Community Service

Community service is a big part of Academy life, here are some of the highlights:

Senior Project 2008

This year's senior class initiated its own class project called Project Play. They are raised money, organized and built a new playground for College Park Elementary School. Some groups they partnered with were the City of College Park, the Alumni Association, and Woodward Academy. Wonderful job class of 2008!

Project Play

Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club Walk-a-thon

JD 2008The 2008 Walk-a-thon for the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club was on Friday, April 11. This annual event for the main campus students is help this local community club which is located on the northeast side of the school. Contributions to date are:JD 2008

 

Upper School: $15,758 (266 students)
Middle School: TBA
Lower School: $7,077 (111 students)
Primary School: $3,500 (over 200 students)

Total: TBA

 

Note: This year Upper School faculty member, Linda Gravitt lead some of the students on her scooter.

 

canathonAnnual Can-a-thon

The Academy's annual can-a-thon is held in November.
This year the following were donated:

  • Upper School: 19,000 items
  • Middle School: 4,800 items and $6,755
  • Lower School: 3,414 items and $3,608
  • Primary School: 1,245 items
  • Woodward North: 1,858 items and $670

Please note, some of the figures may include the cash donation that were used to by groceries for the drive. Also the main campus donations go to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Family Life Ministries, and Morrow Baptist Church.

 

MS canathon canathon

The Terranova School Library Project

Terranova LibraryThere was a lot of support to build a new library for this school in Zambia, Africa.
The new building was constructed on the Terranova Coffee Plantation and opening in July 2007. This building money was provided by the Middle School and most of the books that will be purchased were done through most of our schools.
See the library pictures.

Library:
Upper School: $4,700.00 during the Week of Understanding for books
Middle School: $7,500.00 for the building in December and $8,838 for books during the Week of Understanding in February
Woodward North: $3,094.00 during the Week of Understanding for books
Lower School: $2,500 from part of their 6th grade Market Day profits for books
Over the past several years, there have been a number of other items donated to the school from the Woodward Academy community. This includes: kids

  • Teaching materials including math materials from the
    MS math department
  • Computers from various labs
  • Past uniforms gathered by the Parents Club after new ones were phase in several years ago.
  • Additional computers and networking will be added during the summer of 2008.

Please visit the Terranova Blog at: http://blog.woodward.edu/terranova/

Woodward and Habitat for Humanity

The main Habitat fundraiser for 2007-08 was the construction and auction of a full sized playhouse.  The proceeds from this fundraiser helped our campus chapter donate over $3,000 to Habitat for Humanity of South Fulton towards the cost of a new home.  For the remainder of the school year, Chapter members will be participating in the construction of new homes in East Point under the direction of Habitat for Humanity of South Fulton.

In June 2006 Woodward helped dedicate their first habitat house! The students along with the Parents Club raised $50,000 for the build.

For questions about the program, please contact their sponsor Jon Merrill.

 

playhouse Habitat House Group

Upper School

    • In November coordinates the annual school-wide can-a-thon for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and other local food banks.
    • In March/April, the Key Club coordinates the annual walk-a-thon for the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club
    • Student tutors help at the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club and Hapeville Elementary School through out the year.
    • Interact Club, Sponsors two American Red Cross Blood Drives a year: For the 2007-08 school year the fall blood drive had 85 pints. The February 2008 drive was on Valentine's and brought in 94 pints of blood.
    • Has a campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity of South Fulton (see information above).
    • The Computer Club is raising money for technology at the Terranova School. They are recycling cell phone batteries, printer ink cartridges and had a computer equipment drive in February 2007 where they asked for a small contribution to donate/recycle equipment. More Information...

Past Projects

    • See the information about the Terranova School Library Project on this page
    • Excel Club, Annual Juvenile Diabetes Fund, for 2006-07, there was $3,200 raised through a shoes sale and a dodgeball game.
    • Interact Club's annual blood drive, for 2006-07, the drives brought in 87 pints in October and 94 pints in February.
    • Amnesty International, raises money for the Lesideng Aids Soup Kitchen, in 2006, $1,200.
    • Hurricane Katrina Outreach in 2005, the school-wide total was $30,517.84 and hundred of volunteer hours.

Middle School

    • In November, participates in the annual school-wide can-a-thon for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and other local food banks.
    • In December, participates in Operation Santa
    • In March/April, participates in the annual walk-a-thon for the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club
    • See the information about the Terranova School Library Project on this page.
    • The Eagle Club organizes pennies for sponsored children and collects aluminum tab-tops for the Ronald McDonald House along with Girl Scouts in Woodward troops.

Past Projects

    • Participates in a Tennis Racket Round-up
    • Hurricane Katrina Outreach in 2005, the school-wide total was $30,517.84 and hundred of volunteer hours.

Lower School

    • In November, participates in the annual school-wide can-a-thon for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and other local food banks also Jump Rope for Heart. For 2007, $5,300 was raised; Andrew Gray raised the highest amount at $1,125.00.
    • In March/April, participates in the annual walk-a-thon for the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club.

Past Projects:

    • Participates in Pennies for Patients, in February 2007 raised $9,004.61.
    • Hurricane Katrina Outreach in 2005, the school-wide total was $30,517.84 and hundred of volunteer hours.

Primary School

For the 2007-08 School Year

    • In October, participates in Candy for Cancer Patients (chemo patients), for 2007 also helped the American Heart Association - Team George and Gift of Site foundation through the Girl Scout troops.

    • In November, participates in the annual school-wide can-a-thon for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and other local food banks.

    • In December, Salvation Army Adopt-an-Angel and Boys and Girls Club gift donations.

    • In January/February, Clothes Drive for Christian City Children's Home and Pennies for Patients.

    • In March/April, the annual walk-a-thon for the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club and St. Jude's Math-a-thon.

    • The faculty also has an option to participate in the following charities on Fridays to wear blue jeans for the day:
      August-October – Noah’s Ark, November-December – Hope House, March-April – Threads, and May – Rainbow House

Past Projects

    • Pennies for Pateints in 2007, $5,040.60 was raised for Pennies for Patients. First grader, Ronnie Freeman took this project to heart by raising $1,177.72! He got up in front of his church and talked about this worthy cause. He also went to local businesses and asked them to collect change too.
    • Hurricane Katrina Outreach in 2005, the school-wide total was $30,517.84 and hundred of volunteer hours.

Woodward North

    • In October, raised $679.00 for Trick-or-Treat for Unicef and $1,155.00 for Five for Books which gives books to a local shelter.
    • In November, participates in the annual school-wide can-a-thon for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and other local food banks.
    • Long time supporter of My House, a facility for medically fragile infants: the faculty and students have donated toys, clothes and other necessities to the babies at My House for the past nine holiday seasons. For 2007, collecting gift cards to area stores during this holiday season to give to My House as they move into their new home and set up the house for the babies.
    • Has a recently started a paper recycling program in the classrooms and will be participating in Pennies for Patients, Save the Rainforest T-Shirt sale, and the St. Judes Math-A-Thon later this year.

Past Projects

    • See the information about the Terranova School Library Project on this page.
    • Hurricane Katrina Outreach in 2005, the school-wide total was $30,517.84 and hundred of volunteer hours.

 

Page Updated: 4/14/08