STOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS
281 CORLISS STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15220 www.theeducationpartnership.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWESTERN PA.

THE ORGANIZATION'S APPROACH TO ADDRESSING EDUCATIONAL INEQUITIES IS PRAGMATIC AND RESULTS-DRIVEN, AS BEST EXEMPLIFIED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S CORE PROGRAM, IN ADDITION TO A NUMBER OF NEW PROGRAMS DESIGNED IN CONJUNCTION WITH CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE CORE PROGRAM OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM SUPPLIES INITIATIVE, PROVIDES SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, AT NO COST, TO ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS IN THE ORGANIZATION'S SEVEN COUNTY SERVICE AREA. THE FUNDAMENTAL CRITERION FOR ELIGIBILITY IS THAT A SCHOOL MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT AT LEAST 70% OF THE STUDENT BODY QUALIFIES FOR THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. SCHOOLS PRIMARILY SERVING GRADES PREK-12 ARE CHOSEN ANNUALLY THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS. THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO UTILIZING A FAIR AND UNBIASED PROCESS WHEN CHOOSING PARTNERS ANNUALLY FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM SUPPLY INITIATIVE. TEACHERS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS MAY COME TO THE ORGANIZATION'S RESOURCE CENTER, LOCATED IN PITTSBURGH, TWO TIMES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SECURE SUPPLIES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR STUDENTS FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF MATERIALS. AN ANNUAL IN-SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IS ALSO HELD DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. PENCILS, CRAYONS, NOTEBOOKS, AND BINDERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST CRITICALLY NEEDED ITEMS.THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BEGAN AFFECTING OPERATIONS AND DONATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (TEP) IN MARCH, 2020 WHEN OUR FACILITY AND THE SCHOOLS WE SERVE CLOSED DUE TO GOVERNOR'S ORDERS. ALTHOUGH MOST PARTNER SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD RECEIVED THEIR ALLOTMENT OF SUPPLIES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR FROM THE TEACHER RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM, THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP WAS FORCED TO CANCEL JUNIOR PARTNER SCHOOL SHOPPING RESULTING IN A LOSS OF DISTRIBUTIONS OF OVER $70,000. CLOSING OUR DOORS ALSO RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT LOSSES OF GIFT-IN-KIND DONATIONS. SINCE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED, TEACHERS ALSO COULD NOT MAKE USE OF THE HIGH-TECH KITS FROM THE STEAM LENDING LIBRARY PROGRAM.TEP'S SMALL STAFF RELIES HEAVILY ON VOLUNTEER LABOR TO STOCK THE RESOURCE CENTER AND DISTRIBUTE SUPPLIES TO SCHOOLS. IN MARCH 2020 TEP SUSPENDED ALL IN-PERSON VOLUNTEERISM OPPORTUNITIES. ONCE WE PARTIALLY REOPENED IN JULY, THIS LACK OF VOLUNTEER MANPOWER PUT ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON OUR CURRENT STAFF.

OUR ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SPONSOR AND ENGAGE IN TEAM-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROVIDE POWER TOOLS HOMEWORK KITS FOR STUDENTS IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS. SPONSORS PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION OF THESE KITS.

THE STEAM LENDING LIBRARY PROVIDES RESOURCES TO PARTNER SCHOOL TEACHERS TO BORROW AND RETURN. THESE CLASSROOM KITS OF HANDS-ON MANIPULATIVE MATERIALS GIVE TEACHERS RESOURCES TO TEACH LEASON IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH. MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT BORROW THESE MATERIALS WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS CURRICULUM. THIS LIBRARY GIVES THESE LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THEIR STUDENTS THAT SAME EXPERIENCES AS AFFLUENT SCHOOLS.

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