William Plunkett (Counseling Department and School Administration)

Plunkett’s innovative teaching idea, “EX-Change Electronics Program,” focuses on collecting and distributing electronic devices to low-income students for their academic success. Students in the EX-Change club set up donation drives, repair donated computers and then distribute them to disadvantaged students. Through the process, members of the club learn how to market events and fix computer hardware and software. Students who receive the donated devices are able to use them to finish online assignments, take extra-curriculum online and retake failed classes online. Well aware of the vital role that electronics play in education, Plunkett and his team believe that providing access to electronic devices will help disadvantaged students reach their full academic potential.