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Give a small gift today. Enhance the
learning enviroment by rebuilding public schools as green buildings.
 Three
Types of Private Giving in Public Schools 1. Volunteer Time
3. Material Donations
 Computers for Learning (CFL) provides schools and educational nonprofit organizations a place to request excess computer equipment. It also provides a quick and easy way for government agencies and the private sector to donate that equipment to schools and educational nonprofits. Many schools receive donations of instructional materials, computers and software, equipment and supplies, and gift certificates and awards (such as free tickets to a ball game for an outstanding report card).  Corporate and business donors generally start out by providing in-kind support and, as the relationships develop, some givers would eventually provide monetary support as wel |
Duncan Announces Final Plans For Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made public the final plans for a new award program that will encourage our nation’s schools and communities to promote healthy and sustainable environments and educate students to become environmentally literate citizens. Flying High! $18 million raised to build
school at The Museum of Flight
Burien, WA – A major project goal was met last spring with the approval of naming rights to James and Sherry Raisbeck for their $4 million lead gift – the new school will be named Raisbeck Aviation High School in Highline Public Schools. James Raisbeck is a world renowned aerodynamicist and entrepreneur. He is most well known for founding Raisbeck Engineering Inc., which engineers and manufactures performance improvement systems for thousands of business and commercial aircraft worldwide. The Port of Seattle has contributed $10 million toward the new facility. The school hopes to raise an additional $10 million from private entities and $14 million from state and federal sources. Aviation High School is an innovative public school that teaches a college-preparatory curriculum through an aviation theme. The school is administered by Highline Public Schools but accepts students from across the Puget Sound region. 'Green Schools' Benefit Budgets and Students, Report Says “Green schools” are better for
students, teachers, the environment—and the bottom line, a report released this month concludes.
Published by the American Institute of Architects and the U.S. Green
Building Council, the report—which resulted from a three-day meeting at
the Sundance Resort in Utah in November—details what mayors,
superintendents, and other local leaders can do to advance the movement
for environmentally friendly schools.
Project reflects commitment to improving public education
The Center's programs currently take place at fourteen public school and community sites and involve over twelve hundred students annually. The Center's arts and parenting classes involve both pre-schoolers and their families, while subsidized on-site after school arts classes enliven local neighborhoods and introduce the joys of artistic discovery and exploration. For public school teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified
School District and beyond, the Center conducts regular professional
development workshops. These courses are supported by the US Dept of
Education and provide classroom teachers with the resources to
integrate the arts into their classrooms. More... The Central High School Capital Campaign Central High School is the first public school in Philadelphia to have an alumni association initiate a successful capital campaign to raise private funds for the enhancement of the school and its programs. The most recent capital campaign started as a $100,000 renovation project of the library and became a $12 million alumni fund raising campaign. Public Schools Get Private Help Towns Tap Businesses, Churches to Shore Up Budgets LAKELAND, Fla.—When his budget for pencils, paper, and other essential supplies was cut by a third this school year, the principal of Combee Elementary School worried children would suffer. Then, a local church stepped in and "adopted" the school. The First Baptist Church at the Mall stocked a resource room with $5,000 worth of supplies. It now caters spaghetti dinners at evening school events, buys sneakers for poor students, and sends in math and English tutors. Click to see the full chart. Short
on money for everything from math workbooks to microscope slides,
public schools across the nation are seeking corporate and
charitable sponsors, promising them marketing opportunities and access
to students in exchange for desperately needed donations. More....
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easy being green
The
November 2007 report from the United Nations Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change described climate change as "severe and so
sweeping that only urgent, global action" can head it off. Confronting
climate change will require solutions of immense proportions and an
unparalleled nature. There are more than 95,000 public schools and
34,000 private and independent schools in the U.S. alone. Schools must
be active participants in global efforts to conserve resources, reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, and prepare citizens to think and act in new
and creative ways. No individual school or subset of schools can solve
this problem alone. We must work together now to preserve our planet so
that future generations can thrive.
The Building As A Teaching
Tool & Other Curriculum
Facility managers within GSA member
schools are developing curriculum using the “school building as a
teaching tool.” Facility and plant managers are working together to
combine their efforts to develop a curriculum road map so that other
facility managers can work alongside students and engage them in
weatherizing, metering and calculating energy use, retrofitting
lighting and in other opportunities to implement green campus solutions.
Climate Quilt Campaign  The Climate Quilt Campaign is an effort
to tangibly connect children worldwide around the issue of Climate
Change and what they can do about it. The Campaign is designed to
empower youth, raise awareness, build global community, and be the
voice of children around the worlds who are pledging to do their part
to help save their planet… More >
 Don't take it from us, read what schools have to say about GSA
and the Climate Commitment. easy being green Education
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Parental Involvement Report Card, National Parental Involvement Day,
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