- Connecting students to the larger community
- Opening doors to potential job and career paths
- Connecting students with all that our community has to offer
- Pride for the community in which they live
- Financial support for supplies, field trips and other extras
- Recognition and advertisement
- New business prospects
- Building of business network
- Relationship building with families in the community
Some businesses have taken the opportunity to offer additional supplies to the classroom they sponsor, like mini pencil sharpeners, tissues and wipes. Others have dropped off promotional items or coupons. Teachers of adopted classrooms are featuring the adoptee's logo in their weekly newsletters and on their blog pages, which are read by parents of students regularly.
If you have a business or work for a company that would like to build a stronger relationship with the 4,000 students and their families in Rocket City visit the Adopt A Classroom page or use the contact form to get started!