Easy-Classroom extends the product
capabilities for in school use. Easy-Classroom works off a system of positive
and negative points, with an emphasis on rewarding good behavior. Easy-Classroom provides weekly reports on student's progress and
behavior improving and automating teacher to parent communication. The Heiken Children's Vision Fund provides free comprehensive
eye health/vision care and eyeglasses to financially disadvantaged
K-12 students enrolled in Miami-Dade County schools that are
determined to have vision deficits.
The sponsors of the 2005 NOVO Awards program by category -
Presenting: Health Foundation of South Florida and Tropical Financial
Credit Union; Gold: Wachovia; and Silver: Hands on Miami, Inc.

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Easy -Classroom is available for on-line ordering from
the website.

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Easy-Classroom supports up to 50 students per classroom with a suggested
retail price of $399. DFYIT uses a proactive approach to prevention that
encourages, acknowledges, and rewards drug-free students.

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SAN DIEGO, Encourage Software's newest product,
Easy-Classroom(TM), student encouragement system will debut at the
Computer -Using Educator's Conference (CUE), March 9th-11th.
"Easy-Classroom was designed to make it easier for educators to set
written expectations encouraging positive behavior as well as improve
communication between teachers, parents, and administrators," said Leland
Ancier, president of Encourage Software . - Heiken Children's Vision
Fund. The Heiken Fund began over 10
years ago, in response to the knowledge that many school children, who
failed school screenings, never received a professional eye exam. The
priority of the Heiken Fund is to improve the lives of children and
families with comprehensive eye health and safety programs, targeting
children in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods with an emphasis placed
on schools identified as underperforming.

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Thousands of
teachers, administrators and parents will have the first-time opportunity to
view this innovative software that promotes positive classroom behavior.

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MIAMI----The Greater Miami Chamber
of Commerce Not-for-Profit Taskforce presented the fourth annual NOVO
Awards on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at the Loews Miami Beach hotel
during the Chamber's Board of Governors and Trustees Luncheon.

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In the under $1 million budget category, the NOVO Award was
presented to Dr.

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Encourage Software Debuts Easy -Classroom(TM) for Promoting Positive Student Behavior in Schools and Communicating With Parents

Easy-Classroom tracks and encourages
positive student behavior as well as emails reports to parents ,
administrators, and guidance counselors. Using
automated emails to parents, Easy-Classroom enhances the use of EasyChild
encouraging good behavior at home and at school.

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EasyChild software is used by more than
10,000 children in seven countries.

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For more information, visit http://easychild .

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Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Announces Fourth Annual NOVO Award Winners

In the over $1 million budget category, the NOVO Award was
presented to Drug Free Youth In Town (DFYIT) - Drug Prevention Youth
(12-18) Program.

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Easy-Classroom creates a structured environment for focused learning where
educators can motivate students.

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Quantity discounts are available for multi-classroom and
district-wide purchases. The program
provides prevention activities that include social competency ,
self-esteem, communication, conflict resolution, positive adult and
peer relationship/mentoring , and community service learning
opportunities. To carry out this mission, the Chamber
serves as the voice of business enterprise and involves the private
sector in community leadership.

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"The software reduces classroom
disruptions, encourages improved behavior and social skills, while instilling
greater self-esteem and motivation in students. Today DFYIT
operates in 41 local public and private middle and senior high schools
in Miami-Dade County.
The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is an association of
businesses and professions organized to create economic progress in
Miami-Dade County. Its mission is to make South Florida the most
business-friendly region in the Americas and to promote members'
competitiveness through state of the art benefits and services,
support for sustainable economic development, and advocacy to enhance
the business environment.

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Encourage Software first released EasyChild in 2004 for encouraging
positive behavior in the home.
"90% of new teachers agreed that involving parents in their children's
education is a priority at their school , but only 25% described their
experience working with parents as 'very satisfying,'" also, "when asked to
choose the biggest challenge they face, 31% of them cited involving parents
and communicating with them as their top choice.

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For further effectiveness, parents
can reward school time behavior using EasyChild home software.

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Easy-Classroom
supports up to 50 students per class and is available March 15th, suggested
retail price $399.com

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The DFYIT program targets at-risk youth, identified
as middle and senior high school students from varying backgrounds,
races and ethnicities who are perceived at-risk by the nature of their
environment, school and/or community in which they live.

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The NOVO Awards honor not-for-profit innovative excellence in two
categories - non-profits with a budget of over $1 million and
non-profits with a budget of less than $1 million. Bruce Heiken Fund, Inc.

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Behaving Badly," February 21st, 2005)
Much of the time that would normally be spent on disciplining can be
reduced dramatically by implementing the Easy -Classroom student encouragement
system.

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95 per classroom.

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A cash award of
$1,000 was presented to the top finalist in both categories.