Thank you ACE!
We’re overwhelmed with excitement and gratitude here at AdoptAClassroom.org! This May ACE Cash Express raised $138,000 for teachers with their Give A Little Campaign.
#BICFightForYourWrite
We at AdoptAClassroom.org are excited for another year teaming up with BIC’s Fight for Your Write campaign! Together, we are working to save handwriting as a critical learning tool for children. But we think typing about it would be a little hypocritical…So instead we got some of our team members to practice their handwriting by […]
2nd Grade Teacher Creates a Family Base in her Classroom
“These kids are so excited about a book.” Heather Mitchell is a 2nd grade teacher at McKinley Elementary School in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her classroom is home to students from all over the world, and many are English Language Learners. Often their home lives are difficult, some without parents there to raise them. For that reason, […]
Featured Donor Story: Believing in Public Education Means Taking Action for Michael Ellegood
Michael Ellegood is concerned about the state of education in his city. When a vote to give the local school system more money failed, it upset him. “We are taking kids that are our future and we are denying them their future,” he said. “I want to do something so that people in our community […]
How To Be a Classroom Champion
We all need someone to lean on, and teachers are no exception. If you are frustrated that teachers are struggling to teach because of a lack of supplies, you can do something about it. Become a Classroom Champion! Classroom Champions are often the key to a classroom adoption. When you help raise awareness about a […]
Teacher Tip: Recruit a Classroom Champion to Help with Fundraising Needs
Fundraising! It’s why you got into teaching in the first place, right? Not so much. However, you know that a lot of your students don’t have access to the supplies they need for a variety of reasons. Fundraising has just become part of the job for many teachers. AdoptAClassroom.org helps you connect your classroom to […]
Farmer’s Insurance teams up with Chris Young to surprise a Deserving Teacher
This month we’re celebrating our partner Farmer’s Insurance, who got great coverage in People!
How to have the coolest classroom in school
The new school year is right around the corner. We hear that teachers are already busy decorating their classrooms for the year ahead.
Classroom Success Story: School Garden Grows Important Lessons for Students
What do you do with a low-income school, a few donated garden boxes, and no funding for plants or supplies? To this question, teachers Debbie Rutledge-Lockyear and Janet White’s response was confident. You make it work. When they received the garden boxes, the teachers began dreaming of creating a community garden where they could give their […]