Seeing is Believing
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
By Allie Brereton | Special Contributor
Students from Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, have won a trip to Uganda in a national contest, though the “Schools for Schools” book drive.
For the third year in a row, Notre Dame students ran a book drive for Schools for Schools, a part of the Invisible Children Organization, which aims to help child soldiers and prevent child abduction in Northern Uganda. The program also helps to rebuild schools for the children in Northern Uganda.
Notre Dame managed to raise $11,026.40, the most money in its 25-school cluster. As a result, the school now has the opportunity to send one student on a trip to Uganda. Junior Christopher DeMille has been selected for the honor, with senior Gabrielle Meck as the alternate should DeMille not be able to participate.
Overall, $1,097,809.89 was raised by all the schools in the Schools for Schools network. Notre Dame also received four tickets for the Invisible Children summit in California for their efforts.
The book drive is student organized and run. Faculty members Margaret Wroblewski, AP psychology and law teacher, and Catherine Sewnig, campus minister, oversee the students.
“We are very proud of the kids who give up their activity periods and come after school to help sort the books. They are very dedicated to their job,” said Wroblewski, “They are doing this because they really want to help the children in Uganda. They are not out just to win a trip.”
All the schools nationwide that are part of the Schools for Schools Program are assigned a partner school. Notre Dame’s partner school is Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School for boys. Sunday Douglas, a student of Sir Samuel Baker, came to Notre Dame this year to speak to students about how their help benefits the school. Money raised through the book drive has been used to purchase cots and set up an irrigation system for the school.
Three years ago, the Invisible Children Organization came to Notre Dame and showed one of their videos, demonstrating the situation in Northern Uganda. Since the 1980s, the LRA, Lord’s Resistance Army, lead by Joseph Kony, has been abducting children to use them in its fight against the Ugandan government.
The books collected during the book drive are packaged and sent to BetterWorldBooks.com. From there, they will be put up for sale online. Aside from a small administrative fee, all money raised from the sale of the books will go to Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School in Uganda.
Last year, Notre Dame placed ninth out of approximately 1,609 schools in terms of books raised. This year, the school collected more than 10,000 books.Students from Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, have won a trip to Uganda in a national contest, though the “Schools for Schools” book drive.
For the third year in a row, Notre Dame students ran a book drive for Schools for Schools, a part of the Invisible Children Organization, which aims to help child soldiers and prevent child abduction in Northern Uganda. The program also helps to rebuild schools for the children in Northern Uganda.
Notre Dame managed to raise $11,026.40, the most money in its 25-school cluster. As a result, the school now has the opportunity to send one student on a trip to Uganda. Junior Christopher DeMille has been selected for the honor, with senior Gabrielle Meck as the alternate should DeMille not be able to participate.
Overall, $1,097,809.89 was raised by all the schools in the Schools for Schools network. Notre Dame also received four tickets for the Invisible Children summit in California for their efforts.
The book drive is student organized and run. Faculty members Margaret Wroblewski, AP psychology and law teacher, and Catherine Sewnig, campus minister, oversee the students.
“We are very proud of the kids who give up their activity periods and come after school to help sort the books. They are very dedicated to their job,” said Wroblewski, “They are doing this because they really want to help the children in Uganda. They are not out just to win a trip.”
All the schools nationwide that are part of the Schools for Schools Program are assigned a partner school. Notre Dame’s partner school is Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School for boys. Sunday Douglas, a student of Sir Samuel Baker, came to Notre Dame this year to speak to students about how their help benefits the school. Money raised through the book drive has been used to purchase cots and set up an irrigation system for the school.
Three years ago, the Invisible Children Organization came to Notre Dame and showed one of their videos, demonstrating the situation in Northern Uganda. Since the 1980s, the LRA, Lord’s Resistance Army, lead by Joseph Kony, has been abducting children to use them in its fight against the Ugandan government.
The books collected during the book drive are packaged and sent to BetterWorldBooks.com. From there, they will be put up for sale online. Aside from a small administrative fee, all money raised from the sale of the books will go to Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School in Uganda.
