2017 Annual Report

2016 - 2017 Annual Report

Linking Community Resources to Nashville Public Schools to Help Young People Achieve Academic Success and Prepare for Life

We are one of the nation’s largest networks of businesses, universities, faith-based organizations and volunteers engaged in public schools.

Here’s what PENCIL accomplished this year:

38,000+

Volunteer Hours

162

MNPS Schools with PENCIL Partnerships

$4.1M+

Community Investment

MNPS District Statistics:

88,827

Students

75%

Economically Disadvantaged with 64% below grade level in reading comprehension

162

Zoned Schools

LP PENCIL Box

The LP PENCIL Box allows all MNPS teachers to shop for school supplies at absolutely no cost to them one TIME per school semester.

Throughout the 16-17 school year, the LP PENCIL Box distributed the following into the hands of Nashville’s students:

323,831 pencils
66,768 glue sticks
53,933 pens
50,628 pocket folders
And much, much more!

$729,000+ in supplies distributed to 2,546+ teachers from 162 MNPS schools

The LP PENCIL Box is made possible by the generous support of the Louisiana-Pacific Foundation, Kids in Need Foundation, local businesses, organizations and the 355 volunteers who gave more than 3,000 hours of their time during the 16-17 school year.

Academy PENCIL Partners

PENCIL works to bridge the gap between volunteers’ generosity and skills and the support MNPS needs to help students grow. Academy PENCIL Partners are the solution.

Throughout the 16-17 school year, PENCIL Partners have provided the following support to Academies across Nashville:

Career Mentors
Teacher Externships
Curriculum Development

Job Shadowing
Mock Interviews
Student Interviews

Industry Certification Exam Tutors
And more!

34,000+

Volunteer Hours

$2.9M+

Community Investment

93

MNPS Schools with PENCIL Partnerships

700

Industry Certification Exams Taken - 59% passed | 12% increase from previous year

Academy PENCIL Partners are successful because of the gracious local businesses who value public education and show up to support Metro Nashville Public School students, faculty and staff.

Literacy PENCIL Partners

We partner committed volunteers from our PENCIL Partnerships with MNPS Reading Clinics to tutor students for 30 minutes a week.

Reading Clinic volunteers provide intensive, individualized, one-to-one tutoring using instructional strategies proven by researchers to promote reading gain. During tutoring sessions, volunteers will provide support and guidance as the student reads a book aloud, facilitates literacy-specific games with the student, and much more.

721

Students served

570+

Tutors

23

MNPS Reading Clinics

Literacy PENCIL Partners are made possible by the generous support of Maddox charitable fund, Memorial Foundation, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, and the Scarlett Family Foundation.

PENCIL Family Resource Centers

PENCIL Family Resource Centers (FRCs) help students and families in six schools by acting as a hub for community resources and helping families navigate outside agencies that can help with social, emotional and physical needs. FRCs stock emergency food and clothing, and develop services tailored to the school population.

Six Family Resource Centers

Ivanetta H. Davis Early Learning Center, Tusculum Elementary School, Madison Middle School, and Antioch, Maplewood and Glencliff High Schools.

Throughout the 16-17 school year, PENCIL’s FRCs provided students and families with the following services:

Food backpacks for at-risk students
Clothing, including school uniforms
School and personal hygiene supplies
Student tutoring resources
Parent resources, including counseling, employment and transportation
And much, much more!

4,865