Mifflin Elementary | Philadelphia Children's Foundation

600+ Laptops Donated to Philadelphia Public Schools

600+ Laptops Donated to Philadelphia Public Schools

Through the generous equipment and monetary donations from Radnor Middle School, Einstein Healthcare Network, Jefferson Health, the Drumcliff Foundation, and private donors, PCF has been able to significantly increase our support to Philadelphia public schools in the 2019-2020 school year. All in all more than 600 laptops have been donated this year already to various schools including: HH Houston, FS Edmonds, J Logan, WG Harding, T Mifflin, and others. In some cases, the PCF-donated laptops [...]

December 4th, 2019|Categories: Classroom Computers, Corporate Donation|Tags: Edmonds, Harding Middle School, Houston Elementary, Mifflin Elementary, Radnor School District|

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|

Assisting a 7th Grade Science Teacher plus 3D Classes at Mifflin

Assisting a 7th Grade Science Teacher plus 3D Classes at Mifflin

This year PCF was very excited to team up with Ms McConnell, 7th grade science teacher at Mifflin Elementary. We used 3D printing to help illustrate basic science concepts. Ms McConnell and PCF had been trying to figure out something to do with her 7th grade that would not merely let the students doodle with 3D software but use it to enhance her curriculum. The students had been learning about different types of energy so [...]

June 17th, 2019|Categories: Technology Classes|Tags: 3D Printing, Mifflin Elementary|

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|

DIY Classroom Computers at Mifflin

DIY Classroom Computers at Mifflin

Today we spent some time in Ms. Salter's classroom at Mifflin Elementary School in East Falls. She requested 10 laptops to use for Google Classroom assignments, typing practice, creating papers, and doing research for projects. Since we do not have a Tech-Master program up and running at Mifflin, Ms. Salter offered her 4th graders to help refurbish the ten laptops PCF donated to her classroom. The students learned to boot the laptops from an external [...]

November 14th, 2017|Categories: Classroom Computers, Technology Classes|Tags: Mifflin Elementary|

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 [...]