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HP Awards Classroom Technologies to 172 Institutions
5/3/2007
Center Elementary School, WillingtonDanbury High School, Danbury
Glastonbury Elementary Magnet School, East Hartford
Plainfield Central School, Plainfield
District of Columbia
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Washington
Florida
Avon Park High School, Avon Park
Alternative Learning Center, Tallahassee
Joseph Williams Elementary, Gainesville
Madeira Beach Middle School, Madeira Beach
Rosenwald Middle School, Panama City
School for Applied Technology, Miami
Georgia
Cook Primary School, Adel
Huntley Hills Elementary, Chamblee
Lumpkin County Middle School, Dahlonega
Montessori School, Chamblee
North Whitfield Middle School, Dalton
Social Circle Primary School, Social Circle
Hawaii
President Abraham Lincoln Elementary, Honolulu
Idaho
Boise State University, Boise
Meridian Technical Charter High School, Meridian
Illinois
Brownstown Elementary School, Brownstown
DePaul University, Chicago
Judith Giacoma Elementary, Westville
Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Chicago
Tremont Elementary School, Tremont
Indiana
Central Middle School, Columbus
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute
Iowa
Peet Junior High, Cedar Falls
Kansas
Neosho County Community College, Chanute
Santa Fe Middle School, Newton
Kentucky
Charles Straub Elementary School, Maysville
McBrayer Elementary, Morehead
Olmstead School, Olmstead
Owensboro Community and Technical College, Owensboro
Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah
Louisiana
J. B. Martin Middle School, Paradis
Leonville Elementary School, Leonville
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport
Raymond K. Smith Middle School, Luling
South Street Elementary, Opelousas
Maine
Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Maryland
Frederick High School, Frederick
John Poole Middle School, Maryland
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston College, Chestnut Hill
Boston University, Boston
Elm Park Community School, Worcester
Huntington School, Brockton
Lake Street School, Spencer
Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill
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