Students at Anne Darling School in California have released a CD and music on the Web as a fund-raiser for the school    VIDEO CNN's Don Knapp reports on unique school fundraising events Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media)

Wash cars? No way!

Kids go high tech in school fund raiser

SAN JOSE, California -- For public-school students across the nation, it's practically a tradition to hold bake sales, car washes and school fairs to raise money for school activities. But at one California public school, some budding entrepreneurs used the Internet to pull in some much-need funds.

At Anne Darling School, a public elementary school in San Jose, students used MP3.com to create their own CD. The project was part of a program supported by grant money raised by technology teacher Richard Soos. But soon, the students started making royalties after the music file became popular on the Web site.

Even more money poured in for the school after Soos used the program as the basis for a grant from National Semiconductor.

For Soos, raising money for the school was a bonus. More important, he says, the project taught his students about technology and how to use it as a tool.

Correspondent Don Knapp contributed to this report.

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