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Friday, December 18, 2009

Another important program is the “Mouse Squad,” which trains high school youth in first-level computer technical support skills, which they can share in the schools they attend.

NEY has also fielded teams of youth in the FIRST robotics program.  They plan to send a group of students to USC on Jan. 9 for to learn the 2010 FIRST challenge, where teams of students must create a robot who can accomplish a task within six weeks.

The new facility has several areas for computer training in both PC and Mac.  Smith said that they plan to start operations in their new location after the holidays.  Students can join for free, and members of the general public can join for $15 a month.  Students must fill out an application to be eligible for the free computer programs.

“This is the community technology center … and we want to make this a resource all of Altadena can use,” Smith said.

NEY is funded by grants from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Boeing, Lockheed, NASA, JPL, and the Flintridge Foundation.

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