CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2012) – Learning Enhancement Corporation (LEC) has announced the recipients of the BrainWare Safari Brain Awareness Week Grants Program, established in recognition of Brain Awareness Week, March 12-18, 2012 (www.dana.org).
The grants program supports the purpose of Brain Awareness Week in promoting a broader understanding of the importance of brain research and its contribution to effective learning and cognitive development in schools. Criteria for the grants included demonstration of ongoing efforts to promote awareness and understanding of the brain among students, teachers and parents; a commitment to effective program implementation; and assessing, documenting and sharing the impact of the program within the applicant’s community and with other educators and schools.
The nine schools who will be receiving grants to use BrainWare Safari cognitive skills development software:
Recipient of the 3-year school-wide license for an elementary school:
Whitaker Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH
Recipient of the 3-year school-wide license for a middle school:
Calumet Junior High, Calumet, IL
Recipients of a classroom license:
Cherry Gulch, Emmett, ID
Harmony Elementary School, Goshen, KY
Lighthouse Christian Academy, Merritt Island, FL
North Elementary, Morgantown, WV
Recipients of a student support license:
Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
Kitimat City High (Alternate Setting), Kitimat, BC
Lancashire Elementary School, Wilmington, DE
“We received many well-qualified applications for this grants program,” said Betsy Hill, President & COO of Learning Enhancement Corporation, and the decisions were very difficult. The recipients of these awards should be very proud of being chosen as best meeting the criteria for the grants they will be receiving. We look forward to working with each of the successful applications on their implementation of BrainWare Safari and to a successful partnership in furthering the Brain Awareness Week goal of expanding awareness and understanding of the brain and learning.”
About Learning Enhancement Corporation
Learning Enhancement Corporation has developed a software platform for learning that combines the latest neuroscience with motivating video-game technology. Its flagship product, BrainWare Safari, develops 41 cognitive skills in a comprehensive, integrated and engaging way. BrainWare Safari was named one of the Top 100 Products of 2011 by District Administration Magazine, and has earned an impressive array of awards including the Software and Information Industry CODiE Award as Best Education Game or Simulation; a Parents’ Choice Award, a Teachers’ Choice for the Family Award; a Mom’s Choice Award; a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers and the Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal of Approval. LEC won the EdNET Rookie of the Year Award in 2006, honoring the most promising venture with the greatest potential to be a significant player in the education industry in the coming years. For further information, visit www.MyBrainWare.com or call 877-BRAIN-10 (877-272-4610).
Additional Resources:
www.BrainWareSafari.WordPress.com
www.YouTube.com/BrainWareSafari
www.Facebook.com/BrainWareSafari
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (7th Generation) NEWEST MODELThe new iPod classic comes with 160GB of storage in the same compact size, making it the take-everything-everywhere iPod. It’s ava…
Apple iPod touch 64GB (4th Generation) – Black – Current VersionThe world’s most popular portable gaming device is even more fun. Now available in black and white, iPod touch includes iOS 5 w…