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Students from Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, have won a trip to Uganda in a national contest, though the “Schools for Schools” book drive.
For the third year in a row, Notre Dame students ran a book drive for Schools for Schools, a part of the Invisible Children Organization, which aims to help child soldiers and prevent child abduction in Northern Uganda. The program also helps to rebuild schools for the children in Northern Uganda.
Notre Dame managed to raise $11,026.40, the most money in its 25-school cluster. As a result, the school now has the opportunity to send one student on a trip to Uganda. Junior Christopher DeMille has been selected for the honor, with senior Gabrielle Meck as the alternate should DeMille not be able to participate.
Overall, $1,097,809.89 was raised by all the schools in the Schools for Schools network. Notre Dame also received four tickets for the Invisible Children summit in California for their efforts.
The book drive is student organized and run. Faculty members Margaret Wroblewski, AP psychology and law teacher, and Catherine Sewnig, campus minister, oversee the students.
“We are very proud of the kids who give up their activity periods and come after school to help sort the books. They are very dedicated to their job,” said Wroblewski, “They are doing this because they really want to help the children in Uganda. They are not out just to win a trip.”
All the schools nationwide that are part of the Schools for Schools Program are assigned a partner school. Notre Dame’s partner school is Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School for boys. Sunday Douglas, a student of Sir Samuel Baker, came to Notre Dame this year to speak to students about how their help benefits the school. Money raised through the book drive has been used to purchase cots and set up an irrigation system for the school.
Three years ago, the Invisible Children Organization came to Notre Dame and showed one of their videos, demonstrating the situation in Northern Uganda. Since the 1980s, the LRA, Lord’s Resistance Army, lead by Joseph Kony, has been abducting children to use them in its fight against the Ugandan government.
The books collected during the book drive are packaged and sent to BetterWorldBooks.com. From there, they will be put up for sale online. Aside from a small administrative fee, all money raised from the sale of the books will go to Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School in Uganda.
Last year, Notre Dame placed ninth out of approximately 1,609 schools in terms of books raised. This year, the school collected more than 10,000 books.Students from Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, have won a trip to Uganda in a national contest, though the “Schools for Schools” book drive.
For the third year in a row, Notre Dame students ran a book drive for Schools for Schools, a part of the Invisible Children Organization, which aims to help child soldiers and prevent child abduction in Northern Uganda. The program also helps to rebuild schools for the children in Northern Uganda.
Notre Dame managed to raise $11,026.40, the most money in its 25-school cluster. As a result, the school now has the opportunity to send one student on a trip to Uganda. Junior Christopher DeMille has been selected for the honor, with senior Gabrielle Meck as the alternate should DeMille not be able to participate.
Overall, $1,097,809.89 was raised by all the schools in the Schools for Schools network. Notre Dame also received four tickets for the Invisible Children summit in California for their efforts.
The book drive is student organized and run. Faculty members Margaret Wroblewski, AP psychology and law teacher, and Catherine Sewnig, campus minister, oversee the students.
“We are very proud of the kids who give up their activity periods and come after school to help sort the books. They are very dedicated to their job,” said Wroblewski, “They are doing this because they really want to help the children in Uganda. They are not out just to win a trip.”
All the schools nationwide that are part of the Schools for Schools Program are assigned a partner school. Notre Dame’s partner school is Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School for boys. Sunday Douglas, a student of Sir Samuel Baker, came to Notre Dame this year to speak to students about how their help benefits the school. Money raised through the book drive has been used to purchase cots and set up an irrigation system for the school.
Three years ago, the Invisible Children Organization came to Notre Dame and showed one of their videos, demonstrating the situation in Northern Uganda. Since the 1980s, the LRA, Lord’s Resistance Army, lead by Joseph Kony, has been abducting children to use them in its fight against the Ugandan government.
The books collected during the book drive are packaged and sent to BetterWorldBooks.com. From there, they will be put up for sale online. Aside from a small administrative fee, all money raised from the sale of the books will go to Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School in Uganda.
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