Township school district is no different. Jefferson Patch is promoting its deck the house contest, which could net the grand prize winner $100,000 to be donated to its school district. So we asked some folks in the district what they would do with a $100,000 windfall. “Technology is on my wish list,” said superintendent Kathaleen Fuchs. “I'd love to see more laptops, ipads, smartboards and LCD projectors for our students.” Board of Education president Ron Smith agreed, but added that he'd like to see wireless access throughout the entire district. Sandra Alfano, president of the Jefferson Consolidated PTA, also agrees that …

Luv My Kids

6:17 pm on Friday, December 23, 2011

Quite honestly, if Jefferson were to win I think they should ask some of the high school students what is really needed. Technology is a big area but it should be in upgrading the software so that we are not still running 2003 versions of programs that do not work with new versions the students have in their home computers. Another area in desperate need of upgrade is college and career planning…   more ›

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