Capo Valley High Wins Computer Software

won $10,000 in computer software, courtesy of Microsoft, according to a CVHS Foundation announcement released Thursday.

Parent Wendy Harder entered the Microsoft Store's "Win Big for You and Your School" competition on behalf of the foundation.

Soon the school's computers will be upgraded with Windows 7, along with new business and academic software.

Parents and students had four days to log in and vote for their school.

Here's the winning entry:

Recipe for Excellence: Take one over-crowded public high school in a school district facing a $7 million dollar budget shortfall in 2011, add required classes using computers for all students – including College and Careers for all freshmen, English for all students and even Digital Animation for the adventuresome. Stir in 400 computers in six labs and the need for all of these computers to have upgraded Microsoft software and heap on the fact that the school budget has NO funds for these technology upgrades. Sprinkle with the knowledge that new Microsoft Office software will allow language, history and social studies students to use the latest version of Word for essays and to learn PowerPoint for presentations. Add a heaping cup of Excel for math and economics students and Expression Studio for art students. Bake with care for also upgrading teacher software for curriculum and classroom planning. Serve with better education for over 2,900 high school students!

In addition, the foundation recently received 27 used computers donated from Cal State San Marcos.