Adopt-a-School Program

Those companies using ESRI's software can choose to sponsor a school in the "Adopt-A-School Program". This program encourages companies to become active in their community, and to encourage the education of today's students, with respect to GIS. In addition, ESRI would like to encourage GIS users at these companies to work with their local schools and libraries, sharing information and expertise, helping the general public learn how to explore their world. And while the Schools and Libraries Bundle contains a vast amount of data, ESRI would like to encourage users to share local data with schools and libraries to give a community based perspective to GIS education.

How Users Can Help

Users can help by getting involved in their local communities. Schools and Libraries will benefit from a user's experience in the GIS industry; in addition, users can set ensure that schools and libraries have the appropriate software and data to educate students in GIS. Users can help in the following ways:

• Find people who are interested in using GIS at the local school or library.
• Introduce the staff to GIS basics.
• Ensure that the institution has adequate hardware to run a desktop GIS.
• Acquire and install the ArcView Schools and Libraries Bundle.
• Provide background and training to the staff.
• Provide local data to the institution to give a local perspective