PENCIL Foundation

PENCIL Foundation responds to the needs of Metro Schools by linking community resources of volunteers and materials with Nashville Public Schools. PENCIL matches over 500 businesses and organizations with Metro schools as PENCIL Partners, distributes school supplies for teachers through LP PENCIL Box, and trains volunteers to work with at-risk students.

Upcoming Events

Monday, May 19
VOLUNTEER: LP Pencil Box
VOLUNTEER: LP PENCIL Box, Nashville's free school supplies store for Metro Nashville Public Schools, seeks individuals and groups to inventory supplies, stock shelves, and assist MNPS teachers with shopping.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Monday, May 19
Volunteer: International Newcomers' Academy
PENCIL Foundation is looking for volunteers who are interested in assisting some of Nashville’s newest students. The International Newcomers’ Academy of Metro Schools is a program that focuses on the needs of students who have little or no knowledge of English and have extremely limited literacy skills in their native language. Most of the current students are Somali and Somali Bantu who have been living in refugee camps and have not had the opportunity to attend school.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Volunteer: Math Partners
Math Partners, an in-school tutorial for fifth- and sixth-graders in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, seeks volunteers to work with groups of two to four students once a week for eight weeks or more during the school year.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Volunteer: Math and Reading Partners
The PENCIL Foundation has continuous and ongoing needs for volunteers to tutor math to kids in grades 5-8 and to tutor in reading to kids in grades 1-4.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Volunteer: Reading Partners
Reading Partners, a program that assists students (PreK-4) in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in acquiring reading skills and increasing their enjoyment of literature, seeks volunteers to read with students.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1

Volunteer Opportunities

Monday, May 19
VOLUNTEER: LP Pencil Box
VOLUNTEER: LP PENCIL Box, Nashville's free school supplies store for Metro Nashville Public Schools, seeks individuals and groups to inventory supplies, stock shelves, and assist MNPS teachers with shopping.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Monday, May 19
Volunteer: International Newcomers' Academy
PENCIL Foundation is looking for volunteers who are interested in assisting some of Nashville’s newest students. The International Newcomers’ Academy of Metro Schools is a program that focuses on the needs of students who have little or no knowledge of English and have extremely limited literacy skills in their native language. Most of the current students are Somali and Somali Bantu who have been living in refugee camps and have not had the opportunity to attend school.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Volunteer: Math Partners
Math Partners, an in-school tutorial for fifth- and sixth-graders in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, seeks volunteers to work with groups of two to four students once a week for eight weeks or more during the school year.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Volunteer: Math and Reading Partners
The PENCIL Foundation has continuous and ongoing needs for volunteers to tutor math to kids in grades 5-8 and to tutor in reading to kids in grades 1-4.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
Volunteer: Reading Partners
Reading Partners, a program that assists students (PreK-4) in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in acquiring reading skills and increasing their enjoyment of literature, seeks volunteers to read with students.
LEARN MORE through Sunday, June 1
contact
  • Todd Adams
    615-242-3167 ext. 228
    Email | Web
  • Address:
    Nashville, TN