{"id":7224,"date":"2025-02-25T04:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/?page_id=7224"},"modified":"2025-02-25T04:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:57:21","slug":"operation-school-bell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/programs\/operation-school-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation School Bell\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Imagine a child embarrassed by their clothes at school, struggling with self-esteem and academic success. New clothes and shoes can transform their confidence, foster a sense of belonging, and support their success in school.<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Through our Operation School Bell Program, we serve Transitional Kindergarten through 6th-grade students at over 125 schools across seven San Diego County districts. Using data from the California Department of Education, we prioritize schools with high levels of low-income, homeless, and foster youth. We also assist children in enlisted military, immigrant\/refugee families, and those in the federal Migrant Education Program.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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\u201cStudents and parents are very happy every time the kids get new clothes. I\u2019ve heard comments that the kids sleep with their uniforms on because they didn\u2019t want to take them off. There are some kids that never get new clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Last year, Operation School Bell provided over 8,000 students across 160 local schools with new clothing and shoes- boosting their confidence, fostering a sense of belonging, and supporting their success in school.<\/h3>\n

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\u201cYour program has been a great support for parents and the students feel more comfortable and confident with good, new clothes and shoes. That confidence is reflected in more participation and better behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The San Diego Unified School District Police team up with Operation School Bell to treat needy students to a personalized shopping trip for school clothes they won\u2019t forget!<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy students all come to school with their heads held a little higher and a smile on their faces after getting new uniforms. I think they engage more with their peers. They feel like they belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Imagine a child embarrassed by their clothes at school, struggling with self-esteem and academic success. New clothes and shoes can transform their confidence, foster a sense of belonging, and support their success in school. [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Through our Operation School Bell Program, we serve Transitional Kindergarten through 6th-grade students at over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83153,"featured_media":0,"parent":7914,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7224"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7870,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7224\/revisions\/7870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/greater-san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}