Category: AAC News

Are you in the market for a new car? Residents of Northern California have a way to car shop and help a local classroom at the same time! Chevy dealers in Northern California have partnered with Adopt-A-Classroom to donate up to $10,000 to classrooms in the local area. Here’s how it works: anyone who takes […]

Post Cereals and got milk?® are hosting the Unlock Their Potential promotion through Monday, August 23rd. Anyone can go to www.whymilk.com/unlock and play the instant win game to enter for a chance to easily win Back-to-School Prizes. There will be 50+ winners each day! Prizes include laptops, back packs, magazine subscriptions, and gift cards, among […]

Great news about the Elmer’s “Bag It Forward” campaign: now Facebook users can help! Elmer’s has pledged to donate $10,000 to Adopt-A-Classroom and, at first, only blog posts were accepted as a form of support. However, you can now create a Facebook Note to help raise $10 towards the $10,000 goal. So if you have […]

We bet you’re gearing up for Back-to-School — at Adopt-A-Classroom, we certainly are! There are lot of great partnerships that we’re involved with across the country. It’s our hope that these programs create awareness and encourage people to support your classrooms by making donations at AdoptAClassroom.org. When we’re able to announce details about these partnerships, […]

For Back-to-School this year, Elmer’s pledged to donate $10,000 to Adopt-A-Classroom as part of its Bag It Forward campaign. Anyone who has a blog can help to raise $10 just by writing a blog post! Here’s how it works: Elmer’s will donate $10 per each post written to Adopt-A-Classroom, up to $10,000. Bloggers participate by […]

We read recently that Dell is hosting a contest to award $20,000 worth of technology to a school – what an awesome school grant! You’ll have to submit a 3 minute video (or shorter) about how your school would use the Dell equipment to enhance the learning experience and then there’s a voting process. More […]

Being based in South Florida, the Adopt-A-Classroom team is familiar with the damage that heavy waters can cause. So our hearts went out to everyone who experienced the floods in Tennessee last month. While we were saddened by the destruction and losses, it was also heartening to see the outpour of support that followed. We […]

We bet you’re excited for summer vacation! Here in Miami, Adopt-A-Classroom’s headquarters, today is the last day of school for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. To all of our teachers here and around the country – enjoy the summer! We know that some teachers are still wrapping up the school year and have heard that others […]

For Teacher Appreciation Week earlier this month, a group of volunteers visited the teachers and students of the classrooms they adopted at JFK Magnet School in Port Chester, New York. On a beautiful, sunny day, the volunteers planted annuals and perennials that they purchased for the school’s courtyard. They also dedicated a Japanese maple tree […]