MOUSE Highlights: IS 49 Berta Dreyfus

zongjuan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:24:25 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to visit our MOUSE Squad of the Year. This squad has 4 students 1 girl, and 3 boys. They meet everyday during lunch for 45 minutes to work and then every Friday they take a couple of hours for squad meetings, and Mr. Valia, the faculty advisor, rewards the students with pizza.
The students manage 4 computers labs throughout the school and their responsibilities include re-imaging laptops, hardware troubleshooting, hardware replacement, software troubleshooting, smartboard set-up, and and setting up projectors. In addition to all of the great work this Squad performs on-site, they also reach out to other schools in their community and offer their professional and technical support services to faculty and administrators at local schools. They've dubbed their service "MOUSE Mobile Solutions" and pitch themselves as a low cost alternative for out of warranty machines. Sandra Barnes a principal from P.S. 57 had this to say about the IS 49 MOUSE Squad ”Kudos to the Mouse Squad and Mr. Valia of IS 49. They successfully repaired my out of warranty laptop and saved our school $400.00. I am so grateful to the youngsters who have applied their technology knowledge to repair and revive my laptop that I thought would have been irreplaceable. Thank you so much. ”

Learn more about Mobile Soultions by IS 49.

The IS 49 MOUSE Squad produced this video highlighting why they won the MOUSE Squad of the Year Award.

MOUSE Squad Vlog: We Won MOUSE Squad of the Year! from Matthew Valia on Vimeo.

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MOUSECORPS at the Garden - December 30th, 2007

JB — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:09:12 +0000

Over the christmas break, MOUSECORPS met for the perfect team outing over a institution of New York City--literally.

MOUSECORPS and a select group of friends were invited to a Suite at Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks duke it out with the Chicago Bulls.

Fitting as one of the many perks for joining MOUSECORPS, students were treated to complimentary food and drinks to chow on in their private viewing box of the game.

_{MOUSECORPS students, Gideon Boateng (orange top) and Lawy Tindi enjoying refreshments.}

_{Left to right, MOUSECORPS students Lawy, Gideon, Leroy and Ryan.}

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MOUSE Highlights: IS 49 Berta Dreyfus

MOUSECORPS at the Garden - December 30th, 2007