The last two weeks have been quite eventful for the staff and participants in our LEAP program. On December 1, everyone in LEAP went to Wal-Mart to participate in Clark Howard’s annual “Clark’s Christmas Kids” holiday event. Led by LEAP Director Scott Baldrich and instructors Grey Eaton and Adam Branson, the group selected a child to “adopt.” Then each LEAP participant purchased an item from that child’s wish list to donate.
Continue ReadingLEAP Summer Project with the Computer Museum of America
One of the activities in our LEAP into Summer program is the Hands on Tools class led by Grey Eaton. Every summer, our LEAP camp participants have the fun of working on a group project. This year’s creation will be a full scale model of Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite. The opportunity for this project comes from our neighbors at the Computer Museum of America (CMoA).
Continue ReadingComputer Museum of America Partners with Eaton Academy LEAP Program
In early September, Grey Eaton and the participants of the LEAP program started working on a restoration and refurbishment project for the Computer Museum of America (CMoA). The team was tasked with restoring a wall of display cases in the museum’s entrance hall.
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