Logan Elem.

XL Donation by Carpenter Tech. Funds 3D Printer Lab at Logan (and others)

XL Donation by Carpenter Tech. Funds 3D Printer Lab at Logan (and others)

PCF was very lucky to have been awarded a $10,000 donation by Carpenter Technologies. They donate every year as part of their annual Impact Awards and PCF was lucky to be recognized and win this year's award. Furthermore, the award is normally $5,000 but when Carpenter Technologies learned more about what PCF does, they doubled it!!! One of the schools that benefited was Logan Elementary, a school PCF has worked with for years. PCF donated [...]

June 29th, 2025|Categories: Corporate Donation, PCF News, Technology Classes|Tags: 3D Printing, Logan Elem.|

~250 Family Take-Home Computers Donated

~250 Family Take-Home Computers Donated

PCF has been working with selected schools to provide parents and caregivers with free take-home computers. As part of the application process, parents commit to spend at least one hour a week with their student/s on the (premium) educational websites that are provided by the District. These are the same educational websites students use during school hours. Tools such as Lexia, iReady, Sumdog and so forth provide a great way for students to cacth up [...]

December 2nd, 2019|Categories: Take Home Computers|Tags: Edmonds, Emlen Elementary, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem.|

Classroom Computers/Printers for Our Partner Schools

Classroom Computers/Printers for Our Partner Schools

During the 2018-19 school year, PCF donated and installed hundreds of desktop computers to various local schools including Houston, Emlen, Logan, Mifflin, and others. The bulk of them were installed into classrooms with the remainder used in computer labs, libraries, and parent resource (HSA) rooms. About 20 printers were installed in various classrooms too. The computer equipment is donated to PCF by various local businesses. We then clean it up and refurbish it (add memory [...]

June 18th, 2019|Categories: Classroom Computers, Corporate Donation|Tags: Emlen Elementary, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|

60 High-End Laptops to Three Schools

60 High-End Laptops to Three Schools

On August 20th, PCF Western suburbs co-founders Ashwin and Srikar, along with their new volunteer Divyesh G., had the opportunity to visit three Philadelphia public schools to distribute a total of 60 laptops. Over the summer, the duo contacted local area companies and organizations to solicit the computer donations. In the end, they acquired about 120 great laptops, many of them with touch screens, lots of memory and crisp displays. Ashwin and Srikar cleaned the equipment [...]

August 20th, 2018|Categories: Classroom Computers, PCF News, PCF Suburbs|Tags: Emlen Elementary, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem.|

3D Teaching During the 2017-18 School Year

3D Teaching During the 2017-18 School Year

During the 2017-2018 school year, PCF greatly enhanced our 3D Printing offering. In order to do so, we purchased a new printer that allows us to print more objects at the same time and it is much faster. We provided classes during and after school at Edmonds, Logan, Emlen and Mifflin. Since printing still takes a long time, the objects are printed at our office after they are created. So students may finish something one [...]

June 17th, 2018|Categories: Technology Classes|Tags: 3D Printing, Edmonds, Emlen Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|

Classroom Computers Installed

Classroom Computers Installed

During the 20117-18 school year, a great deal of effort was spent ensuring that the teachers in the schools we work with have all the computer equipment they need...or that they have room for, in some cases. The District has done a great job providing schools with additional computers and ChromeBooks but the need remains great. So PCF has worked hard to try and fill the gap. In many cases. the hardest part for us [...]

May 16th, 2018|Categories: Classroom Computers|Tags: Emlen Elementary, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|

30+ Projectors Distributed

30+ Projectors Distributed

Two weeks or so ago, Friends' Central School in Wynnewood donated a van-load full of iMacs and Projectors to PCF. This week, the projectors were distributed to some very happy schools including Emlen, Logan, Dobson, Mifflin, Steel, Houston, and Edmonds. To save each school's tech person the hassle, PCF changed the settings on the projectors as they will not be ceiling mounted. It is a little quirky changing the settings when the screen is projected upside [...]

November 21st, 2017|Categories: Classroom Computers, Corporate Donation|Tags: Dobson Elementary, Edmonds, Edward T. Steel, Emlen Elementary, Friends' Central, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|

“Tech-master” Program at Logan

“Tech-master” Program at Logan

PCF is delighted to implement our "Tech-Master" program (a.k.a. "It Support Team" or "Geek Squad" program) at Logan. Logan has utilized PCF's Classroom Computers for a few years now and the goal is to teach a small group of 3rd and 4th graders how to install and update PCF's computers as needed. PCF has always utilized students whenever possible but this class' goal is to make these young students responsible for our equipment. In the process, [...]

