Get Involved
The South Carolina Education Oversight Committee has identified three areas of need. You will probably want to choose one area and expand over time. Be sure to begin with the expressed needs of the school principal.
Reading Buddies |
teacher support |
backpack buddies |
Commit to read with a child for 30 minutes once a week. |
Provide tangible support and encouragement for teachers. |
Provide weekend food for students who are hungry. |
- This can improve their reading level as well as their confidence.
- Children who have a mentor once a week for 6 months or longer are 87% more likely to graduate from high school.
- When a child does not read on grade level in third grade, future success is hindered. This is because in early grades, students learn to read. After third grade, they read to learn.
- Reading Scores are directly related to future achievement in all other subject areas and can be a future predictor of drop-out rates.
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- Provide teacher meals such as a Back to School Brunch, a Christmas meal, Teacher Appreciation luncheon, or End of Year Celebration, or something as simple as a coffee bar.
- Gift classrooms with school supplies after Christmas when teachers often have to replenish out of their own pockets.
- Give first and second-year teachers gift cards. It takes a lot to set up a classroom. Gift cards to Wal-Mart, Target, or a teacher supply store would show your appreciation and support.
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- Provide nutritious foods that do not require cooking to help children during times when they are unable to get meals from school.
- Provide food items in backpacks to send home over the weekend, or over the summer.
- Involve church members in collecting funds, food items, packing bags, and delivering backpacks to schools.
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Interested in becoming a Reading Buddy?
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Interested in supporting teachers?
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Interested in providing backpacks?
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START THE CONVERSATION
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