St. Bernard Unified School has recently been adopted by Calgary, Alberta; Canada’s Calgary International School as its pen-pal sister institution in New Orleans.

This recent expansion has helped facilitate the children of St. Bernard Parish.

A Wish List (below) has been compiled in hopes to receive assistance in collecting basic necessities to help students continue their education.

St. Bernard Unified School Wish List:

1. Laptop computer per teacher (with Microsoft word, print shop)
2. TV with DVD/VCR
3. Digital Camera
4. Video Camera
5. Computers for students
6. Portable CD player
7. Calculators
8. Graphing Calculators
9. Teach Timers (for overhead projectors)
10. Overhead Projectors (thin folding type)
11. Wall Clocks
12. Desk top clock
13. Smart Board
14. LCD Projector
15. Color Printer
16. Fax Machine
17. Listening Center (tape player/headsets)
18. Language Master
19. Binding Machine
20. Laminator
21. Copy Machine
22. Die Cut Machine & Die Cuts (for lesson plans, etc.)
23. Jump Drive
24. Elmo
25. Scissors (teacher quality)
26. File Folder labels
27. Index cards (4x6 & 5x7, lined and plain)
28. Computer/Printer labels (varied sizes)
29. Copy paper (white& assorted colors)
30. Timer
31. Postcards/envelopes/stamps (for parent contact)
32. Manila flolders (assorted colors)
33. Manila envelopes (assorted sizes)
34. Letter opener
35. Bulletin board stapler
36. Transparency film
37. Laminating film
38. Bordered printer paper
39. Receipt book
40. Desk drawer tray
41. Stacking desk trays
42. Vis-à-vis markers (assorted sizes)
43. Binders (1” & 2”)
44. File cabinet
45. File folder hangers
46. Post-it charts/easel
47. Masking tape
48. Packing tape
49. Packing tape dispenser
50. White out pens
51. Duct tape
52. Reward stickers
53. Bulletin board paper
54. Bulletin board border
55. Push pins
56. Clothespins
57. Hall pass
58. Rubber cement
59. Glue sticks
60. Thumb tacks
61. Safety pins
62. Construction paper
63. Crayons
64. Colored pencils
65. Primary tablets
66. Notebooks
67. Ruled paper
68. Pencil cases
69. Pencils
70. Book covers
71. Individual Dry erase boards
72. Dry erase markers/erasers
73. Fly spray
74. Fly swatters

If you would like to help support St. Bernard Unified School, please send cash and/or “Wish List” donations to:

In Canada: In the United States:
US Flood Control US Flood Control
#221 – 513 8th Ave. SW 121 Kaylee Drive
Calgary, AB Hahnville, LA 70057-2054
T2P 1G3

If you are a school/educational institution that would be interested in starting new friendships and adopting St. Bernard Unified School as a pen-pal sister school, please contact:

Ronnie Alonzo
St. Bernard Unified School
1-504-818-8934