Postal Service offers calendar for schools
The Postal Service’s “School Days and American Ways” curriculum-connected calendar kit now is available for purchase. The calendar and an accompanying teacher’s guide are tools that use images from the Postal Service stamp program. The oversized wall calendar is filled with information about the United States.
The kit is part of the Postal Service’s Community Connection program-a partnership with elementary educators across the country. The Community Connection program offers every elementary school teacher an opportunity to teach American history and culture through stamps in ways that will help students develop healthy extracurricular hobbies, instill in them a curiosity about their heritage, and extend learning beyond the classroom.
Each calendar page is designed around a monthly theme. The Teacher’s Guide includes an index of resources with ideas for educating through stamps. Suggestions and tips for lesson plans include cross-curricular instruction through reading, research, journal exercises and class activities. Each calendar and companion Teacher’s Guide is available for $12 per set, plus $2.77 for shipping and handling.
Customers can order the calendar kit online or by calling 800-STAMP-24.
Customers also can print the Order Form and mail to Stamp Fulfillment Services, PO BOX 7247, Philadelphia, PA, 19101-7097.
For more information and a sample calendar page, send an e-mail to info@uspsconnection.com.
For more information about purchasing stamps, stamps by mail, postal regulations, a free subscription to USA Philatelic magazine, Post Office events, the location of the nearest postal store or contract unit, or for answers to your specific Postal Service questions, contact USPS at 1-800-275-8777, or visit www.usps.com. To schedule a presentation for your community, club or group on how the Postal Service brings the Post Office to your home or office computer, call 239-573-9638.
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