October 26th, 2017|Categories: Classroom Computers, Tech-Masters, Technology Classes|Tags: Logan Elem.|

Five Below Back-to-School Drive

Five Below Back-to-School Drive

Five Below has been incredibly supportive of PCF by organizing two separate customer donation drives at various Philadelphia area locations. Altogether, these drives have amounted to several thousand dollars in toys and much needed supplies. Earlier this year, the Easter drive was a huge success which enabled several schools to create incentive programs aimed at improving behavior among students. Most recently, Justin Strycharz and regional manager Craig Ridgell once again organized a customer donation drive, this [...]

August 22nd, 2017|Categories: Corporate Donation, PCF News, Sponsors|Tags: Duckrey Elem., Edward T. Steel, Emlen Elementary, Five Below, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem.|

Five Below Customer Donation Drive

Five Below Customer Donation Drive

Justin Strycharz (l) and Craig Ridgell In the early Spring, PCF received a call from Justin Strycharz at Five Below asking if we would like to participate in their annual Easter Drive. PCF would be the recipient of goods purchased and donated by Five Below customers during checkout at regional stores. We replied that we'd love to participate figuring we would receive a few boxes of goods that we would divvy up among [...]

July 14th, 2017|Categories: Corporate Donation, PCF News|Tags: A.B. Day Elem., Dobson Elementary, Edward T. Steel, Emlen Elementary, Five Below, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary, Shawmont Elementary|

Large Book Donation to Logan Elementary

Large Book Donation to Logan Elementary

PCF donated two palettes of books (and some furniture) to Logan Elementary. These books were donated by multiple sources including the Radnor School district, Wells Fargo and others. The books were sorted by PCF volunteers according to subject and reading level during the last two volunteering events at the warehouse. Logan had provided us with the subjects to use for our sorting. Students are always thrilled when called upon to help (and get out of [...]

April 3rd, 2017|Categories: Library Support|Tags: Logan Elem., Radnor School District|

Logan Computers Updated

Logan Computers Updated

PCF Recently updated all 50-some-odd computers at Logan Elementary. Logan was the first school we updated using PCF's new "imaging" method. Since we installed the computers at Logan last year, Adobe discontinued Flash for the version of Linux we had been using and Google replaced Chrome with another browser (Chromium). As a result, some websites used by students did not work anymore. In the past, it would have taken several volunteers about a week to [...]

November 24th, 2016|Categories: Classroom Computers|Tags: Logan Elem.|

Radnor Middle School Book Donation

Radnor Middle School Book Donation

The Radnor School District has been a great partner of PCF over time, supplying us with laptops, computers, carts, and books. Many Philadelphia schools have benefited from their generosity. When their librarian Catherine contacted us about another donation of books, it sounded like we'd be picking up a few boxes. When we got there, however, it looked like we would not be able to fit them all. As you can tell by the photos, it [...]

October 6th, 2016|Categories: Library Support, Sponsors|Tags: Logan Elem., Radnor School District|

3D Classes at Emlen and Logan

3D Classes at Emlen and Logan

After finishing up our 3D printing classes at Henry two weeks ago, we have started a new course at Emlen and expect to start another at Logan soon. Both these classes will run until the end of the school year. PCF owns an old 3d printer that was donated to us. We bring the printer to class with us so kids can see how it works. During the week following class, PCF touches up the [...]

May 9th, 2016|Categories: Technology Classes|Tags: 3D Printing, Emlen Elementary, Logan Elem.|

Classroom Computers for James Logan

Classroom Computers for James Logan

We found out about Logan Elementary, located just NW of Mt. Airy, from the Principal at Emlen. After meeting with Logan's Principal and TTL, PCF decided to support them with our Classroom Computers program. Man, are we glad we did. In fact, we liked working with this school so much that we will be starting our 3D printing class at Logan in mid May. Like all other schools, Logan's needs are vast. But what made [...]

April 1st, 2016|Categories: Classroom Computers|Tags: Logan Elem.|

The Move Before The Storm

The Move Before The Storm

We have learned that it helps to move our equipment into staging rooms inside schools before we show up at a future date to install them. This way, we cut down on truck rental expenses plus we make the most efficient use of our volunteers' time during installation and it gives us a chance to get the lay of the land beforehand. We have also learned that for two people to move 130+ computers into [...]

March 17th, 2016|Categories: Classroom Computers|Tags: Cramp Elem., Edward T. Steel, Logan Elem.|