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Sandy Springs Education Force’s COVID Response Continues

12/30/2020 by Miriam Salpeter Leave a Comment

Sandy Springs Education Force’s latest initiative is a brand-new, on-line tutoring program, aptly named the SSEF Tutoring Program. SSEF conceived and initiated this important program to support students during this challenging pandemic period. After securing proper approvals from the principals and Fulton County Schools for the program, SSEF board members connected with Isabella Stahlman, an […]

Filed Under: General, Literacy Tagged With: COVID-19 Response, literacy, Sandy Springs Education Force, SSEF, Tutoring Program in Sandy Springs

Sandy Springs Education Force’s Inaugural Literacy Event

09/16/2018 by Miriam Salpeter Leave a Comment

Sandy Springs Education Force presents our FREE  Inaugural Children’s Book Festival in conjunction with the 5th Annual SSEF Footprints for the Future 10K/5K Road Race. Both of these events are on the morning of October 13th — RAIN or SHINE! Footprints for the Future 10K & 5K – 7:45 a.m. start. Registration is required for the […]

Filed Under: Literacy, Road Race Tagged With: 10K, 5k, After-School All Stars, fundraiser, Literacy Event, Little Shop of Stories, Mama Koku, Road Race, roadrace, Sandy Springs, SSEF, Wren's Nest

Reading Buddy Volunteers Needed in Sandy Springs

08/28/2018 by Miriam Salpeter Leave a Comment

Change a student’s life! Become a Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) “Reading Buddy,” and share your love of books and reading with a student who will benefit from a one-to-one relationship with a caring adult. Adult volunteers meet the same student weekly at school during the student’s 30-minute lunch period between mid-September and mid-May. It’s […]

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Literacy Volunteers, Reading Volunteers, Recruiting Volunteers, Sandy Springs Education Force, Sandy Springs Volunteer Opportunities, SSEF, volunteers

Sandy Springs Education Force Powers Atlanta’s Bright Young Minds

11/12/2016 by Miriam Salpeter Leave a Comment

By Phoebe Knight – Community, Technology |  For many Sandy Springs students, the path to a better education begins with the Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF), an organization dedicated to aiding local schools, teachers and underserved students. Although Sandy Springs is one of the 10 most affluent cities in Georgia, more than half of the city’s […]

Filed Under: Literacy

Family’s basement stocks ‘Mini Libraries’ for schools

08/22/2015 by Miriam Salpeter Leave a Comment

by Mary Helen Kelly ~ Kissy Dabbs recalls when books overtook her Sandy Springs home after a book drive for the Mini Libraries program at Heards Ferry Elementary last year. “We had our entire dining room and foyer just full. We could lose children in these books!” she said. Dabbs and her two daughters provide […]

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: books, mini libraries

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