Project Description Country: USA Location: Glendale, Arizona Total Budget: $4,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: 16 iPads to stimulate communicating and learning for Kindergartners at Arrowhead Elementary, Glendale, AZ Need: there is a lack of ability among students with special needs to communicate with their non-disabled peers. $4,000 will be used to purchase 16 iPads to implement a Phonics program to improve student communication. Timeline: provide iPads this coming August; the beginning of the 2017-18 school year. Rotary Members Involvement: One of our Rotary Club members is a Special Education teacher at Arrowhead Elementary. This teacher will provide regular updates to the Rotary Clubs participating in this Grant. Other members will be there to present the iPads to the school, as well as follow up with regular visits to see the childrens' progress. Previously in district 5490 Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Phoenix Primary Contact: Maura Gill Email: mauragill21@gmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Phoenix (5490) 15-Jun-17 $1,750 $2,000 $3,750 Peoria North (5490) 15-Jun-17 $250 - $250 Total $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [27-Jun-17] Multi-club Educational Support [1-Jun-18] P-1733-Purchase Order [7-Jun-18] Revised Final Report

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History Log Entries 15-Jun-17 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 15-Jun-17 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Pledge of $250 by Ken Parsons of the Rotary Club of Peoria North, District 5490. 3-Aug-17 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 3-Aug-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Adam Carlat. 3-Aug-17 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Project signed by Fred Goldman. 5-Aug-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Maura Gill. 24-Aug-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Allister Adel. 11-Sep-17 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 11-Sep-17 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 2-Apr-18 by Maura Gill The iPads have made a huge impact in the kindergarten classrooms! We continue to bridge special education students into the general education classroom and watching them communicate with their peers is a great experience! 7-Jun-18 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 7-Jun-18 by Fred Goldman System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.