FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

XILINX MEDIA ALERT

Amidst Statewide Budget Cuts, Local School Excels
Thanks to Corporate Benefactor
Oster Elementary Students Demonstrate High-tech Lessons Learned
fromXilinx-sponsored Robotics Class

WHEN: Wednesday, May 26 1:30-2:30 p.m.

WHERE: Oster Elementary School Cafeteria
1855 Lencar Way, San Jose
(408) 266-8121

WHAT: Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Oster Elementary School in San Jose will be racing the robotic dragsters they built in Oster's Computer Club. As parents, teachers and fellow-students watch them zip their cars around the cafeteria, emotions will definitely be soaring. Here's what makes this event so extraordinary:

• Five years ago, Oster Elementary School had the lowest test scores in the Union School District in San Jose. The school was struggling to provide resources for its students.
  
  
• Thanks to an education partnership with San Jose-based semiconductor company Xilinx, Oster was able to secure additional school funding, programs and volunteers.
  
  
• Through Xilinx's "Stock for Students" program, Xilinx employees have donated stock to Oster School. They have also donated their time and passion for learning. For example, Oster's Computer Club is held in the Xilinx-sponsored PC lab and is run by Xilinx employees.
  
  
• Oster is now designated as a high-performing school by the California Board of Education and recently received the California Distinguished School Award.

You're invited to join Oster students as they celebrate not only the completion of their Lego Robotics course run by Xilinx, but also the school's renewed pride in educational excellence. With education funding cuts and low test scores in the news, here's the chance to showcase one school's remarkable turnaround and the pivotal role of corporate involvement.

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