The Verizon Foundation has awarded a $7,500 grant to Bancroft, a leading service provider for people with autism, brain injuries and other intellectual or developmental disabilities.
The funds are designated to provide educational technology — such as distance-learning programs — for Bancroft’s special-educational programs, including The Bancroft School in Haddonfield, N.J., and The Bancroft School at Voorhees Pediatric Facility.
“Education is a funding priority for Verizon,” explained Jennifer Young, Verizon’s external affairs field director for Southern New Jersey. “And technology can enable students at all levels to get the most out of their educational opportunities. We’re very pleased to help fund such opportunities at Bancroft.”
Noted Bancroft President Toni Pergolin: “This grant will make a real difference in the lives of our students. We greatly appreciate Verizon for helping to bring the world to our students through technologies like distance learning.”
In fact, during a ceremonial check presentation in a Bancroft classroom, Young observed a student benefitting from an interactive white board or “smart board” — which serves as a giant computer screen on a classroom wall.
“Even though the student couldn’t verbally respond, he used a pointer to tap his answers on the smart board,” Young observed, “and his teacher could see he was following along with her instruction.”
