Businesses - Ways that your company can support Steele Creek area schools

Please consider how your business or organization can support elementary and middle school students in Steele Creek.

6 Elementary Schools: Berewick, Lake Wylie, Palisades Park, River Gate, Steele Creek, Winget Park

2 Middle Schools: Kennedy, Southwest

Area	Support		Partnering Need	Schools involved	Timeframe
STEM Events	Expertise		Mentors/coaches to help with afterschool robotics, science or engineering clubs Also Odyssey of the Mind	Kennedy Berewick Steele Creek Winget Park	October – March 1 hour/week Part or all year
	Expertise		Career Exposure – Guest Speakers	Kennedy* Berewick Winget Park	Flexible timing *10:15 – 11:15 best for Kennedy
	Expertise		Imagination Chapter (support students with engineering/design challenges, tools & skills)	Winget Park	School year 8:00 – 9:00 am One day/week
	Expertise		Field Trips (Such as manufacturing facilities, labs, energy building)	Kennedy Southwest Winget Park	Flexible timing
	Expertise		Speakers & tables for Career Fair Or Career Day	Kennedy Winget Park	TBD
	Funds ($500)		Sponsor a coding class/workshop	Kennedy Steele Creek Berewick River Gate	On-going
	Expertise		Volunteers for STEM Nights, Science and Engineering Fairs (Judges, tables, volunteers)	Kennedy Steele Creek Berewick	TBD
	Prizes		Prizes for Science & Engineering Fair winners	Kennedy Rivergate Winget Park	December 2017 TBD
	Funds		Support to continue Science Olympiads, Technology Student Assoc. (TSA)	Kennedy	On going
	Mentors		For individual students	All schools	On going
Other	Funds or gifts	Teacher Appreciation Food, small gifts, etc. (80-90 teachers per school)		All Schools	Many opportunities throughout year
	Expertise	Marketing, public relations, and advertising assistance		Southwest Kennedy	Flexible Timing
	Volunteer &/or funds	Create outdoor reading benches		Southwest	TBD

Other	Volunteer &/or funds	Beautifying school grounds	Berewick River Gate	Flexible Timing
	Tables	Promote your business at Monthly Parents Nights	Southwest	Monthly
	Funds ($350-375)	Scholarship for 5^th grade class field trip	Steele Creek Lake Wylie	By April 2019
	Supply or funds	Copies for quarterly assessments	River Gate	Oct/Jan/Mar/May
	Volunteers	Literacy Support Reading Buddy (K- 3^rd grade) 6-8^th grade students	All schools	I hour week or flexible
	Volunteers	Read Charlotte (K – 3^rd grade)	Berewick	TBD
	Volunteers	Math Tutoring with the support of Heart Tutoring	Berewick	30-60 min./week 8:30 – 9:30 T-Fri. 12:30 – 1:30 pm M-Th.
	Volunteers	Proctors for end of school assessments	All schools	May 2019