Each year, parents get ready to send
their kids back to school, and high-school graduates get ready to head off to
college. That means buying school supplies, planning school lunches and
considering options like tutoring services to help make the school year go as
smoothly as possible. Back-to-school season isn't always easy, but there are
plenty of businesses out there that can help make it a lot less stressful.
Here are five businesses every
parent, student and teacher should know about before heading back to school.
LockerLookz
Kids and teens are stuck with old,
boring metal lockers each school year, and decorating them is a surefire way to
make going back to school a little more fun. LockerLookz sells decorations made specifically
to fit in and spruce up school lockers. Plus, the company has an online locker
design tool, so students can see how their chosen decorations will look
together and even purchase the entire design all together once they're happy
with the outcome. The decorations are easy to install and won't damage lockers
(so schools can rest easy). Decorations include wallpaper, photo frames,
dry-erase boards, and even rugs and mini-chandelier lighting.
Frecklebox
Back-to-school shopping can be a
hassle, and it seems like every store sells the same plain notebooks and
folders. If you want to make things a little more personal, check out Frecklebox,
an online store that lets you customize your school supplies. Frecklebox sells
everything from binders, bookmarks and journals to lunch boxes, stickers and
sketchbooks, all of which can be personalized with students' names and favorite
prints and patterns. The store is also a great place to find gifts for kids, as
you can shop by occasion, theme and age.
Chegg
Tutors
Not every student needs regular
tutoring sessions to succeed in school — sometimes, all it takes is a little
help on a particular project or lesson to make the grade. Chegg Tutors,
formerly known as InstaEdu, is a great alternative to the typical tutoring
service. The online-based tutoring service employs current students and
graduates from top colleges around the country to help junior-high, high-school
and college students with their assignments. Students can either sign up for
traditional scheduled tutoring sessions or find tutors on-demand when they need
immediate help with a particular assignment or problem. Tutors and students
connect via a virtual lab that includes chat and video features as well as a shared
virtual whiteboard and the option to upload documents.
Revolution
Foods
If you're a parent struggling to
pack a healthy lunch that your kids will love, Revolution Foods
is the company you need. Revolution Foods creates healthy on-the-go lunch boxes
(known as "Jet Packs") — think Lunchables, but without all of the
artificial ingredients and preservatives — and nutritious snacks called
"Dynamos" that are created specifically to help kids get more
protein. The brand's Jet Packs come in five different flavors: turkey and
cheddar, ham and cheddar, cheese pizza, popcorn chicken, and hummus and pita
chips. Along with these retail products, Revolution Foods also offers programs
that provide healthy, freshly prepared meals to schools throughout the United
States.
AdoptAClassroom.org
In the back-to-school frenzy, it can
be easy to forget that not all schools can provide teachers with the supplies
they really need to make sure their students get the best education possible. AdoptAClassroom.org,
a national nonprofit organization, aims to help teachers get the classroom
supplies they can't otherwise afford. Teachers can register their classrooms
with AdoptAClassroom.org, where they're provided with outreach materials to
promote their donation page, and donors can also search for classrooms to adopt
by teacher, school name, school type and poverty level. All donated funds go
directly to teachers, and donors are given personal feedback from the teachers
themselves to let them know exactly what their donations were used for and the
impact it had on their class.
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