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Love to Shop on Line? Check out We-Care.com and support Nettelhorst!

We-Care.com returns a percentage of what you spend online as a donation that supports our work — at no extra cost to you. Just visit our We-Care.com marketplace (http://nettelhorst.we-care.com); search or browse for a merchant, coupon, or type of product; and click through to the merchant’s site. It’s that simple. You shop as you always do; all purchases are made directly from the merchants’ sites. Once you’ve clicked through to a merchant’s site, donations are made automatically.

We-Care.com has relationships with more than 700 merchants — including retail, travel, and finance. By using We-Care.com every time you make an online purchase, you provide us with crucial support and even save money with special coupons and offers.

To make sure you never miss a chance to donate while you shop, download the We-Care.com Plug-In — a safe browser extension that ensures your donations count even if you forget to visit our marketplace.

Posted in News by Nettelhorst on the December 20th, 2008

Oprah Designer Nate Berkus Cooks Up New Nettelhorst Community Kitchen

Nate Berkus-nationally celebrated designer, New York Times bestselling author, regular on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and featured contributor for “Oprah & Friends” on XM Satellite Radio- is bringing his talents to Nettelhorst!!

Nate Berkus Associates have agreed to redesign and rebuild the Nettelhorst Community Kitchen. His dream team recently visited our school and generated innovative ideas for their planned transformation of our kitchen. Renovations are scheduled to begin in 2009.

Log on to Nate’s website to read more about his recent visit to Nettelhorst www.nateberkus.com

Posted in News by Nettelhorst on the December 16th, 2008

How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance

“Nettelhorst’s own Jacqueline Edelberg and former-principal Susan Kurland publish How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance, the story of Nettelhorst’s dramatic turnaround.

How to Walk to School tells how an entrepreneurial principal and visionary neighborhood parents took a leap of faith together and embraced Louis Nettelhorst Elementary School, transforming it from an underutilized, struggling neighborhood institution into a successful, vibrant school and a pillar of the community. Their book provides a step-by-step guide to help any community create a pubic school that works.”

To learn more, go to www.nettelhorst.org/book

Posted in News by Nettelhorst on the December 16th, 2008

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