K.T. Murphy Elementary School fourth-grader Dylan Alcin found a new hobby in gardening when she and her classmates beautified Cove Island Park in Stamford with their General Electric ePals Friday. [Flowers] are so colorful, and Ive never done it before, Dylan said, describing her new activity.
The GE ePal program is designed to help fourth- and fifth-graders become more acquainted with the keyboard, email, Microsoft Word and other basic computer skills. Each student is assigned to an ePal and the two email back and forth throughout the school year. The experience helps students not only meet state standards for technology, it also helps prepare them for the world, a GE statement says.
At the end of the school year, the ePals and students meet at the park and clean it before having lunch and running around on the playground. This is the fourth year that GE has run the program with K.T. Murphy.
The school has little grass and open space, so it often uses Cove Island Park for large outdoor activities. The students and GE employees work at the park to learn lessons about giving back to the community.
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