Bloomfield Early Learning Center Awarded Technology Learning Scholarship

COMPUTER EXPLORERS Scholarship to benefit Bloomfield Connecticut community

04.21.2010 – COMPUTER EXPLORERS (CE), an international company dedicated to children’s technology education, presented Dawn Whalen with its Edward Seeberg Memorial Scholarship to benefit families of the Bloomfield Connecticut community.

Whalen will present the Scholarship Award on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 10:00am at the BELC, 73 Rockwell Ave, Bloomfield, CT. Among the invitees will be the BELC Board of Directors, Bloomfield First Selectman, Bloomfield Public Schools Superintendent, Board of Education Members, as well as the teachers and students of BELC.

For full press release, copy & paste this link into your web browser:

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Questions, contact Dawn Whalen @ 860-238-7142 or ctce200@ctce.us

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