Kindergarten-- Birmingham Reads: Kindergarten students have been challenged to gather donated books for the local book drive. Birmingham Reads is trying to reach 40,000 books collected. Look for the donations on WVTM/13 at the end of April (2016). *Kindergarten collected 1,030 books for the April 2016 book drive.

 

 

1st Grade-- Children's Hospital of Alabama: First grade will use a week in March to collect bubbles, playing cards, play-doh, and other small toys and books to donate to Children's Hospital of Alabama. These toys will be distributed to bring comfort and a symbol of support to ill children and their families who are receiving treatment at the hospital. 

 

2nd Grade-- Spreading the Love: Second Graders collected letters of love and appreciation from every grade level to distribute to our local public service workers during February. These service workers included: librarians, police officers, fire fighters, and many others.

3rd Grade-- Socks and Underwear Drive: Third graders saw a need to help the local homeless community and collected socks and underwear. They collected over 900 items; 500 pairs of socks, 400+ pairs of underwear.

4th Grade-- Winter Coat Drive: Fourth graders collected and distributed hats, gloves, and coats during the fall for students in need. The students generated flyers and promoted the event every day at carpool. They collected enough coats to fill 15 large 30 gallon bags.

5th Grade-- Letters to Veterans: Fifth graders wrote thoughtful letters to Veterans. They demonstrated kindness and appreciation for those who are serving in the military.  

6th Grade-- Letters to Kindergarten: Sixth grade students wrote letters to Kindergarteners to welcome them to a new school. They provided a comfort to our youngest students as they began their exciting new adventure at MBE.