Non-Public Schools

An Inexpensive Membership Benefit for Non-Public School Students and Staff

When the emphasis in many schools shifted to STEM topics, support for history and civics declined. Therefore, we must do as much as possible now to ensure schools and teachers have access to state-approved, grade-level-specific social studies resources and professional development opportunities to enhance classroom instruction. A social studies education develops critical-thinking skills, and it teaches students how to evaluate different perspectives, assess the validity of evidence, work in groups and apply facts in decision-making. We cannot allow this important discipline to be diminished.

Legacy stories acknowledge that heritage and culture are rich aspects of personal and group identity. Producing a legacy story can be a wonderful intergenerational bonding experience for a student and his or her immediate or extended family. For the same reasons an individual creates a will and an estate plan, he or she can create, publish and enjoy a legacy story now—or save it, update it for free and publish it at a later date. Legacy stories:

  • Allow an individual to control how he or she is remembered.
  • Celebrate his or her memories, experiences and accomplishments.
  • Help pass on wisdom and lessons learned to guide future generations.
  • Ensure the significance of a lifetime will not be lost forever or, in the case of an unexpected event, wind up as an impersonal, costly and short-lived newspaper obituary.

This is where our 31-year-old, nonprofit foundation's Americans All program comes in. We invests more than half of our membership fees to provide inclusive social studies resources to help K–12 students succeed in our democracy, economy and workforce and appreciate our nation’s long-standing values of diversity, tolerance and inclusion. Our one-time, tax-deductible membership fee is $49. However, as a School Legacy Partner, the cost for students and staff is only $24.50.*

Benefits of Membership in Americans All and its Social Legacy Network

  • Create, edit, share and preserve multimedia legacy stories forever on our Web-based Heritage Honor Roll in different languages.
  • Access our existing K–12 social studies information—a $500 value.
  • Because education is a lifelong process, a school can encourage its families to take advantage of a free one-year trial subscription to our Social Legacy Network for just $4 per month—after the trial expires—to:
    • Access our new resource databases with texts, photographs and songs.
    • Use our teaching tools and homework help for K–12 students.
    • Be enrolled in CollegeSave to earn up to $53,000 in college tuition discount points that can be used at more than 370 colleges in 45 states. During the trial period, you can earn 1,750 points, worth $1,750 in college tuition discounts (each point is worth $1 in discounts). By joining the Social Legacy Network after the trial period ends, you can earn an additional $250 in college tuition discounts each month.
  • Get discounts on goods and services from our program partners.
  • Receive e-newsletters with money-saving tips.

Benefits of a School Legacy Partner Membership

  • Create a free Legacy Partner home page—in multiple languages—on our Web site to host legacy stories of current and past students, teachers and their families published on our Heritage Honor Roll.
  • Encourage each student club and team can have its own free Legacy Partner home page to host stories of its members.
  • Receive an ID Number so students and staff can purchase a membership at the $24.50* discounted rate, without the school incurring any administrative costs. *The membership could be included as a one-time part of an annual fee.
  • Enable students to have a meaningful research and writing project by creating and sharing his or her own legacy story—in multiple languages.
  • Afford students with an opportunity to perform community service by assisting others less skilled in creating their own legacy stories.

For a school to participate, it must first designate a point of contact. This individual registers the school as a Legacy Partner using the school’s e-mail address and creates its Americans All user account—at no cost to the individual or school. The point of contact manages the school’s account. After a school becomes a Legacy Partner, it receives a 5-digit coupon code to create and publish a legacy story on the school for free; the story is housed forever on our Web site and the home pages of Legacy Partner Alliance members. A Heritage Honor Roll legacy story can:

  • Contain up to 2,000 words.
  • Be published in multiple languages, if desired.
  • Be updated at any time and at no cost.
  • Be enhanced with photos, school movies and other recordings.
  • Include links to other Heritage Honor Roll legacy stories, social media and other Web pages.
  • Be shortened to print on an 8½” x 11” template to share with members of the community.
  • Receive membership cards to access discounts on goods and services offered by program partners.

Click here for more information for Non-Public Schools.

Any questions? Please contact Americans All.

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