Henry C. Lea Elementary School (47th and Locust)
Dock Street Brewery is joining efforts to support public education in Philadelphia, with a focus on West Philly schools.
Every month, they will be tapping a special beer (aged, soured, oaked, irresponsibly hopped, blended…) and giving it away. In return, they ask that you bring in and exchange school supplies that will be donated to West Philadelphia public schools. This month, Dock Street will be working with Lea Elementary at 47th and Locust.
Photo from Dock Street Brewery’s Facebook page.
If you like beer and want to help Lea Elementary, come to Dock Street at 50th and Baltimore this Wednesday (Dec. 16) and bring one ream of 8 x 11 copy paper (paper is an essential tool in most classrooms and is often in short supply). In return, you’ll get a 6 oz pour of Mah Nà Mah Nà, a Belgian Golden Ale, aged for eight months in a freshly drained tequila barrel. If you want you can bring more school supplies; they will be gladly accepted and delivered to the school. The event starts at 3 p.m. and goes on all night.
If you can’t make it to Dock Street this Wednesday, you can follow them on Facebook for information on future school supply drives. You can also donate to Lea Elementary and other schools on the Donors Choose website. Check out this list of school projects that need funding, compiled by the West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools:
Lea Elementary School
1. Reaching Higher Resources
This project is about halfway to its goal but only has 15 days left for funding. Ms. Harris is hoping to buy sets of reading and math games to offer her students hands-on practice.
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. Read for Life
Mrs. Clarke is about halfway to her goal of providing a variety of audiobooks for her second graders to listen to.
http://www.donorschoose.org/
3. Developing Literacy Skills for Life!
This project is still quite far from the goal and only has 15 days left. Ms. Kelly-McNally is looking to build a classroom library and listening center for her Autistic Support 3rd-5th grade class.
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Alain Locke School, 4550 Haverford Ave.
1. Sailing into 3rd Grade
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. A Place to Gather and Learn!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
3. Learning Everywhere in the Classroom!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Andrew Hamilton School, 5640 Spruce St.
1. Learn to Read. Read to Learn.
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. Creating a Cozy & Safe Classroom
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Commodore John Barry Elementary School, 5900 Race St.
1. Reading Is Achieving
http://www.donorschoose.org/p…
2. New Class, New Beginnings
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Samuel B Huey School, 5200 Pine St.
1. Reach for the Stars! A Multi-Grade Mural Project
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. Help Mrs. B and Room 203
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
West Philadelphia High School, 4901 Chestnut St.
1. Hands-on Creativity and Innovation With Raspberry Pi
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Avery D Harrington School, 5300 Baltimore Ave.
1. Winter Weather Survival
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. Doing It With A Document Camera
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
3. News and Information for the Future Leaders
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
4. From Minds to Paper
http://www.donorschoose.org/
Benjamin B Comegys School, 5100 Greenway Ave.
1. Tech Savvy First Graders
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. From 2D to 3D using a 3Doodler
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
3. Open the Doors for Visual Learners
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
4. Critical Thinking and Coding
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
5. Meaningful Instruction on the Move!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
6. Coding in the Classroom
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
7. Money Matters
http://www.donorschoose.org/
S. Weir Mitchell School, 5500 Kingsessing Ave.
1. All We Want for Christmas Are Seat Pockets!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. Life Essentials to Fuel Our Brains
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
3. Back to School!!
http://www.donorschoose.org/
4. Kindles and Tablets to Enhance Literacy Development
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
5. Technology for Our Classroom
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
6. Technology Rocks!
http://www.donorschoose.org/
7. Provide Students with Life Essentials
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
8. If Music Be the Food of Love-Play on Shakespeare For 7th
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
9. iPad for the New Year!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
10. Art Supplies for Budding Artists!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
11. Board Games for Brain Breaks!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
12. Expanding Technology
http://www.donorschoose.org/p…
13. Science Room Without Technology? It’s True!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
14. Laptop and Ipad for the Love of Interactive Learning
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
15. Miss Nelson is Missing!
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
16. Creative Activities for Special Education Students High Need
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
17. Literacy Interventions for Middle School
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
William Cullen Bryant Elementary, 6001 Cedar Ave.
1. I Don’t Have (Enough) iPads! Please Help
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Belmont Elementary Charter School, 4030 Brown St.
1. Books on Books on Books: Building Up Our Classroom Library
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
2. Special Education Classroom in Need
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
Morton McMichael Elementary School, 3543 Fairmount Ave.
1. The Percussion Section
http://www.donorschoose.org/…/
December 15th, 2015 at 2:41 pm
This is a great thing! I’ll be there Wednesday with paper and other supplies sipping on some beers.
December 15th, 2015 at 6:20 pm
this is fantastic. I’m sad I can’t make it.
December 16th, 2015 at 11:04 am
What time does the “ream of paper for a beer” event at Dock Street start/end today?
December 16th, 2015 at 11:16 am
It starts at 3 and goes on all night.
December 16th, 2015 at 3:43 pm
Glad Dock St. is doing this, but let’s not lose sight of how tragic it is that this is how supplies are being procured for our public schools. (This and already-underpaid teachers paying for supplies out of their own pockets.)
Sorry to be a bummer…
December 17th, 2015 at 2:23 am
+1. It’s great, but it’s only great because it’s such a shame otherwise.
I grew up in another developer country. We don’t have the best sports teams, but we have free healthcare and good schools.
It’s the terrible freedoms of America – the freedom to have really terrible, and really unequal schooling. The next big cure for cancer could be in the brain of some kind who grew up at 58th and Osage, but that kid is almost certainly not going to graduate school.