Through an award winning grant written with the assistance of the AWS Educational Support Team, nine school districts in the state of Washington teamed up and received over $800,000. The school districts involved are: Bridgport, Grand Coulee, Keller, Mansfield, Okanagan, Omak, Onion Creek, Wahluke, and Wellpinit. This enormous grant included Technology Literacy Challenge Fund monies available through the U.S. Department of Education.

"On behalf of the Grand Coulee Dam School District and the other eight consortium school districts, we are excited about our new partnership. Partnerships, such as this one, give students an opportunity to integrate science and technology in a unique way that will lead to improved reading and writing skills. In the process, over 3,000 local students will be able to monitor current weather information, develop data analysis skills, and study historical weather trends," comments Gene Schmidt, Principal for Grand Coulee Middle School.

Automated Weather Source first introduced the Worldwide School Weather Network™ in 1993, linking schools, local broadcast television stations and communities. "The AirWatch System and Worldwide School Weather Network are being recognized as pioneering and effective classroom learning tools that truly excite and motivate students, teachers and local communities. We are extremely pleased to expand our relationship with these schools as part of this far reaching initiative," says Mr. Bob Marshall, President of AWS.