The Homer-Center School District and the Indiana County Technology Center have been awarded grants from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters to help their communications media departments.
(Renda Media Regional VP and PAB Board member Mark Bertig presents Homer-Center IT Media Teacher Chris Garritano with the ceremonial grant check at Thursday night’s Homer-Center meeting. Photo by Josh Widdowson)
Homer-Center will receive $50,000 from the association’s capital reserve committee as part of their program to help fund upgrades to the comm media departments. ICTC will receive $10,600 at their board meeting later this month. Renda Media Regional vice-president and PAB board member Mark Bertig talked about one of the items that Homer-Center will be able to purchase using the grant.
Homer-Center High School IT teacher Chris Garritano said that this will raise the bar on their productions.
Homer-Center becomes the second school in the state to receive this grant, while ICTC becomes the third.
