Teachers’ School Supply helps Donors Choose

Teachers’ School Supply helps Donors Choose to provide much needed school supplies, books and equipment to teachers in need.

Here’s how it works:
· After going to www.DonorsChoose.org, teachers select the items they want from Teachers’ School Supply’s website.

· A description of those items and their total cost is then posted on the Donors Choose website.

· People from all over the country then donate what they can to support the project.

· Once it’s fully funded, Donors Choose lets Teachers’ School Supply know, and we ship the order to the teacher.

· After the items arrive, the teacher takes pictures of the children using the items in the classroom and sends -- along with handwritten letters of thanks from the children -- to Teachers’ School Supply,

But Teachers’ School Supply isn’t just a supplier. When we see a project may not get fully funded, we help out with a cash donation of our own to push it across the finish line. Here are a few letters of thanks from teachers whose school supply projects we’ve helped get fully funded.

To learn more about the great work Donors Choose is doing, click here: www.DonorsChoose.org

Sincerely,
Richard Lasser, President
www.TeachersSchoolSupply.com

New Catalogs Arrive Soon

I recently travelled from chilly Washington State to even chillier Minnesota to proof our Teachers’ School Supply 2011 catalog covers. It was seven degrees the night I arrived and the temperature continued to drop all night. But the next morning broke sunny and clear and by the time I reached pretty little Sauk Centre, I enjoyed a nice strong latte and some homemade bread pudding with caramel sauce. Thus fortified, I continued north through the lovely Minnesota prairie to the town of Long Prairie where I proofed the catalog cover and made some corrections so the catalog photos looked their best. And then back to Minneapolis. To my surprise, I passed a highway sign saying “Lake Woebegone Trail.” Being a fan of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion,(in which he regales his audience with tales of his fictional hometown of Lake Woebegone), I couldn’t resist stopping to take a photo. That night I had a lovely vegetarian meal at Restaurant Alma where the standout dish was the celery root soufflé. I got the recipe and we’re going to try it at home tonight. If you try it too, let me know how you like it!

-Richard Lasser
TSS President

Helpline House

For the Teachers’ School Supply family, it’s always giving time. And when I say “family”, I mean it. My granddaughter came to me the day after Christmas and asked if we could do something for those who didn’t have a very good Christmas. I mentioned an organization in our hometown called Helpline House, which feeds, clothes and shelters those in need. She asked if we could collect money for those they serve. And her little brother, never to be counted out, volunteered to join us.

We parked ourselves in front of our local Town and Country Supermarket and braved the cold for 3 hours to collect over $115 for Helpline House. You can support the work of Helpline House yourself! Just click on www.helplinehouse.org

Teachers Partners With Candeo School

Candeo School Peoria, Arizona has been ranked “Excelling” by the Arizona Department of Education. Founded by visionary educator Stephanie Musser, Candeo serves as the feeder school to the top-performing college preparatory middle and high schools in the nation. Their program is academically rigorous - well beyond state standards - and sets high expectations for student performance.

They feature:

• A teacher-to-student ratio of 1:15

• Class sizes of 18-26

• Highly qualified, well-trained, certified teachers

• A culture of performance

• Content-rich curriculum including Latin, Handwriting, Classics, Singapore Math, Music, and Visual Arts

• Instructional blocking in reading and math within grade levels (for acceleration)

• Junk-food free campus

• Love and Logic Discipline

So when Teachers’ School Supply was chosen in 2008 as the company to completely outfit this new academy of 500 elementary school youngsters, we were quite honored. Since that time, we’ve continued to serve Candeo as the school has expanded. But we don’t just sell to Candeo. We service what we sell. Recently, Stephanie brought to our attention that the color of the 32 cafeteria tables she ordered didn’t match the school décor. I felt terrible because we sold her those tables. So I made arrangements with the manufacturer, Midwest Folding, to replace the table tops and benches and I hired a crew to switch them out – all at Teachers’ School Supply’s expense. But wait…there’s more! I was recently at a trade show and made arrangements with Early Childhood Resources to donate all the items in their booth (chairs, tables, foam climbers, mobile organizers and sand & water tables) to Candeo. See pictures of some of the loot they received above, plus a picture of a happy Stephanie Musser with her beautiful, newly-refurbished cafeteria tables. What can Teachers’ School Supply do for your school?