February 19, 2007
Dear Best Buy Teach Award Winner,
Congratulations! Your school
is one of only 1,300 Best Buy Teach Award Winners! This year we received
thousands of applications that show the creativity and commitment of educators
throughout the
At Best Buy, we take our
commitment to our communities seriously. We know that a strong, healthy
community is a great place to live and work. We believe the strength of the
community is dependent on the strength of it schools. That’s why Best Buy and
the Best Buy Children’s Foundation are dedicated to make learning fun by supporting
programs that integrate interactive technology into the K–12 curricula. We
launched the Best Buy Teach Award program
in October 2003 to recognize schools that creatively use interactive technology
to engage their students in the classroom.
I hope the Best Buy Teach Award program will encourage a
sense of community spirit between your school and your local Best Buy store. I
encourage you to introduce yourself to your Best Buy General Manager, and
explore ways your school and your store might work together to share the news
of this Best Buy Teach award
with your community. This Teach Award packet contains a
We are very interested
in the implementation of the programs you proposed. To help us showcase these
programs, we ask that you complete a Best
Buy Teach Award Report. The form is available online at
http://www.bbycommunications.com/cr/teach_award_report.asp. I encourage you to
send the completed report back to us, as this information is extremely useful
as a measurement of the overall success of the Best Buy Teach Award program.
It is required that the
entire award amount be expended for the program stated on your Best Buy Teach Award application and detailed
in your requested program budget. Please
note: In order to make a tax-free purchase at Best Buy, you must bring a copy of your school’s official certificate of tax
exemption. Without
it, you will be charged sales tax on your purchase.
On behalf of the Best
Buy Teach Award selection
committee, please accept my congratulations on your school’s Best Buy Teach
award. We are proud to have had the opportunity to learn about the exciting
ways you are integrating interactive technology into your curricula. We
encourage you to apply for future Best Buy Teach Awards. For information about
the next round of applications,
please check www.BestBuy.com/Teach. This site will be updated as information is
available.
Regards,
Paula Prahl
VP, Public Affairs