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Inspiration is a great motivator, and with spring break still a long way off, plenty of teachers are looking for that extra something to get them through to the next holiday. If you need a dose of classroom inspiration, check...

A new year is here, and it won’t be long before teachers and students across the country are back in the classroom for a new semester. Here are a few of our favorite new arrivals for 2014 that we think...

Are you looking for a new approach to your school store in the new year? Check out these ten great tips for running a school store.   Get students involved! Reward students by allowing them to help in the school...

Giving students the opportunity to work at the school store is a great way to give them a taste of what it’s like to have a job. You can recreate the hiring process with applications and interviews, and offer different...

Fundraisers are a great way to get extra funds that you can use for everything from field trips to sports to celebrations. These ten fundraiser ideas are both fun and practical for your school. Check them out! School Store The...

Students at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire, are reopening their school store, which had been closed for the past two years. What’s more, the students are opening it and running it themselves. Students in the “Micro-Business Enterprise” class...

Are you on Pinterest? If so, join us! We’re looking to expand our Pinterest profile and we need your help. We’ve got boards with great ideas for cute pens, erasers, novelty toys, pencil pouches, cool key chains and cool school...

Winter break is finally here, to the relief of students and teachers alike. Enjoy your well deserved winter vacation! But as it all too often does, break will be over before you know it, and everyone will be back in...

Halloween is here, and there’s only one thing on the minds of students, and you can bet it’s not tonight’s homework. Nope, candy is at the top of the list. You and your students can get in on the Halloween...

Thanksgiving is next week, and it won’t be long after that until Christmas is here! Get in the holiday spirit with cool holiday themed school supplies that both kids and teachers will love. Grab a holiday sticker roll to pass...

Who doesn’t love Black Friday deals? Better yet, how about a week-long Black Friday event? This year, Raymond Geddes will be celebrating Black Friday from November 26th to December 1st, so you have a whole week to take advantage of...

Kids these days. Trends come and go in what seems like an instant, but they somehow manage to keep up with them all. Meanwhile, the parents, faculty, and administrators try their best to stay current to connect with their kids....

Shopping for school supplies is a never-ending process. One day you have a full pack of pens and the next they’re all gone and you’ve lost the one you were just using. Fortunately, Raymond Geddes makes getting more school supplies...

The number two pencil is the standard pencil used in countless schools by countless students over the years. But why is that? Why, when the school supply lists are sent out at the beginning of the year, is it that...

Football season is here, and Geddes is ready with a full line of NFL football school supplies that sports fans young and old are guaranteed to love. We’ve got plenty of stickers to stick on notebooks, including players stickers, helmet...

There’s a lot of learning that goes on outside of the classroom in school. While students learn math, science and language in class, they are also learning important life skills like social skills at lunch and recess. The school store...

Students at Lewis and Clark Junior High in Wood River, Illinois, have a new school store this year stocked with things like t-shirts, notebooks, stress balls, and water bottles for the purchasing. However, this school store doesn’t accept cash or...

Keeping a school store stocked is no easy task. Kids lose things, which in and of itself isn’t surprising. What is unusual is the fact that nothing ever turns up. One would think that in some dark corner of the...

Senior business students at the Academy of Technology and Academics in Horry County, South Carolina, are getting their first taste of the business world by running their school store, called the ATA School Shack. The store recently was upgraded from...

Though the name might suggest otherwise, year round students actually go to school for the same number of days (180) as traditional students. The difference is that year round students have breaks that are smaller in duration, but more frequent....

While most students across the country are still reveling in the limitless freedom that is summer, some have seen the end of this year’s summer break and are heading back to the classroom. Students in many Mississippi districts are starting...

It’s the middle of August, and you know what that means. School is right around the corner. Parents everywhere are dragging reluctant kids out shopping and crossing needed items off the list one by one. Getting kids to school is...

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Most public school districts across the state of Maryland (where Geddes first got its start many school years ago), are in now in session for the start to the 2013-2014...

Here we are again, another school year is upon us. Students across the state are heading into the classroom, greeting friends old and new with a common refrain. “Hey, do you have a pencil I could borrow?” Replace the word...

Now that school is out, it’s hard to know how to best occupy students in order to keep them productive and learning throughout the summer months. It’s beneficial for students to have the learning and growing process continue during the...

Some things are just classic: Humphrey Bogart, ice cream sundaes, no. 2 pencils. When we started out as a company in 1924, we were committed to providing those timeless necessities to schools – the basic ball point pens and paper...

Summer is almost here as we near the end of another school year. Students are sitting anxiously in their chairs looking outside at the great weather. This time of the year can create a restless feeling in your students and...

Now that Easter has passed, spring is here! The flowers are starting to bloom again, leaves are returning to the trees, birds are chirping and various woodland creatures are tumbling about in the warm grass. Many students are returning to...

Employers are apt to complain that students fresh out of school don’t have enough “real world experience.” Helping to bridge the gap between the educational ivory tower and the need for skills that are applicable in the workforce, school stores...

New school supplies put a little spring in our step – and what better time to get hoppin’ than spring? With the cold weather already starting to fade away, it’s not hard to think that Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog was...