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Teacher proposes CLEO Club at Abington Heights to pair students with seniors for technology help
Summary
High school English teacher Lisa Bath requested board recognition for a new CLEO (Computer Literacy Education Outreach) chapter, described student volunteer events at a senior center and the Abington Community Library, and asked the board to create an EDR faculty-advisor position to sustain the chapter.
High school English teacher Lisa Bath asked the Abington Heights School District board to recognize a new chapter of the national CLEO initiative (Computer Literacy Education Outreach) and to authorize an Educationally Related District Responsibility (EDR) faculty-advisor position to sustain the program.
Bath told the board she learned about CLEO from a CBS Mornings feature and organized a provisional chapter this year with student leadership in place. She said roughly 64 students joined the chapter’s Google Classroom and about 30–35 students regularly attended meetings. Bath described two community partnerships developed during a provisional phase: a March 31 visit to the Gathering Place senior center in Clarks Summit, where 13 students provided one-on-one help to seniors, and discussions with the Abington Community Library’s adult-services coordinator, Judy Detter, about a regular partnership and use of a library grant to support events.
Student chapter members described the initial volunteer experience. Morgan, a chapter support-team member, said she worked one-on-one with a senior who arrived anxious about using a smartphone but left the session confident after learning screenshots and how to open email. Vita, another chapter support member, said CLEO offers students meaningful volunteer opportunities that can count toward graduation and club requirements such as National Honor Society service hours.
Bath said the CLEO national organizers require student leaders before providing training and resources; the district’s provisional chapter elected co-chapter leaders and a chapter support team and the national group then supplied privacy, boundary and program trainings for working with older adults. Bath requested official board recognition of the Abington Heights CLEO chapter and asked the board to create an EDR position so a faculty advisor could be designated and the program would continue when she eventually retires.
No board vote on recognition or the EDR request appears in the provided transcript excerpt; Bath asked for approval and said related materials and training resources are available through the national CLEO initiative.
