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Doing their homework: Selecting HP One hundred twenty years ago, three nuns in Edmonton, Alberta began to teach
23 Catholic students. Their work grew. Then it grew again. Today, the Edmonton Catholic School District provides
publicly-funded Catholic education to 32,000 students in 84 area schools.
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The first thing that strikes a visitor about the campus of the Vancouver Film School ("VFS") is its
super-charged creative atmosphere. The students pursue the art of storytelling with a passion that
is contagious. Whether their focus is animation or acting, visual effects or live-action film production,
game design or sound design, at VFS artists discover how to bring their ideas and characters to life.
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"Students with access to HP Tablet PCs are doing more work. They’re more engaged in exploring and learning,"
says Beverly Wilkinson, a science teacher at the school. "Teachers are becoming facilitators for
learning. It’s a whole new classroom dynamic."
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"We hope HP realizes the impact of these grants on our school. Our students are
hooked, our teachers are hooked, and there’s this tremendous level of excitement and
passion. Thanks to HP, we now have a progressive, technology-oriented culture at every
grade level. The value to Grand Manan’s school district and the community as a whole
is immeasurable."
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