Good Shepherd UCC Educational and Book Project

5122 West Esplanade Avenue - Metairie, LA 70006

Sheila Allred – Coordinator 

bookproject@gsucc.com          sheallred@gmail.com    

home 504-838-9214  cell  504-250-1052

In Partnership with Lisa Mains Saley Foundation for Kids

             PROJECT CLASSROOM

At the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year New Orleans will be opening 20 new schools (some in old schools that have been renovated from the storm and others in newly manufactured buildings to be used as temporary classrooms.) 

The teachers and students will be starting from scratch.  Last year it took 2 to 4 months to get supplies, furniture and textbooks to these classrooms.  This year we hope for better circumstances and our project is designed to help jumpstart the new schools and say Welcome Back!  You can help and walk with the teachers and kids through your donations to the classrooms.

This project directly affects the teachers and students in the classroom.  If you decide to participate in this program you and Sheila Allred will select a grade level from Pre-kindergarten-12th grade (Pre-K. Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th , 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) or you could prepare boxes for subject areas such as a Math box, Science box, etc. for high school.

In each box you will collect items that can be used by teachers and students in that one classroom. (Example: 1st grade classroom- in that box will go things used by a first grade teacher in her classroom - supplies and/or teaching resources and student supplies – see suggestions below.)  By doing it this way we can easily pass on these supplies/resources to teachers and the teacher can open the box just for his/her classroom and it is ready for use.

Guidelines:

To participate you must sign up with Sheila Allred either by email or phone:

Sheila will help you choose an available grade and in many instances can tell you to which school they will go so you can label them for delivery. Please check before you start collecting!  Thanks!   sheallred@gmail.com or 504-838-9214 (home) 504-250-1052 (cell)

Please recruit a coordinator to check all of the donations and be sure they fit the list and are packed and marked appropriately.  (It would be a great idea for a teacher or retired teacher because of their knowledge of what is needed.)

 Box size is 24” X 18”.  Please tape each box carefully. On the outside of each box clearly mark on each side what grade level and which school the box is packed for.

 On one side of the box clearly list exactly what is in the box.  Put clear tape over this list of items completely covering the list so it cannot come off.

Prepare for 35 children in a class.

You will find a list of suggested items at the end of this flyer – and feel free to use a local teacher  as a resource for the items to put in the box.

 Once you have your boxes packed please contact Sheila Allred and confirm with her the number of boxes you have actually packed.

There will be a truck in Hartford, CT. the weekend of June 23rd and 24th.  We must have an accounting of every box that is being prepared to ship this way so we have the correct size truck. You will be able to bring your boxes to a designated area and they will be shrink-wrapped and loaded on pallets by school destination and brought down to New Orleans. [Further information about the truck will be forth coming.  Ask Sheila about other options for shipping to New Orleans directly.]

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Please no large amounts of paper in the classroom box.  (If you would like to donate paper, put it in a separate box labeled as to what kind of paper it is - construction paper, notebooks, file folders, etc.)

If you would like to send books for youngsters from preschool through high school – please check with Sheila Allred and then box them as directed (– for now supplies are needed most.) The age they're intended for and the number of books enclosed must be marked on all 4 sides of book boxes or they cannot be shipped.

SUGGESTIONS:

For Teachers, as is grade appropriate:

assorted sizes of post its, red pens, black and blue pens, scotch tape, scotch tape dispenser, masking tape, tacky material for putting art work on the walls, chalk, erasers, markers, sharpie markers, liquid white out, large scissors, white board markers and erasers, boxes of colored stars, paper clips, stapler and staples, a small tool kit (especially screw drivers), file labels, decorative classroom borders, letters for bulletin boards, glass slides for telescopes, Gift cards to Wal-Mart, Staples and Visa Gift Cards to use at The Educator in New Orleans(teacher supply store) and help support the economy

Specific items for a technology teacher- elementary-

flash drives for student use, mouse pads, wireless headphones, educational software programs

For students, as is age appropriate:

pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers (pencil top and the square kind), crayons, blunt end scissors, rulers, protractors, compasses, colored pencils, highlighters, reinforcing circles for notebook paper, medium size sharp scissors, pocket folders

Incentives for students:

bookmarks (non-religious), fancy erasers, various stickers, cute stamps and stamp pads for the teachers to use, bookmarks, map placemats – USA or World maps

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND

CONSIDERATION!