Cardozo unveils technology center
Bayside high school’s facility includes new computers, printers, Promethean board and more
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Students at Benjamin
Cardozo High School in
Bayside have a brand new
technology center that was
created with an endowment
from a local philanthropic
foundation.
Local elected officials
and school faculty joined
Tony Subraj, director of the
Subraj Foundation, on Jan.
18 to unveil the upgraded
technology center that
features 35 new computers,
printers, a Promethean board
and smart pens, among other
tech gadgets.
The Subraj foundation
purchased the equipment
it donated for $35,000 and
will continue to support the
technology center and school,
located at 57-00 223rd St.
“Technology is not just a
need but it’s a facet of every
student’s education,” said
Subraj, who is also executive
director of Zara Realty. “It’s
a necessity, so helping to
build this lab was one step
in helping to support the
student’s education Cardozo
High School.”
The Subraj Foundation
was begun by Subraj’s late
father, George Subraj, who
immigrated from Guyana in
the 1970s and founded Zara
Realty in 1982 with his brothers
Ken Sobhraj and Jay Sobhraj.
The real estate company is now
one of the largest providers of
affordable housing with over
10,000 residents in Queens and
Long Island.
“Dad was a great lover
of education and supported
the education of everybody
around him, and he was self
taught, so he was a lifelong
learner and just giving back to
the community,” said Subraj.
Together, the George Subraj
Foundation, in partnership
with the Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj
Students pose with officials in the new tech center. Photos by Carlotta Mohamed
Foundation and Zara Realty,
have donated more than 10
computer labs throughout
Queens and internationally to
Guyana, India, and Africa.
“He always felt that giving
back to the community that
supported him such as Queens
was a necessary thing,
and that’s when he started
his philanthropic work
supporting health initiatives
and education initiatives,”
said Subraj.
Tony Subraj’s wife, Lakhani
Subraj, who has been teaching
English at Cardozo for 15 years,
said the old computer lab was
in need of renovations due to
old dysfunctional printers and
broken computers.
“The students love the
computers. The monitors
are touch screen, which
we’ve never had before,” she
said. “When students go in
there, there are 34 students
in a class and often there
were four, five, or seven
computers broken, so
students were pairing up
and working on computers
together,” said Subraj.
In lieu of a smartboard,
The brand new renovated technology center at Benjamin Cardozo
High School in Bayside.
the interactive Promethean
board is the latest
technology that includes
smart features, which
everyone is still in the process
of learning, said Subraj.
Local elected officials
thanked the Subraj family
for their donation and
contribution to the Queens
community.
“Technology it’s not a
luxury, but it’s a necessity
these days and for our
students to compete in the
global workforce we need to
make sure they’re up to date
in the latest technology, and
this contribution is going to
help them compete and move
on further in their lives,”
said state Assemblyman
Edward Braunstein.
State Sen. Toby Stavisky,
Tony Subraj, director of the
Subraj Foundation.
chair of the Senate Committee
on Higher Education, noted
the importance of giving back
to the community.
“It is so important to
remember where you came
from, you remember your roots
because if we don’t remember
our mistakes, we’re doomed
to repeat them, and this is
a great day for the family
and we thank you for your
contribution,” said Stavisky.
The Subraj Foundation
announced it will continue
to support the technology
center by donating $10,000
worth of iPads.
“There’s just never seems
enough that we can do for
our students, and without the
community partnerships, and
partnerships that we have
with our elected officials here
in Queens, we wouldn’t be able
to provide the kind of academic
experience for our kids that
we are able to,” said Megan
Colby, principal of Cardozo
High School.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
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