Bring your SSA donations to WB during the first week of every month and look for the drop-off box at the main entrance!
Waverly Belmont is a UniCycle school! UniCycle is school uniform recycling program that orchestrates the collection and redistribution of gently-used clothing to provide Standard School Attire (SSA) to Metro Schools students who need it. They collect “outgrown, not worn out” items and then distribute them in two ways:
To fill UniCycle Closets at about 60 MNPS schools where items are used on an as-needed basis to support families whose budgets aren’t lined up with growth spurts. No red tape, no applications—just a closet full of donated items that are ready to live their next best life! We have a UniCycle Closet at WB!
Multiple sets of school outfits are sent direct to students in the Homeless Education Resource Office program, which serves 3-4,000 students each year. These students receive other school-based services to help make school a seamless part of life while they’re going through a rough patch.
The importance of good, quality school clothing can’t be underestimated. When you feel confident about what you’re wearing, the day has started on a good note! And it’s a piece of the puzzle that we can take out of the hands of school social workers, counselors and other support staff by donating and keeping UniCycle’s inventory full.
Most schools in Metro require a basic uniform of collared, solid-color shirts and khaki, navy blue or black pants, shorts, skirts or dresses. Students bring their outgrown SSA items to school, and the clothing is corralled in a designated UniCycle laundry basket. Volunteers collect the basket when full, and clothes are carefully screened, cleaned, organized and then sent home to students in need, per request of the HERO staff or other MNPS personnel. Efficient collection and redistribution at the school level keeps things quicker and easier for parents and students on both ends of the recycle stream.
The Waverly Belmont Backpack Program offers a weekend supply of nutritious meals and snacks for students - completely free of charge. The program is intended to help those children who may not have enough food to eat at home. Every bag will include 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 drinks and 2 snacks. The bags are distributed every Friday when school is in session as well as the last day before a school break.
Or use this QR code to donate to WB’s Backpack food program.
WATCH D.O.G.S.® (Dads Of Great Students) is an innovative father involvement program offered by the National Center for Fathering in which Harbor Heights has enthusiastically adopted. This program focuses on safety and education by using the positive influence of fathers and father-figures for a two-fold purpose: (1) to provide an unobtrusive fathering presence, and (2) to provide a positive and active role-model for students at the school. Fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers and uncles are asked to spend at least one day at their student's school volunteering. They will support the school through monitoring the school entrance, assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher's guidance either working one-on-one or in small groups. Today thousands of school programs world-wide participate in WATCH D.O.G.S.® helping to engage men, inspire children, reduce bullying and enhance the educational environment at school.
Waverly Belmont is welcoming the Watch D.O.G.S. program into our school. Sign up today to be a Watch DOG by using the QR code on the flyer!