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| Please join us for the next CPC Partnership Series webinar featuring Rob Groleau from Nasco! |
| Topic: |
| Nasco’s Pathway to Blended Learning |
| When: |
| Wednesday, July 1 at 10am |
| Where: |
| Zoom: Register Here Password: 6NJihb |
| Swank Motion Picture Inc. |
| We are happy to announce that CPC now hosts two contracts with SWANK Motion Pictures, Inc! |
| Contract #F20-SSM |
| SWANK K-12 Streaming is a streaming platform that provides educators with streaming access to feature films, documentaries, and foreign films for curriculum supplement. |
| Contract #F20-SML |
| SWANK Movie Licensing USA provide site licensing to schools for showing movies that are not for educational purposes. A movie license is required anytime a school shows a movie outside of educational purposes such as: Family Movie Nights / Fundraising Events, Before/ After Care, Student Rewards / Incentives, Indoor Recess / Holidays, Summer Camps, or Staffing Emergencies. |
| Benefits: |
| CPC’s contract with SWANK provides members with a 33% discount on SWANK K-12 Streaming. CPC’s contract with SWANK provides members with an average savings of $100 on SWANK Movie Licensing USA. Learn more about the SWANK contract at https://purchasingconnection.org/contract/270/ |
CPC Partner Trinity3 recently hosted a webinar entitled Phoenix Pedagogy: Lessons Rising from the Pandemic.
Featured Speakers:
Jennifer Reaves
Technology Integration Specialist
Mylan Park Elementary – Morgantown, WV
Evelyn McCulloch
Director of Teaching and Learning and Design Thinking Educator in the Makerspace
Park Maitland School – Orlando, FL
Tamara Schrick
Director of Special Education
EPIC Virtual School – Oklahoma
Special guest: Steve Asper
Director of Technology and Innovation
White Bear Lake Area Schools – White Bear Lake, MN
Questions:
How can the digital tools that teachers acquired during the pandemic transform the learning in the physical classroom and/or blended environment when we return?
How do we update our Strategic Plans for the 2020-2021 school year based on things discovered and altered during the pandemic?
What are the most important things to consider with IEPs and accomdating diverse learners while distance learning?
What can vendor partners do to support schools moving forward?
Hillyard, the leading manufacturer and distributor of cleaning and hygiene solutions, is now available through Express! Please shop Hillyard for the highest quality products and support from the most knowledgeable Account Managers in the Custodial/Housekeeping Supply industry! Find more information about Hillyard by signing into Express, clicking All Suppliers on the left side of the screen, and then clicking on the Hillyard logo!
To shop Hillyard through Express, simply click on the globe icon beneath the Hillyard logo.
CPC Vendors have reached out with free resources, extended promotions, and other related information. As vendors contact us about their response to this crisis, we will update this page with their offering. Click the image above to learn more.
Updated 5/8/2020
| Please join us for the first CPC Partnership Series webinar featuring Marissa Bauer from SafetyFirst Playground Maintenance. Marissa will cover disinfecting and maintaining playgrounds. As many playgrounds are closed, now may be a good time to maintain them. |
| When: Wednesday, May 20th at 10:00am |
| Where: Zoom – Register here Password: 1SGidK |
The Motz Group are synthetic turf specialists, focusing on sports field design, construction, removal, replacement, maintenance and management.
The Motz Group has made their name designing innovative and comprehensive performance-based sports field systems, tailored to their customer’s specific needs. As a dedicated partner of CPC, we understand our surfaces leave a significant impression for years to come and are proud to offer a discount to CPC Members.
For more information please contact Sarah Shewmaker at [email protected], Zach Burns at [email protected] or call 800-871-3992
Act Global is a world leader in synthetic turf technology with an ISO 9001 Quality Certified manufacturing facility in Calhoun, Georgia.
Act Global is a FIFA Quality Licensee and preferred supplier for World Rugby, the International Hockey Federation, and the United Soccer League. The Act Global Speed Series is the leading brand for NFL & NCAA Division I Football Fields and is offering a 10% discount on Natural & Synthetic Surfaces for Sports Fields, Tracks, Courts, Playground and Landscaping Applications.
For more information please contact Mark West at [email protected] or 913-645-5570.
Hellas Construction, Inc. was established in 2003 and has grown to be one of the largest sports construction contractors in the United States.
Hellas plans, installs and maintains running tracks and tennis courts. Hellas manufactures its own products at its American factories using only the highest-quality raw materials for its playing surfaces. The only sports construction firm to offer all manufacturing, design and construction services in a one-stop-shop, Hellas applies its innovative delivery method to all its projects.
For more information please contact Ruth Hawley at [email protected] or 512-250-2910.
Since 1965, the AstroTurf brand has been driven by forward thinking ingenuity.
Today AstroTurf continues to improve its system design to deliver playing surfaces with the most realistic, sport-specific performance, longest lasting durability and sound player protection. AstroTurf will provide a wide ranging list of products and services for all types of athletic fields including: football, soccer, lacrosse, baseball and ultimate Frisbee.
For more information please contact Troy Johnson at [email protected] or 612-210-1946
FieldTurf was developed and engineered for athletes, by athletes.
Development included years of trials, tests, samples, equipment innovations and advanced formulas — all with the goal of developing an artificial turf system that combined the performance properties of natural grass with the benefits of a synthetic solution.
For more information please contact Eric Fisher at [email protected] or 888-209-0065
Sprinturf, one of the original three artificial turf companies, is the first fully integrated polyethylene turf company in North America.
Sprinturf is also the only company in North America that extrudes 100% of their fibers in-house and in America. Starting with the resin pellet and ending with the installed field, Sprinturf is a one-stop shop. Formed in 1998, Sprinturf has installed over 2,000 synthetic turf fields throughout the United States.
For more information please contact Matt Olds at [email protected] or (877) 686-8873
Updated 4/07/2020:
CPC Vendors have reached out with free resources, extended promotions, and other related information. As vendors contact us about their response to this crisis, we will update this page with their offering. Click the image above to learn more.
Cooperative Purchasing Connection has awarded a contract to Bobcat Company to provide members with access to Compact Tractors, Toolcat Utility Work Machines, Mini Truck Loaders, Utility Vehicles & Articulated Wheel Loaders. Members will get 20% discounts on select products from the industry leader in compact equipment for construction, landscaping, and grounds maintenance.
You can purchase through your local dealer. Bobcat Company has the most extensive compact equipment distribution network in the world. Bobcat dealers are known for their dedication to providing outstanding customer service to ensure long, reliable equipment performance.
For more information, visit www.purchasingconnection.org or contact Jesse Rheault at 701-241-8759. Reference contract # AEPA 020-E
