PMSD Parents: ACP Internet Benefits - Save $30/month through Blue Ridge

Pocono Mountain School District
P.O. Box 200,
Swiftwater, PA 18370-0200
October 4, 2023
Dear Parents/Guardians,
All schools in Pocono Mountain School District are participating in the Community Eligibility
Program (CEP) for the 2023-24 school year, which means all students in kindergarten through
grade 12 are eligible to receive a free breakfast and free lunch when attending school in-person
on school days.
In addition, every household with a child attending a Pocono Mountain School District school
while the district participates in the CEP, of the National School Lunch Program and School
Breakfast Program, is eligible for Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefits. The ACP
provides eligible households a discount of up to $30 per month off of their internet bills, as well
as a one-time discount of up to $100 off of an eligible connected device such as a laptop,
desktop computer, or tablet.
Pocono Mountain School District families may use this letter as verification that their child
attends an eligible CEP district school by filling in the information needed below.
Affordable Connectivity Program Student Verification:
(Student’s First, Middle & Last Name) ______________________________________ is enrolled
in the following Pocono Mountain School District school that participates in the Community
Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program (check box for school your child
attends). Note: PMSD CYBER households should select the student’s assigned school building.
 Clear Run Elementary Center
 Swiftwater Elementary Center
 Tobyhanna Elementary Center
 Clear Run Intermediate School
 Swiftwater Intermediate School
 Pocono Mountain East Junior High School
 Pocono Mountain West Junior High School
 Pocono Mountain East High School
 Pocono Mountain West High SchoolThe student’s household may use this letter to apply for the Affordable Connectivity Program
(ACP) by visiting GetInternet.gov to submit and ACP application or to print out and mail-in an
ACP application, by contacting a participating internet service provider or by calling 877-384-
2575 to learn more.
In either the online or printed application to mail in (attached to this letter), applicants are
given the option to “Qualify for the ACP benefits through a government program” or “Quality
through your income.” Please select the option to “Qualify through a government program,”
and select the option for “Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch or Breakfast Program, or
enrollment in s Community Eligibility Provision School.”
If you are completing the online application, please note that as a new CEP approved district,
Pocono Mountain School District and our schools are not yet listed in the drop-down menu
choices of the online application. Parents and guardians will need to type in the name of their
child’s school in the box provided. Please make sure the school name you provide in either the
online application or printed application matches the name of the school you selected in this
ACP Student Verification Letter.
Blue Ridge Cable participates in ACP. Once a household has completed its ACP application and
received confirmation of eligibility, parents should go to brctv.com/acp to complete the process.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Robison
Superintendent of Schools