RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Hundreds of scholars in Palm Beach County will obtain free, new faculty provides subsequent week due to the annual Tools for Schools program.
For the twentieth yr, Red Apple Supplies, the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County‘s free trainer useful resource retailer, partnered with Publix Super Markets to distribute greater than $201,000 important faculty provides to academics from 120 Title I district colleges.
Teachers and principals drove as much as the Red Apple provide retailer in Riviera Beach as early as 8 a.m. to obtain the provides from volunteers, forming a line lengthy sufficient to wrap across the constructing and proceed down the road.
Volunteers loaded automobiles up with provides whereas others served sizzling chocolate and sweets.
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— The School District of Palm Beach County (@pbcsd) December 3, 2022
Education Foundation Chairman Jim Moore additionally served as a disc jockey for the occasion whereas a barbershop quartet serenaded drivers whereas they waited for the provides. Santa Claus even paid a go to to the occasion.
Palm Beach County Superintendent Michael Burke stated the occasion is very wanted with one in 5 district college students on the poverty stage.
“This goes a long way to make sure kids have the supplies they need to stay in the classroom,” Burke stated.
Dwayne Dennard, the principal of Pahokee center and excessive colleges, seconded Burke’s phrases, emphasizing the necessity for provides.
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Dennard stated 99% of the scholars in his two colleges are on a free or lowered meal program, indicating a big monetary want.
“Without these supplies, a lot of our kids cannot reach their full potential,” Dennard stated. “There are some kids that we lost because we didn’t have these types of supplies. It’s a great opportunity for parents and students with the way inflation is now.”
The provides distributed included all the things from notebooks to headphones and extra.
Burke stated the provides will probably be distributed to college students at school subsequent week.