Columbia, S.C. - Randall Gary, principal at Dent Middle School in Columbia received Time Warner Cable’s Champion Principal Award.  It was announced today by Carol Hevey, executive vice president of Time Warner Cable’s Carolina Region.   Now in its third year, the award recognizes an outstanding principal who supports and understands the use of technology as an effective classroom learning resource.  In addition to a $5,000 technology grant, Gary was honored during the company’s 20th annual National Teacher Awards event on June 3, in Washington, D.C.   Gary will be honored with teachers who developed winning classroom projects selected for this year’s Awards.

Randall Gary speaks at the National Teacher Awards event in accepting the Champion Principal Award. From left to right: Landel Hobbs, TWC Chief Operating Officer; Carol Hevey, Executive Vice President, TWC Carolina Region; Randall Gary, Champion Principal Award winner and Mary Anne Jacobs, Senior Director Public Affairs, TWC Carolina Region.

“A principal’s encouragement and support can make a tremendous difference in how effectively technology is used in today’s classrooms,” said Hevey.  “As Time Warner Cable’s 2009 Champion Principal, Mr. Gary is known for aggressively seeking school programs that reach the long term goal of preparing his students for a bold, new technological, multi-cultural, global society.”

Time Warner Cable’s National Teacher Awards and the Champion Principal Award are an important part of the company’s community service and educational support.  What began as a commitment to connect schools in its coverage areas to cable and provide commercial-free educational programming to those schools has grown to keep pace with changes in education and technology.  Teacher training, supplemental materials and curriculum-specific lesson plans are now included, all as a public service.

In addition Road Runner, Time Warner Cable’s broadband Internet is offered at no cost to schools and public libraries.  To date, close to 8 million students in Time Warner Cable markets have access to high quality, timely, informative programming which, in the hands of teachers becomes the springboard for valuable classroom experiences.

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Time Warner Cable’s Carolina Region provides video, Internet and telephone services to more than two million customers in 442 cities and towns across North and South Carolina. Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located in five geographic areas-New York State, the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California and Texas. Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services.  Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television services to businesses of all sizes.  Time Warner Cable Media sales, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable.  More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com, and www.twcmediasales.com.