It’s here! Today is the beginning of our Start The New Year Right Campaign. Through the end of this month we have the opportunity to make a difference for hundreds of children at Mukono Day & Boarding School, a longtime Sister Schools partner in Uganda. We first visited Mukono Day & Boarding School in the […]
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Happy New Year from Sister Schools!
What an Amazing Year! As we get ready to say goodbye to 2017 we at Sister Schools are already looking ahead to 2018. First, the container is on its way to Uganda full with the amazing supplies from the 15 new schools we worked with this year. Second, we are preparing for some fantastic events […]
Chautauqua staff, students are going global with projects and programs
Chautauqua staff, students are going global with projects and programs Sometimes, it’s the littlest drops that make the biggest splash. And you might be surprised to learn that right now on Vashon, it’s not a resistance movement, an arts event or even drag-queen bingo making ripples that are traveling far — it’s the students and […]
Lutengo Literacy Center: Books for Every Student
Several weeks ago, Sister School’s launched a pilot program to train teachers and librarians that oversee our Ugandan literacy centers. The training, taught by one of our Ugandan partner teachers, was designed to provide teachers and librarians with tools on how to maximize the literacy centers and get books into the hands of students. Two […]
Elementary Students Hold 10th Annual Benefit Concert for Sister Schools
Music students at Fernwood Elementary School knew they had done something special by holding a supply drive for Sister Schools that helped children in Uganda, Africa, but they were inspired to do even more. Ten years later, the school is now preparing to celebrate its 10th annual Fernwood Elementary Benefit Concert to raise money for […]
Purple and Green – Kibiribiri Primary School
Tuesday, April 4 – WOW! A great day distributing Sister Schools supplies. We handed out the donated items from Little Cedars Elementary in Snohomish, WA to Kibiribiri Primary School. This is one of my favorite schools because of their smart purple uniforms and bright smiles. The kids at Kibiribiri were amazed at how many items […]
New Shirts and Pink Shorts!
We visited Ntawo Primary School today and we were so impressed. They showed us exactly how they have been using the school supplies that they got from Samantha Smith Elementary in Sammamish, WA last year. They are drawing pictures with the crayons and colored pencils. They are reading the books. They are using the pencils […]
Fun with Katete Primary School
Wednesday, March 28 – we just got back from a super fun day at Katete Primary school where we distributed the generous school supplies donated from Arrowhead Elementary School in Bothell, WA. The Katete kids and teachers were very appreciative of all the books, pencils, pens, crayons, balls and of course their brand-new Sister Schools […]
Check Out the Backpacks!
Had a trifecta day in Uganda. Visited Kiyunga Islamic Primary School today to deliver the many boxes of school supplies donated by Greenwood Elementary School in Seattle. We took 200+ pictures of the kids with their new school supplies. We set up an assembly line to fill their new Sister Schools backpacks with notebooks, readers […]
Spring 2017 Return Presentations
The impact of Sister Schools shines through with our return presentations. Our staff retun to the elementary schools that were so generous in the fall with a special video presentation just for their school. Students are able to see first-hand the Ugandan students who received their donations! This is a fun, meaningful (and emotional) way […]