There are two ways to help your alma mater -- support a classroom project or donate  items on their Wish List.

Support a classroom project

Go to www.donorschoose.org.  In the "search" line enter the ID number to view the project.

The following are ID numbers for current teachers’ projects:

Christian Smith, Orchestra Director   ID#321667

Jeanette Attisso, English Teacher       ID #338126

Jeanette Attisso, English Teacher       ID#316669 

Elizabeth Wright, Librarian                ID#330541

Elizabeth Wright, Librarian                ID#345195 

Peter Iselin, Math Teacher                ID# 330138

Donate Items

National Poetry Month

Contact: Theresa Schiltz
E-Mail: tsschiltz@cps.edu

Requests Barnes & Noble and Borders gift cards to give as prizes to the students during the National Poetry Month activities

Nursing Office

Contact: Tina Escobar
E-mail: tfescobar@cps.edu

• Informational pamphlets for the students on:
  • nutrition
  • pregnancy
  • diabetes
  • STD's
  • eating disorders
  • asthma
  • migraines
  • allergies
  • cancer
  • lymphoma
  • etc.
• Books for nursing office lending library on any of the above topics
• First aid supplies and sanitary pads
• Hand sanitizer dispenser to put on the wall of her office.
• Public health posters
• A fan for the nurse’s office
• Stethoscope
• Blood pressure cuff
• Scale to weigh students up to 450 lbs.
• Thermometers

Yearbook Committee

Contact: Eugene Martello
E-Mail: eamartello@cps.edu

Requests a digital camera that is point and shoot or a Cannon with interchangeable lenses.  The camera should use a compact media flashcard.

Art Department

Contact: Jennifer Brown
Telephone: (773) 534-2350
E-mail: jfbrown@cps.edu

Various art supplies (non-toxic) including brushes, water-based paint and ink, colored pencils, pastels, scissors, paper, glue sticks, clay tools and equipment. They also need:

• Framing materials - mat boards, unwanted frames, glass or plexiglass
• Drawing boards
• Spotlights
• Flowers or plants, fake fruit or other props for still-life painting
• Easels
• Mannequins
• Art posters or unwanted prints
• Paper cutters
• Fabric
• Wallpaper Scraps

Drama Department

MaryBeth Belmonte
Phone: (773) 534-2350
E-mail: mbelmonte@cps.edu

Ms. Belmonte would like a digital video recorder so that she can record her students' performances. This way they can view themselves on video, which is the best way to make improvements to a performance. Also, at the end of the year her classes direct, produce, design, star in, and run their own one-act plays. It is a huge undertaking, and last year's first attempt was a tremendous success. She would like to be able to record these shows and make CDs of the one-acts for the student directors, actors, and designers to use in future portfolios.

Art Department/Photography Club

Contact: Kara Wilson
E-mail: kcwilson2@cps.edu

Wants an artist's easel.

Sign

The face of Lincoln Avenue is changing … Mather’s sign needs a face lift. If you know of a resource that might help the school obtain this sign please contact the school. For more information go to www.matherhighschool.org.