Become a Connector
Become a connector for the school by volunteering with us. Help us clean up our new facility, paint, perform routine maintenance, or prayer walk with us. We would love to meet you and connect you to meaningful projects for our new school.
Ways you can connect!
Donate School Supplies
Help us provide our Kindergarten classroom with the supplies and equipment we need. (New items only…no used items, please!) We are looking for things like glue, paper, copier paper, cleaning supplies, mops/brooms, etc. Contact Drew Sippel at 901-261-4384 for more information.
Provide a Mid-Morning Snack
Cornerstone Prep
provides each Kindergarten and first grade student a daily mid-morning snack.
We would love for supporters of the school to help provide these snacks.
Listed below are
approved snacks for our students:
Individually
packaged items:
- Keebler
Grahams Bug Bites 1.1
oz. individually wrapped packages
- Cheez-Its .75 oz. individually wrapped packages
- Pop
Tarts individually
wrapped with 1 poptart per package
- Teddy
Grahams, Cinnamon, .74
oz. individually wrapped packages
- Rice
Krispie Treats,
individually wrapped
- Vanilla
Wafers, individually
wrapped packages
Fruit:
- Bananas
- Grapes
- Oranges
Bulk items:
- Apple
Juice, shelf stable
- Vanilla
Wafers
- Graham
Crackers
- Goldfish
Cheese Crackers, 31
oz. bulk package
Please connect with
Drew Sippel at dsippel@cornerstoneprepmemphis.org
if you would be interested in helping us provide these snacks to our Prepsters.
Donate Books for Prepsters
Click here for a list of books needed for our school.
Join Us on Facebook
Join Us On Facebook
Go to facebook.com/cornerstoneprep and become a fan! You can follow our journey as we prepare to launch the new school year!
Want Us to Visit Your Church or Organization?
We want to tell you about what we are doing! Drew Sippel, our Executive Director, would love to speak to you and your organization about what is happening in Binghampton and why school’s like CPS are so important to our city. Drop us a line or call and tell us how we can communicate with you!
Shop at Schnucks and Give to the School
Here is how you do it!
If you don't already have one, pick up a Schnucks Customer Card at your
local store. Present the card every time you shop and Schnucks contributes a
percentage of your monthly purchase amount to the school or organization of
your choice. Register your Schnucks Customer Card here: http://www.escrip.com/merchants/identity/schnucks/customer.jsp
Want to serve this fall?
Cornerstone Preparatory School seeks partners in providing a
high-quality Christian education to low-income families in our community. There
are several ways to help – listed below are just a few of the current needs of
the school.
Volunteer Opportunities
Pray and Welcome New Students
Pray
and welcome students on their first day of school. Come to the school at
4488 Poplar at 7am on Monday August 8 to pray and then form a welcome line
to receive Kindergarten students on their first day of school. The welcome
will end by 7:40 and you can be on your way.
Help Prepare a Meal
Help
prepare and serve breakfast or lunch beginning August 8. Breakfast set-up
begins at 7:05 and is finished by 7:55.
Lunch set-up begins at 1:00 and ends by 2:00. Come
tutor a student. Help our Kindergarteners and first graders work on
writing, letters, reading and math.
Help a Child Break Through by Tutoring
Tutoring opportunities take place on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 2:15-3:00. Come help for any
amount of time during those specified periods.
Volunteer for P.E.
Come
help with P.E. during the week. Kindergarten P.E takes place from 12:40-1:10
and first grade P.E. takes place from 1:45-2:15.
Clean Us Up!
Clean
student desks and chairs once per month. This takes 2 people 1 hour to
wipe down and clean the desks and chairs. This can occur during lunch,
P.E. from 1:00-2:00 or after the school day ends at 4pm.
Move Us Around
Organize
tutoring experiences for other tutors. Students need to be taken from
their classroom to their tutoring room and then returned to the classroom.
Tutoring opportunities take place on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
from 2:15-3:00.
Protect the Environment - We Want to Go Green!
Help
us protect the environment by coming to the school once per week and
picking up our recycled paper products and delivering them to a recycling
location.Provide
administrative support by coming to the school for one hour per week to
help sort, file, staple papers for the teachers.
Connect through Our Newsletter
Join
our newsletter e-mail list to stay abreast of volunteer opportunities,
God’s work at Cornerstone Prep, and up-to-date prayer requests. You can
sign up on the website.
Fund Curriculum and School Supply Needs
Financial Opportunities:
Fund
the curriculum and worksheets for one student - $24 per month or
$240 for the yearBuy
morning snacks for the Kindergarten class - $50 per weekPurchase
school supplies – any dollar amount
Buy a Student a Gift Card for Uniform
Give a
student uniform gift card - $10, $20, $50 or $100Procure
an Ipad for the classroom - $400
Pay for a Student Meal
Purchase
the breakfast and lunch provided for one student- $20 per week or $80 per
monthPurchase
balls/jump ropes/other P.E. equipment - $600 for the yearDonate
a full or partial scholarship to a family - $10,000 for one full year
scholarship, $5,000 for a one partial scholarship
Thanks for considering ways that you can contribute to God’s
work in our community.
Find Out More!
Volunteers can
contact Drew Sippel at DSippel@cornerstoneprepmemphis.org if you have questions or need further info.