Second grade students enjoy a special relationship with Isenberg Elementary School, thanks to their Communities in Schools service project and a special pen pal program with Isenberg's second grade. 

Each month the students collect non-perishable food items to be distributed to students at Communities in Schools recipients at Isenberg Elementary School. Many of these canned goods are contributions from the quarterly PSA Dress-Down Day can drives. Thank you to all who contribute to this important cause! 

This week, second grade students packed 241 canned good items into bags for Isenberg Elementary, many of the goods from the PSA drive the week prior. For the additional items contributed by second grade students and their families, s tudents were encouraged to travel to the grocery store with a parent and help choose nutritious breakfast, lunch, and dinner items. 

On a date agreed upon by both schools, parent volunteers drive a small group of Salisbury Academy second graders to deliver the backpacks each month. This month the delivery will take place on October 23rd.  Community in Schools will then decide which families have the greatest need and distribute the backpacks on the Friday afternoon of the week of the delivery. 

 

Second graders are also pen pals with a second grade class at Isenberg. They often ask, "Will my pen pal be able to enjoy some of the food?" The students then learn a lesson in confidentiality when the reply is, "No, we will never know who benefits from our service project." Students also learn that when you show generosity, you do not always receive gifts in return, and intrinsic rewards are the best gift of all.