The University of South Dakota student chapter of the Northern Plains Association for Educational Communications and Technology is sponsoring a book drive for the Loneman School District in Oglala, SD on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The students are exploring Internet-based communications such as blogs, Facebook and Second Life for Community Service Programs.
Loneman serves about 335 children from pre-K through 8th grades. The school is working hard to increase language arts scores in all grade levels. Our goal is to fill the libraries and send at least one book home with each child for the summer break. New and used book donations are welcome. Oglala is in Shannon County and is part of the Lakota Nation. All students are Native American. The district has Median Household Income $17,368 with an average of 4.8 persons per household. The Prior HHS Poverty Guidelines and Federal Register References lists the poverty threshold for a family of four at US $20,444.
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Books may be sent directly to: |
Donations may be sent by check payable to: NPAECT |
| Loneman School USD NPAECT Book Drive ATTN: Nikki Pipe on Head PO Box 50 South BIA Highway 41 Oglala, SD 57764 |
NPAECT Elizabeth Simmons Curriculum and Instruction University of South Dakota 414 E Clark Vermillion, SD 57069 |
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Books may be purchased directly from Jackson Street Books http://jacksonstreetbooks.blogspot.com/ and http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moondust/169/167/106 See the 4/27 Blog for the Book Drive Post |
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For more information email. esimmons@usd.edu
If you need a receipt for tax purposes,
please include a book mark,
downloadable here
in each book provide an
email, and list your donations below:
Mitakuye oyasin!