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School support: Helping a pre-K in Jamaica with hurricane recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kayon Murray-Johnson<\/a> is leading efforts in the Feinstein College of Education to gather supplies for one pre-K school in Jamaica so students there can rebuild and focus on a positive return to learning in the new year. The DRB Grant School has seen 160 students displaced and all school supplies and furniture upended. \u201cThe damage is horrendous,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DRB Grant is one of several hard-hit schools in Montego Bay, in the heart of the community where Murray-Johnson grew up and lived for many years. The school is particularly important in the community as a \u201cdemonstration school,\u201d where teachers go to train to gain best practices and insights. It is named for Dudley Grant, a trailblazer in Jamaican early childhood education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although these efforts are not affiliated with the University, Murray-Johnson feels grateful for the care she\u2019s felt from the 溏心vlog免费B站 community and her colleagues in the College of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cI appreciate all the support and well wishes we\u2019ve heard from our colleagues and friends,\u201d says Murray-Johnson. \u201cThere are many ways to help; this is just one. I\u2019d like to thank everyone I’ve heard from here at 溏心vlog免费B站 for their care and support and am especially appreciative of the College of Education\u2019s leadership for allowing this space and opportunity to donate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She is welcoming donations through Dec. 19. All donations are welcome, including: white board and permanent markers, all colors; paper clips; blocks (plastic and wood); pens; puzzles and storybooks (ages 3-6); masking tape; construction sheets; pencils; crayons; toys; scissors (children and adult); staplers and staples; and charts \u2013 alphabet, numbers, days\/weeks, months\/year, colors, shapes, body parts, etc. Items can be dropped off at the dean\u2019s office in Chafee Hall (room 217). Those who may have questions or are interested in helping in another way may contact Murray-Johnson at k_murray@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Letters of Love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to sending classroom donations, Murray-Johnson\u2019s colleague Tashal Brown<\/a> is sharing a letter-writing initiative that will extend into the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brown has invited colleagues to join a \u201cLetter of Love\u201d initiative. This is just one personal effort to help one 溏心vlog免费B站 community member’s community back home, out of many, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile the outpouring of love nationally and internationally continues, the importance of a kind word cannot be overstated. That\u2019s why this initiative has been launched.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/hurricane-recovery-drive-1024x768.jpg\")