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Friday, January 22, 2010

Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy receives first national corporate donation from Raytheon Company

Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Foundation today announced that Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has pledged $175,000 to the capital campaign for the construction of the Elings Center for Engineering Education on the Dos Pueblos High School campus.

“Raytheon believes tomorrow’s innovators need to be excited by math and science education today,” said Kristin Hilf, vice president of Raytheon corporate public affairs. “The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy is a unique program that furthers our mission of engaging and inspiring students through its engineering directed and hands-on approach to curriculum. We are honored to support the academy’s growth plans and look forward to helping them inspire students of all ages for years to come.”

The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy has been the fortunate recipient of Raytheon’s generosity for several years. From financial support to volunteer technical mentors, Raytheon has been engaged with the Academy since its inception in 2002 and with the robotics team since its beginning in 2006.

Amir Abo-Shaeer, director of the academy, said, “We are happy that Raytheon is the first major national corporation to recognize our program at the corporate level. Seeing our relationship with the company grow over the years validates the quality of our academic program and our plans for the future of education.” The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy will recognize Raytheon for all its support for the program, in previous years and in pledges for the future, by naming the electrical engineering classroom in the new facility the “Raytheon Electrical Engineering Laboratory.”