The 2022 Larry Grothues Memorial CCHS Golf Classic Rocked It……….
……….thanks to Louann Grothues, the Golf Classic committee, sponsors, donors, golfers, and CCHS staff!
Led by Chairman Frank Medina ’85, the tournament brought in $72,000!
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That $72,000 will fund 21st Century technology tools and infrastructure, including:
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Kickstart Central’s new eSports Team program (competition using video games), launching in Fall 2022 with 12 varsity players, two coaches, and partnerships with St. Mary’s University and Texas A&M - San Antonio. Central will be the first private high school in San Antonio with a Varsity eSports program.
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New Lenovo Chromebook laptops for any student that needs a device; This initiative levels the playing field and bridges the technology divide among students.
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Critically needed, expensive Firewall hardware and security software
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TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FROM GOLF CLASSIC
Past Golf Classic tournaments have raised over $500,000 in the last six years alone to fund technology initiatives for Central Catholic such as the following:
- New Lenovo laptops for any
student that needs a device; includes hardware, software, Chromebook O/S; warranty and maintenance
- State-of-the-art server that
provides power solutions for all technology needs
- Chromebooks
- Promethean Smart Boards
- Communications Lab “Brother Harry Cornell S.M. Global Communications Lab, underwritten by Larry Grothues"
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- High-speed WiFi campus-wide;
- Probes, Interfaces and Vector Laptops
- Desktop Centrifuge for Chemistry Lab
- 30 new computers and furniture for the Computer lab
- Texas Instruments' NSpire graphing calculators for math students
- XENEX LightStrike Robot (helps eliminate 99.9% of viruses in a classroom environment.)
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- Touchless Digital Temperature Check Kiosk
- School-wide ZOOM License
- Microphones and 30 Web Cameras for Virtual Learning
- Eight Auto-Tracking SWIVL Cameras
- Two MakerBot 3D printers and 12 new computers for the Engineering program (now offering a Robotics course and dual credit engineering with St. Mary's University).
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