Business Partners

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

The timing of these events will be updated when schools resume a normal schedule after Covid-19 restrictions.

Please contact the school (contact names and emails are listed at the end of the Partnering Needs) or Jeanne Smith, Coordinator for Alignment Southwest Charlotte at jeanne@alignmentswc.org

Share your experience and expertise:

Partnering Need	Schools Involved	Time Frame
Mentors and coaches to help with after school robotics, science or engineering clubs; Odyssey of the Mind	Kennedy MS Berewick E. Steele Creek E. Winget Park E.
Be a career speaker in a classroom	Kennedy MS Berewick E. Winget Park E.
Provide a field trip to your job site for students and/or teachers	Kennedy MS Southwest MS Winget Park E.
Be a speaker or set up a table for a Career Day or Career Fair; Provide general help for the event	Kennedy MS Winget Park E. Steele Creek E,
Volunteer for STEM nights or Science/Engineering Fairs: as an activity leader, judge, etc.	Kennedy MS Steele Creek E. Berewick
Mentor individual students	All Schools
Marketing, public relations and advertising assistance for school programs	Kennedy MS Southwest MS

Provide prizes or gifts to students or teachers:

Partnering Needed	Schools Involved	Time Frame
Provide small items as prizes for science and engineering Fair winners (Can be items from business or trade shows)	Kennedy MS River Gate E. Winget Park E. Steele Creek E.
Provide food or small gifts for teacher appreciation	All schools
Provide small gifts (pencils, food coupons, etc.) for student award ceremonies	River Gate E.

Be a volunteer for needed school initiatives:

Partnering Need	Schools	Time Frame
Literacy Support – Reading Buddies 2nd & 3rd grade Middle School students	All Schools
Read Charlotte	Berewick E. Steele Creek E.
Math Tutoring – guided by Heart Tutoring	Berewick
Proctors for end of school assessments/exams	All Schools