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NBA's T.J. Ford, LeapFrog SchoolHouse to Donate $40,000 in Personal Learning Tools to Houston Area Schools

Business Wire, Jan 10, 2005

LeapFrog SchoolHouse

WHO:

    --  T.J. Ford, Milwaukee Bucks (from the University of Texas)

    --  Libby Preble, LeapFrog SchoolHouse

    --  Beverly Walker, Asst. Superintendent, Goose Creek Consolidated
        Independent School District

    --  Michael Wahl, Principle, Harlem Elementary

    --  Nell Hartleib, Principle, Pumphrey Elementary

    --  Calvin Mundinger, Mayor of Baytown

    --  Don Murray, Baytown City Council

    --  Sylvia Garcia, Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 2

WHAT:   Press conference announcing donation of $40,000 worth of
        LeapFrog SchoolHouse personal learning tools (PLTs) to the
        students in the Goose Creek School District. Ford, a former
        Baytown area native who attended Goose Creek School District
        before moving to the Fort Bend School District, will return to
        make a lasting educational impact on the kids of the
        community.  By partnering with LeapFrog SchoolHouse to make
        this donation, T.J. hopes to help kids succeed academically.

        The donation includes LeapFrog SchoolHouse's personal learning
        tools, as well as the award-winning LeapTrack Assessment &
        Instruction System, an easy-to-use solution that helps
        elementary schools more efficiently assess student performance
        and deliver individualized instruction.

WHEN:   Thursday, January 13, 2005
        9:00 a.m. CST

WHERE:  Harlem Elementary School
        3333 I-10 East
        Baytown, Texas

About LeapFrog SchoolHouse Division

LeapFrog SchoolHouse publishes research-based assessment and curriculum content for the PreK - Grade 8 education market. Its interactive, multisensory curriculum programs and electronic learning aids are enhanced by LeapFrog's proprietary technology-based Personal Learning Tools (PLTs). These tools and programs enable teachers to personalize student instruction, instantly assess and monitor student progress relative to state and national standards, and easily integrate the programs into classroom learning. PLTs redefine the relationship between curriculum and technology, delivering portable, affordable, special purpose learning devices to children. LeapFrog SchoolHouse(TM) product areas currently include assessment, reading, language arts, math, English language development, and early literacy.

LeapFrog Schoolhouse's multisensory products currently reach students in over 40,000 classrooms across the U.S. with over 200 interactive books and 450 skill cards, representing more than 6,000 pages of educational content. LeapFrog SchoolHouse is a business division within the Education & Training Group of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Please visit www.LeapFrogSchoolHouse.com for additional information.

About LeapFrog Enterprises

LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:LF) is a leading designer, developer and marketer of innovative, technology-based learning products and related proprietary content, dedicated to making learning effective and engaging for all ages, at homes and in schools, around the world. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Emeryville, California.

LEAPFROG SCHOOLHOUSE, the LeapFrog SchoolHouse logo, LEAPPAD, and LEAPTRACK are trademarks or registered trademarks of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (C) 2005 LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.

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COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
 

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