America Online, Inc. Boosts Innovation in Local Schools With Inaugural AOL Aspirations Grants.Business Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2002 12 Washington, D.C.-Area Schools Receive Grants of Up to $10,000 Each For Creative Programs to Realize the Dreams of Disadvantaged Students AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis and Baseball Legend Cal Ripken Present Awards at Capitol Hill Ceremony After-school mentoring, college tours, nutrition programs, reading skills development and character-building initiatives are among the innovative approaches to realizing the dreams of disadvantaged youth that will be supported by the first AOL Aspirations Grants. The grants will be announced today by America Online See AOL. , Inc. Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis and baseball legend Cal Ripken at a Capitol Hill ceremony. AOL, the world's largest interactive services company, is awarding grants of up to $10,000 each to 12 middle and high schools from Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland to implement 2002-2003 school-year programs designed to nurture the lifetime career aspirations of disadvantaged youth. "The superb programs developed by this first round of AOL Aspiration Awards winners exemplify ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. what the program and our company are all about: using innovation and community commitment to help people reach beyond their boundaries and become winners in life," said Mr. Leonsis. "By supporting efforts to bring together creative approaches, talented educators and role-model mentors, we hope these grants will help inspire young people to achieve their potential and open doors that may have been closed to them before." Public schools from Washington, DC; Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington and Prince William Counties as well as the cities of Falls Church Falls Church, independent city (1990 pop. 9,578), NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. as a town 1875, as a city 1948. There is diverse light manufacturing, including telecommunications equipment. , Manassas and Alexandria in Virginia; and Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
The grants are meant to be used as flexible resources to help raise students' aspirations. Some of the funds may be used for student projects, college awareness activities, rewards and recognition of student achievement, supplies to enable students to pursue particular interests and support to restructure a department or area in the school that would impact students and raise their aspirations. The winners of this year's grants were: Washington DC Business and Finance Academy, Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, Spingarn STAY High School, Stuart-Hobson Museum Magnet School magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. . Virginia Farmwell Station Middle School, Ashburn; Graham Park Middle School, Triangle; Mount Vernon High School Mount Vernon High School could refer to:
Maryland John Poole Middle School John Poole Middle School is a public middle school located in Poolesville, Maryland. It is the only middle school that feeds to Poolesville High School. The school receives students from Poolesville Elementary School, in Poolesville, and Monocacy Elementary School, in Dickerson, MD. , Poolesville; Montgomery Blair High School Montgomery Blair High School (most often simply known as Blair) is a public high school located in Silver Spring in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland. , Silver Spring; NEW School, Takoma. This year's AOL Aspirations Fund grants will serve as a pilot program that will expand locally as well as into other AOL locations around the country over the next several years. The Aspirations Fund grants are part of AOL Aspires, America Online's national philanthropic strategy designed to foster the imaginations and aspirations of disadvantaged youth. Under this theme, AOL is sponsoring a range of initiatives that focus on economically disadvantaged youth and help them to reach their potential through educational and career opportunities, while nurturing creative talent. For more information on this year's AOL Aspirations Fund grant recipients as well as other AOL philanthropic initiatives, visit AOL Keyword: AOL Aspires or www.AOLAspires.org. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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