BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- PCS Edventures! (OTCBB:PCSV) today clarified a significant lab installation into the Friendship Public Charter School located in Washington, D.C. This $95,000 sale is being funded and facilitated by the Center for Youth & Family Investment (CYFI), a non-profit organization providing quality after-school programs to students at Friendship Public Charter School and several other D.C. area schools. The installation involves a broad array of PCS products including the PCS Academy of Engineering, PCS Edventures! Lab(tm), PCS Academy of Science(tm), and PCS BrickLab(tm) for use throughout the five Friendship campuses at all grade levels.
Michael Robinson, Director of Extended Learning Programs for the Center, said, "PCS's products are hands-on, exciting, and innovative; exactly the kind of engaging educational solution we are looking for to inspire and captivate the students we serve."
"We are delighted to be working with the Center for Youth & Family Investment," said Joe Egusquiza, Corporate and International Sales Manager for PCS Edventures!. "In addition, it is our hope to expand the presence of these product lines in other schools as the Center continues to serve more schools in the District of Columbia."
Innovative, hands-on learning programs are shown to be more effective at motivating and engaging at-risk students. PCS Edventures! research-based programs are developed around the premise that student-centered, project based learning will engage and motivate a student to want to learn and to be successful.
About PCS Edventures!
PCS Edventures! is the recognized leader in design, development, and delivery of hands-on, project-based learning labs to the K-14 market worldwide. It has sold and installed more than 2,750 hands-on, Engineering, Robotics & Science labs at public and private schools, pre-schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs, and other after-school programs in all 50 states in the U.S., as well as sites in 15 countries Internationally. The Labs are supported by Edventures! Online, which is an Internet-based and accessed program available in multiple languages, through its curriculum, communication, assessment capabilities, and online community features. This site can be accessed from the Labs or from the home. Additional information is at www.edventures.com.