Rockwell’s Armstrong receives donation for classroom books
Published 1:06 pm Friday, July 11, 2014
Lynn Armstrong, a kindergarten teacher at Norman Rockwell Elementary School in Redmond, is one of 15 teachers selected to receive a donation from the Horace Mann Companies for a classroom project.
Horace Mann donated more than $3,000 to help complete DonorsChoose.org projects at the National Education Association Expo in Denver, Colo. last week, including Armstrong’s.
She and the remaining 14 teachers will soon have new supplies for their classrooms now that their projects are fully funded. Horace Mann, an insurance company founded by Educators for Educators, has donated more than $2 million dollars to DonorsChoose.org projects since partnering with the website in 2011. DonorsChoose.org is a website connecting teachers to donors.
The projects funded include fluorescent light shields, composition notebooks and pencils, sight word puzzles, boards and cards, a classroom carpet, foam balls and games and activities to use with a SmartBoard. The supplies requested will enhance learning and are supplies teachers may not be able to get through their regular school budgets.
Armstrong requested various books in her project post.
“With new books, our Eager Reader books packs can be individualized to support English language learners with engaging texts that teach sight words, rhymes, and new vocabulary,” said Armstrong. “These books will last for many years and be used by hundreds of students and their families.”
Horace Mann’s Assistant Vice President of Educator Alliance Marlene Muncy said, “These donations highlight our dedication to the whole school. We want to support superintendents, administrators, principals, teachers and students, and our partnership with DonorsChoose.org allows us to do that.”
