About Hope for Education

As a global technology leader, Samsung Electronics America believes in good corporate citizenship. Our worldwide charitable efforts to give back to the communities that nurture us reflect this ideal. Our Hope for Education program illustrates this belief. Hope for Education was created by Samsung in 2004 to support U.S. schools K-12 with the latest technology products to assist in the educational process. Each year the program challenges students, teachers, parents or anyone who knows of a school in need to write an essay regarding the importance of technology in education, and how it can benefit a school in their community. Essays are evaluated by an independent judging committee, and winners earn various awards of Samsung products for their designated school. In the four years since its inception, the program has awarded more than 280 U.S. schools with over $9,000,000 in Samsung electronics, Microsoft software and DIRECTV educational programming packages.

2008 Hope for Education Contest Winners announced!

Samsung’s Hope for Education, Microsoft Corporation, and DIRECTV, Inc, along with teen music star Jordan Pruitt, will present Oak Ridge Elementary School in Tallahassee, Fla., with more than $200,000 in technology products, software, cash grants and educational television programming packages at a special assembly today for students, teachers and local dignitaries. Oak Ridge Elementary School is this year’s grand prize winner in Samsung’s fifth annual Hope for Education essay contest. Thirty first-prize schools from across the country will each receive more than $60,000 in technology, software, cash grants and educational television programming packages. Click here to see the full list of winners.

2008 Hope for Education Contest Winners announced! Samsung Electronics America and its partners are committed to bridging the technology gap that faces many schools today. Please check back here often to learn what we'll be doing in 2009 and how your school can get involved.