January 2008
National Mentoring Month

  • 17        Ben Franklin’s Birthday
  • 21        Martin Luther King Jr. Day

 

Thank Your Mentor Day™ - Share What You Know.  Mentor a Child.


January 24 is Thank Your Mentor Day™; a day for Americans to thank or honor those individuals who have encouraged and guided them and had a lasting impact on their lives. The recognition promotes ways to honor a mentor by expressing appreciation, “passing it on” by becoming a mentor to a young person in your community, making a financial contribution to a local mentoring program or writing a tribute to a mentor for posting on the campaign’s web site. Please share this with your fellow educators, and consider mentoring a student and making a difference in a child’s life.


Find additional information about National Mentoring Month at www.WhoMentoredYou.org.  

 

The Shaw-Lewis Grant for First-Year GCS Teachers


The Beta Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society for Key Women Educators is sponsoring a scholarship for first-year women teachers. Teachers are encouraged to apply if they have a special classroom project that cannot be funded in another way. To view the application process, click here. Applications should be mailed by February 15. 


For more information, please contact Leisa Huddleston at 316-5883.


                                                        

 

 

Read Across America


The Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF) invites schools to apply for free books for Read Across America Day. During the past year, LEF has distributed over three million books to schools all across the country for Read Across America Day and other literacy projects. Please share this important information with your fellow educators. Orders must be received by February 10. To order, go to http://literacyhelp.org

 

Teacher Supply Warehouse


The district’s Teacher Supply Warehouse is now open, providing traditional school supplies and more to teachers at Title 1 schools. Through the generosity of contributions from businesses and individuals, GCS has a more efficient way to link donated school supplies to the children who need them. The goal is to open the warehouse to more schools as donations increase.  For more information, please contact Cecilia Adams, Manager of Community Partnerships, at 370-8355.

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