SIX M-DCPS TEACHERS TO RECEIVE CLASSROOM SURPRISE FROM
OFFICEMAX’S ‘A DAY MADE BETTER’

This week, six deserving Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) teachers will receive a surprise visit from OfficeMax and their school principals to award them with $1,000 worth of classroom supplies as part of the 7th Annual OfficeMax A Day Made Better advocacy program to help erase teacher-funded classrooms. The M-DCPS winners represent the following schools: Olympia Heights Elementary, Flagami Elementary, Pinecrest Elementary, Kenwood K-8 Center, Allapattah Middle and Herbert A. Ammons Middle. They will be among 1,000 teachers nationally who have been nominated by their principals for their extraordinary efforts in the classroom.

To the average American teacher, “back to school” means spending approximately $1,000 out of pocket on essential classroom supplies. OfficeMax and AdoptAClassroom.org joined together to create A Day Made Better to help ease the financial burden for teachers. Selected teachers were nominated by their principals for demonstrating passion, dedication and innovation in the classroom.

Since 2007, A Day Made Better and other OfficeMax Goodworks programs have contributed more than $25 million in grants and supplies to support more than 31,000 teachers and their classrooms. Additionally, through the annual event, OfficeMax has helped its nonprofit partner AdoptAClassroom.org secure funding for more than 100,000 classrooms nationwide. Learn more at ADayMadeBetter.com or adopt a teacher at AdoptAClassroom.org.

For more information on event days and times contact Beth Cleveland, ADayMadeBetter@gmail.com.

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