Pearl Ridge Elementary will receive $1.15 million in education special funds to support the school’s use of technology.
The funding will go toward upgrades to electrical transformers, outlets, conduits and control panels. The improvements are needed to support increased technology use at the school.
The design phase will begin in July, with construction scheduled to follow from June 2013 to February 2014.
State Rep. Heather Giugni (D, Aiea-Halawa) calls the planned upgrades a milestone. She says it is essential to give Hawaii’s students every resource possible to learn and compete in an age of rapidly evolving technological innovation.
More grants recently awarded:
» The Ho’okele Foundation has given a $5,000 grant to Catholic Charities Hawaii for the organization’s "Get Fit Kupuna" program, which encourages older adults to be physically active.
» The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $2.8 million in grants to support nonprofit programs that target low-income Hawaii residents living with HIV/AIDS. The recipients are Gregory House Programs, based in Honolulu, which has been awarded a permanent supportive housing renewal grant of $1.4 million to continue providing rental assistance to 35 households and transitional housing to 11 households; and the Maui AIDS Foundation, which was awarded a renewal grant of $1.4 million to continue its "Neighbor Island Housing" program that provides
60 households with rental assistance; 10 households with short-term rent, mortgage, and utility assistance to prevent homelessness; and 351 households with support and housing information services.
» The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded $430,000 to the Liko A’e Native Hawaiian Scholarship Program, which will provide financial aid to full-time, nontraditional students for the 2012-2013 academic year, to attend accredited universities and colleges nationwide and identified vocational schools in Hawaii. The grant will fund scholarships of $2,000 to $5,000. Eligible students can apply by the May 1 deadline.
