Support New Hope

Whether you have a current student with us or you simply believe in our educational mission, there are many ways to support New Hope.

Scholarship a Student

You can support a student through a scholarship. This is one of our biggest needs right now. We have many students who would like to take more tutorials (or their first) but for whom it is out of reach financially. Many of you heard a parent speak at our Parent Orientation about the tremendous blessing that New Hope has been to her daughter, enabled by scholarship donations. There are several ways you can help:

• Give a one-time donation of any amount at any time.
• Commit to giving a specific amount each month.
• Commit to sponsoring a specific student for a specific tutorial.

Your donations are tax-deductible. You can either mail them directly (preferred) or put them in Jennifer Drummond's box at New Hope. If you would like to give but aren't sure where the greatest need is, don't hesitate to email Joan Smith.

Donate Your Time

New Hope has events throughout the year that require parental involvement on a variety of levels. You could:

• join our hospitality team which provides refreshments, setup and cleanup at most of our events;
• donate babysitting hours for tutors during New Hope events and meetings
• pray with our group that meets Tuesdays at 8am at New Hope
• pray for New Hope at home
• help Joan during the week at New Hope, e.g. monitoring study halls and student free time

Please let us know if you would like to help us in these (or any other) ways.

Give to our Wish Lists

Did you know that our tutors put together wish lists? There are many things that we could use that help us as we teach. You can purchase these items directly and give them to New Hope. If you have any questions about an individual item, please contact that tutor directly. Tutors - please email Ian Drummond with updates.

Jennifer Drummond (Guided Research and Writing, executive assistant)

• $500 to pay for half the cost of our new, exciting 2007-08 calendar (with lots of color pictures) for each family, or $1000 to cover the entire cost
• an LCD projector for use with laptops (bright enough to see easily in a lit room)
• a laptop for tutor use (must have wireless capability)
• wireless internet for use at New Hope (so you don't get a busy signal when Joan needs to check her email) - buy just one month of access or contribute to the whole year

Ian Drummond (Latin, History)

• dry erase markers
• any maps of the ancient world suitable for display
• The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Cassell's Latin Dictionary (or other desk reference) and the Oxford English Dictionary

Laura Duran (Spanish)

• another large white board (the one in the conference room is not enough!) and dry-erase markers of all colors
• classical guitar and any other percussion instruments (maracas, hand-drums, pan flutes, etc.)
• any kinds of costumes, clothes, music, decorations, hats, etc. from Spanish-speaking countries

Joan Smith (Executive Director)

• one good quality CD/tape player with record feature (helpful for Spanish, Public Speaking, Latin, and Literature as well as the Director)
• digital camera, at least 3 mega pixels
• color laser printer

Kit Standridge (Spanish)

• Disney or other kids' movies in Spanish (or on DVD with the language option)
• cultural videos (in English or Spanish) about Spanish-speaking countries
• cultural videos (in English or Spanish) about aspects of Hispanic culture
• a set of English/Spanish - Spanish/English dictionaries to be used in tutorials
• laminated maps of Spain, South America and Central America (ones that can be put away easily)
• sets of books that could be used year after year:  short story anthologies for upper levels, and easy Spanish readers for lower levels (this would help us to read more things each year)
• a subscription to magazines in Spanish, like Time or Newsweek
• subscriptions  to Scholastic Weekly Readers in Spanish
• a big huge bucket of candy so I don't have to buy it for the rest of the year
• a set of12 small slates (there is a cardboard kind that is inexpensive)

Eric Unsworth (History)

• a used laptop

Christina Wassell (MS Literature)

• a really good Oxford English Dictionary (ISBN 0198612583) ($250)
• a good OED (not as expensive) (ISBN 0198604572) ($100)
• St. Martin's Handbook (ISBN 031216744X)

Chris Westrate (Literature and Writing)

• A really good projector! 
• A pair of good speakers to be used with laptops and ipods
  A film library of film versions of the texts we study (to be used mostly as a lending library and for extra credit projects).
• Any paperback copies (in good condition) of the books we study (again, to be used as a lending library).