A sample of the materials available for the USPS Community Connection program
In celebration of National Stamp Collecting Month, the Postal Service™ has forged “Community Connection,” a new community partnership for elementary educators across the country.
Community Connection provides schools with the resources of more than 32,700 Post Offices™, the Postal Service’s archive of American history and culture, and new tools for teaching primary school students through stamps.
“The Postal Service is committed to creating a partnership that’s a significant contributor to elementary school improvement plans,” said David Failor, executive director, Stamp Services. “Community Connection offers extensive and significant curriculum-based tools that will benefit educators and advance student achievement at the primary level.”
The Postal Service will provide elementary schools with an oversized 2009-10 “School Days and American Ways” classroom calendar filled with American history, lesson plan suggestions, and graphics.
Also included are tips for developing extracurricular stamp collecting hobbies, stamp-related articles, and images published online and in children’s educational periodicals. Schools will also have the opportunity for organized educational field trips to local Post Offices and time-released and curriculum-coordinated educator kits.
USPS® is currently taking orders for the 2009-10 School Days and American Ways Calendar. To order, call 800-STAMP-24 or go to www.usps.com.
— Community Relations,
Corporate Communications, 10-8-09
