MHHI Press Release

McGraw-Hill Home Interactive Donates 3,000 CD-ROM Titles to Smart Valley, Inc. SmartSchools PC Day

Company to support non-profit program supplying teachers and kids with new children's software

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 14, 1996:
McGraw-Hill Home Interactive (MHHI) today announced its donation of 3,000 copies of their new children's CD-ROM titles to the Smart Valley, Inc.® SmartSchools PC Day program on November 16. The program is a collaborative effort among many high technology companies and community organizations to supply 361 teachers from 164 schools in Northern California with new Pentium® processor based computers and software. The teachers were selected based on proposed curriculum plans and will receive a PC for themselves and one for each five students in their classroom. Each teacher also receives a voucher to select one of MHHI's new educational and entertaining software titles, Dr. Sulfur's Night Lab™, The Fennels Figure Math™, Pony Express Rider™ and Pyramid: Challenge of the Pharaoh's Dream™.

"McGraw-Hill Home Interactive's donation to this program reinforces our belief that technology should play an integral role in the educational growth of kids," said Bill Nisen, president of McGraw-Hill Home Interactive. "We recognize that providing schools with a solid mix of educational and entertaining software can further a child's academic achievement and facilitate continued learning in core subject areas such as math, science and social studies."

MHHI representatives will be on-site at PC Day to assist teachers in choosing the most appropriate title to suit their individual classroom needs. During the event teachers can also receive an additional copy of Pyramid: Challenge of the Pharaoh's Dream, one of MHHI's four new titles released in November.

Established in 1995, McGraw-Hill Home Interactive (http://www.mhhi.com) is based in South San Francisco, Calif. The division is dedicated to publishing consumer multimedia titles that equally emphasize education and entertainment in core subject areas such as science, math, social studies and language arts. MHHI's titles, targeted to children ages 8 to 14, engage their imaginations and stimulate their minds with entertaining narratives, while making parents comfortable with the educational value and proven experience of McGraw-Hill. To provide a safe and fun environment for kids on the Internet, MHHI developed Fledge.com (www.fledge.com), a customizable and personalized World Wide Web site for kids 10 and up.

MHHI is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a leading information services provider meeting worldwide needs in education, business, finance, the professions and government. Founded in 1888, the Corporation today provides information and analysis in multiple media through its rich portfolio of valuable brands. Sales in 1995 exceeded $2.9 billion.

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