<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Katie Pemberton, an educator at Canfield Middle School in Coeur d'Alene, helps seventh grade student Heather Fischer with an assignment using the school's new writing tablet Tuesday during Reach class. Thirty four Wacom Bamboo tablets were funded through an Excel grant earlier this year.</p>
November 16, 2011
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November 16, 2011 8:15 p.m.
EXCELence in education
Total grants distributed passes $1 million mark
COEUR d'ALENE - The concepts haven't changed, but learning pre-algebra has become a lot more appealing to students in Katie Pemberton's seventh-grade math class at Canfield Middle School.