White Point Elementary Receives New Smart Boards Through SPEF Grant

A few weeks ago, we shared an update from Taper Elementary, where two new smart boards marked an important step forward for classroom learning.

Now that same effort is continuing at White Point Elementary.

That matters because this is not a one-school issue.

Across San Pedro, many classrooms are still operating without the technology that makes learning more engaging, more visual, and more adaptable in real time. While public funding covers the basics, schools often struggle to access flexible dollars for classroom upgrades like technology, enrichment, and learning tools that directly impact the student experience. That is one of the gaps the San Pedro Education Foundation exists to help fill.

Smart boards are one of those upgrades.

They give teachers more flexibility in how they deliver lessons. They make it easier to present material visually, respond in the moment, and keep students engaged. They help create a more interactive classroom, and that can elevate the learning experience for everyone in the room.

At White Point Elementary, there are 17 classrooms. Before this grant, only 2 were equipped with SMART boards.

Recognizing the need, White Point PTO, under the directive of Principal Corley, applied to the San Pedro Education Foundation for support. SPEF was able to help fund new smart boards for the school’s 3rd grade classrooms, doubling the school’s smart board count.

It is a meaningful improvement, but it also highlights the bigger picture.

What started at Taper and now continues at White Point is part of a larger effort to strengthen San Pedro classrooms with practical, high-impact upgrades. Not overnight. But steadily. Thoughtfully. School by school. Classroom by classroom.

This is how progress happens.

It happens when schools identify a need. It happens when educators and parent groups advocate for their students. And it happens when a community-backed organization is able to step in and help make those improvements possible.

At SPEF, we believe San Pedro students deserve access to the kinds of tools that support stronger, more engaging learning environments. This work is about more than one grant or one campus. It is about building momentum across the community and helping ensure that students, teachers, and schools are not left waiting on solutions that may take too long through traditional channels.

White Point is the latest example of what can happen when a community comes together to support its schools.

And we are just getting started.