Prep time for school
EDITOR: Yikes, summer break is half over and school starts in just four weeks. Parents and students will soon start planning for next year’s adventure and each of us can assist with those preparations. For the past seven years, the United Church of Cloverdale has organized the “Stock a Student Classroom” drive with other churches, community and service groups, businesses, and many individuals to collect school supplies. The goal is to support our teachers and enhance the learning environment for our students. Principals of Washington and Jefferson have provided us with teachers’ wish lists and collected supplies will be sorted by volunteers and given to the schools in mid-August.
This program was a huge success last year, with over $7,000 in supplies and cash given for our students, thanks to your generosity. Although state funding to the schools has increased, the help we provide with these school supplies makes a big impact on both the teachers and students. The community drive for school supplies starts this week and runs through the first day of school, August 17. We ask each of you join in the fun by purchasing supplies and dropping them in the brightly labeled boxes at various businesses, organizations and churches around town.
If it has been years since you’ve needed to purchase school supplies, here are some teacher suggestions:
Dixon Ticonderoga pencils, small pencil sharpeners, mechanical pencils; water colors, brushes and paper for one class of 30 students; Kinder paint brushes, Crayola crayons, color pencils and markers; clipboards, (masonite style, four or five class sets), composition books (wide and college rule); protractors (two class sets); glue sticks and Elmer’s glue; scissors (several class sets, Fiskars are good quality), medium sized scissors (for fifth and sixth grade); poster board, variety of colors, large size approximately 28 by 24 inches; one-inch binders, one subject and five subject notebooks, binder paper, graph paper, 3×5 index cards, two-pocket folders (any colors, several class sets), highlighters (yellow and other colors) and backpacks.
A new request this year is for 50 to 60 yard/meter sticks as the fifth and sixth grade math classes will be studying measurements. Teachers have told us that it is important to have quality brands as those products provide long lasting performance.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation, checks should be made to UCC noted “Stock a Student Classroom” and can be sent to United Church, 439 North Cloverdale Blvd. Please join us in helping the schools help our students reach success. While it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to support the schools.
Please call Linda (894-4493) if your group would like to be involved.
Linda Clapp, Chair, Stock a Student Classroom
United Church of Cloverdale
