15 March 2013

Kea Street school celebrates $10k from Telecom towards technology

Kea Street School, which provides education for students aged five to 21 years, with intellectual and physical disabilities, from the greater Rotorua and Taupo area, is today celebrating receiving $10,000 from Telecom towards technology for its school.

As part of an internal promotion, Telecom’s Waikato-based employees chose five worthy schools to be the recipient of $10,000 each towards improved technology for their classrooms. Kea Street School put on a special assembly today for a Telecom representative to present the cheque and for all students to celebrate the gift.

Sherie Collins, Principal of Kea St School, said “In the two and a half years I’ve been in this role, our roll has risen from 36 to 57. We’ve just added another class and this is where we hope to use the majority of Telecom’s gift on a Smart Board for the class.”

Emma Blackmore, Telecom’s Community Relations Manager, echoes the excitement for helping Kea Street out with this new technology. “Kiwi kids are hungry for knowledge and these days there is so much amazing technology out there to help them get it quickly.

“Telecom is committed to enabling our children and young adults to have the access to information they need to amplify their education. For this reason we are thrilled to be helping this particularly worthy school invest in the technology it needs to help its students learn,” Emma says.

“In addition, this is a huge year for New Zealand schools with the roll-out of ultrafast broadband and Telecom is committed to assisting Kiwi kids making the most of the amazing benefits it offers.”

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