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MEDIA ADVISORY

THE QWEST FOUNDATION HELPS FUND AND SUPPORT THE FUTURE CITY COMPETITION IN PHOENIX ARIZONA

WHO:
Seventh- and eighth-graders at Canyon Breeze Elementary School will be working on their entries for the Phoenix Region Future City Competition. The Phoenix Region Future City competition is sponsored in part by a $2,500 grant from the Qwest Foundation, Qwest Communications’ philanthropic program.

WHAT:
The Future City Competition is a national program sponsored by the engineering community to promote technological literacy and engineering to middle-school students. Approximately 280 teams, representing 40 schools, will compete in the Phoenix Region Future City Competition, which fosters an interest in math, science, and engineering through hands-on, real-world applications. Students work under the guidance of a teacher and practicing engineer to construct a scale model, computer model or write an essay about their section of a sustainable city of the future and create an oral presentation for the judges.

Canyon Breeze Elementary School has 20 teams preparing for the Phoenix-region competition in January. Canyon Breeze teachers weave the program outcomes, which are aligned with Arizona’s state education standards, into the science, math, social studies and language arts curriculum.

WHERE:
Canyon Breeze Elementary School, Room 400, 11675 W. Encanto Blvd., Avondale

WHEN:
Nov. 15, 2004, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:

• Students creating and describing their cities of the future
• Interview with Kerry Polhmeyer, teacher and Future City coach at Canyon Breeze Elementary School, and Jeff Mirasola, Qwest spokesperson for Arizona

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Qwest
Jeff Mirasola
602-630-8224

Future City Phoenix
Vi Brown
480.345.2580 (office)
480.205.2616 (mobile)