Archinect - News2024-12-22T00:56:47-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150196267/california-s-quattrocchi-kwok-architects-helps-bring-broadband-internet-to-rural-students-amid-covid-19
California's Quattrocchi Kwok Architects helps bring broadband internet to rural students amid COVID-19 Sean Joyner2020-05-05T12:36:00-04:00>2020-05-05T15:00:35-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/82/8246c8cd3e91fd737d83a7e58932aaa4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>When Santa Rosa-based <a href="https://archinect.com/quattrocchikwokarchitects" target="_blank">Quattrocchi Kwok Architects</a> (QKA) heard a <a href="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10885373-181/digital-divide-leaves-rural-and" target="_blank">local call to action</a> to help economically disadvantaged schools in Sonoma County facilitate distance learning, they answered the call. Due to COVID-19 many of the underprivileged students in the area lacked the basic resources needed to continue their education online.</p>
<p>QKA has so far provided 60 Wifi hotspots to families without internet access, 350 reams of copy paper, and monetary contributions to the <a href="https://www.roselandsd.org/District/Department/90-ways-to-give/6258-Family-Food-Relief-Fund.html" target="_blank">Roseland Public School's Family Relief Fund</a> to help feed families in need. The firm specializes in education design and co-founder and Principal Mark Quattrocchi, FAIA, personally reached out to school across Sonoma County and Lake County to see how he could help. </p>
<p>"Listening to their stories of material shortages is heart-wrenching, as we see up close the uneven playing field these disadvantaged schools experience — from no laptops, to laptops but no Wi-Fi, and to Wi-Fi “hotspots” but no cell coverage," <a href="http://www.qka.com/news/2014/11/05/bridging-gap-addressing-equity-distance-learning" target="_blank">Quattrocchi wrot...</a></p>
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Tornado Response UPDATE Archinect2012-03-02T17:16:00-05:00>2012-03-03T20:47:07-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f0/f02effd53fea4fb5a9d4853dfa780cee?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It looks like Harrisburg dodged more severe weather last night. [...] We've seen an impressive response to yesterday's appeal for volunteer and fundraising support, and have launched the Midwest Tornadoes Recovery campaign on our website and Global Giving. We got emails and calls throughout the day - we've directly responded to most already and are positioning talent offered for our response.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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