This year, both the MS Graduation and HS Commencement ceremonies will be streamed live across the internet! For those unable to attend in person, they will be able to watch from our website page www.jamesirwin.org/live. Tune in Wednesday, May 26 at 6:30 and Thursday, May 27 at 7:00.
JICS has joined the social networking world and we would like your support! Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube provide unique opportunities to connect with our JICS families and communicate in special ways. We will use each of these networks to communicate school related information, pictures and videos about JICS. While we may communicate important information through these channels, be assured, that anything that is important will ALSO be communicated through our regular methods of communication, including email, Infinite Campus, letters, and automated phone calls. Use the links on the bottom left of this page to become our fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
We care about James Irwin families and want to provide the right tools to be successful at JICS. Our school has been blessed with newer computer donations and now we want to pass that blessing on to you. Our goal is to provide free computers to those families at James Irwin who do not already have a computer.
The free computer donations are for families who do not even have one computer in their house. If we have computers left to donate after we have helped each family get one computer, we will open the program up to other families in need.
In order to receive a computer donated from JICS, please write a letter describing how your life would be better with a computer at your house. Please be sure to include your name, address, email and a contact phone number to reach you.
Submit the letters to
James Irwin Charter Schools
FREE COMPUTER
5525 Astrozon Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
Q. Is it guaranteed I will get a computer if I submit a letter?
A. No. We will do our best to provide a computer to everyone who writes a letter, however, we have a limited supply of computers to donate, so it’s possible not everyone who writes will get a computer. We will keep the letters of those who do not receive a computer and get in touch with those families if more computers become available.
Q. What is included with the computer?
A. Computers include computer tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse & applicable cables.
Q. What are the hardware specifications of the computers you are donating?
A. There is a variety of different computers that we are donating which have a range of specifications.
CPU: Pentium 3-4 – 1.6-1.8Ghz
Memory: 256MB – 1GB
Hard Drive: 20GB – 60GB
Q. What operating system and applications come with the computer?
A. The computers we donate will come with an Ubuntu Linux operating system disk and installation instructions. The Ubuntu operating system is not that different from Windows, however, it is free and easy to use. Ubuntu also comes with Open Office pre-installed. Open Office contains programs similar to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Q. Do you provide technical support?
A. Unfortunately at this time, we cannot provide technical support for the computers we donate.
Q. Will you deliver the computer?
A. We will not be able to deliver the computer to your house. If awarded a computer, we will schedule a day and time for you to pick up the computer from the Technology Department.
JICS now has ONE easy to remember number: 302-9000.
If you are calling the ES, MS, or HS, you can use this one number to reach our phone system. The previous numbers that you know will still work for a time, but please take a minute to update your planners and address books.
