WakeEd Partnership

Thank you Staples for being such an amazing #Tools4Schools Community Supply Drive partner! Every Staples store in Wake County is collecting school supplies for #Tools4Schools. Pick up what your own student needs and then pick up some extra items for the teachers and place in the donation box. Staples is also offering 20% off Wake County Public School System teachers! Visit our web site https://ow.ly/O7HV50SIFpm for all drop box locations including Staples.

Our #Tools4Schools Community Supply Drive runs through July 26. Donations can be dropped off year-round at Tools4Schools at 1816 Capital Blvd or this summer at one of our many supply drive drop-off locations listed on our web site including all Wake Co. YMCA of the Triangle sites and Staples and Office Depot stores https://ow.ly/tEu850SHv4K

We'd like to welcome our newest partner supporting the #Tools4Schools Community Supply Drive Office Depot. Every Office Depot and OfficeMax store in Wake County is now collecting school supplies for #Tools4Schools to support the teachers and students of Wake County Public School System. Visit our web site https://ow.ly/vMxq50SIFpl for all the supply drop locations and look for the donation bins at the front of each store.

This is a UNC Health appreciation post. UNC Health has been a long time partner of ours and their support continues to make a difference, from investing in #PartnersRead to boost early literacy to backing #Tools4Schools with their annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive effort and most recently welcoming high school students as part of #CareerAccelerator to explore medical careers, UNC Health gives back to the community and supports our public school teachers and students. Thank you UNC Health!

Another amazing way to support the Community Supply Drive for #Tools4Schools is to hold your own school supply drive at your church or workplace for your employees or customers to drop off donations. We have an online Tool Kit with all the info you need to register and start collecting school supplies to support Wake County Public School System teachers and students. Click here to learn more: https://ow.ly/yEwZ50SHvIf

Do you want to donate school supplies to help our Wake County Public School System teachers and students? A super simple way to help is using our #Tools4Schools Amazon Wishlist to buy items most-requested by teachers. Add the items and select the Tools4Schools address at checkout! Click here: https://lnkd.in/eU9SHTqK

Have you supported our #Tools4Schools Community Supply Drive yet? Our Wake County Public School System teachers have come to rely on our free classroom supply store to get their classrooms ready for students. One simple way to help is to make a financial donation to help us buy supplies in bulk. And the best news is the 4Others Foundation is doubling ALL donations up to $20,000 through September. Please donate here to help! https://ow.ly/24kJ50SHtYf

Our #SummerSTEM teachers from Wake County Public School System are putting their PBL ideas on paper here at STEMposium, Jr.! Principals from represented SummerSTEM participants came out to hear what their teachers learned, and how they plan to bring connectivity into their classrooms this school year!

This week more than 75 Wake County Public School System teachers are participating in our #SummerSTEM program. 10 area companies BASF Martin Marietta Parker Lord Gensler John Deere Wolfspeed Balfour Beatty US PLEXUS Corporation IBM and UBS are hosting teacher groups and helping them develop Project Based Learning #PBL curriculum to use with their students this coming school year. Thank you to these companies for opening their workplaces to help teachers create career-oriented lessons for students.

According to WakeEd research, Wake County teachers spend an average of $926 out of their own pockets for classroom supplies each year. Since Tools4Schools began, more than $1 million in new classroom supplies have been given to Wake County Public School teachers through its free classroom supply store. State funding for school supplies has been declining. Since 2011, the funding has been cut in half from about $61 per student to about $30 per student. https://lnkd.in/eBrJciR9