At SKULLASTIC, we eat, breathe, walk and talk education every day. If it’s cool, school,
new and now we’ll report on it, talk about it and (hopefully) do something about it.
The current state of education SUCKS! Drop-out rates are high. Schools need extensive upgrades to make them safe for students and equip them with the tools required for a QUALITY education. Right now, there are more problems than solutions. That’s why we choose to report on every aspect of education (the bad AND good) because ALL OF IT impacts educational progress and the kind of education a student today is going to receive.
10% of everything we make supports education. We also put the FUN back in fundraising.
Since Day 1 we’ve provided pesos to schools. Many weeks it hasn’t been much…but as far as we’re concerned, every little bit helps. One month we give to a school that doesn’t have proper teaching materials… schools that needs money just to keep the front door open. The next month we give to a school doing something inspirational… that takes education to the next level…that sees our future needs and is preparing students for it TODAY.
We also offer schools cool, fun, different ways to fund raise for their school. If you’re tired of selling cookie dough, gift wrap and magazines, call or email us! We’ve got LOTS of ideas and we’re always rrrrready to pitch in!
Without a doubt THIS is the easiest part of our day. LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE!!!
Sure, we could sit in government legislative sessions, expressing our disdain for today’s educational mega-failings. But at SKULLASTIC, we’re creating educational reform from the curb OUT! Loading up the SKULLASTIC Store Bus. Calling on our zombie cheerleaders. Reaching out to PTA members who GET our mission. We’re here to help give STUDENTS a voice. To show them that it’s their education to make or break. Yeah…we’ll break a few things along the way. But what we MAKE out of our experiences and opportunities will be sooo much more rockin’ cool!
WE’RE HERE TO RULE THE SCHOOL AND NOT PLAY BY THE RULES.
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Meet The SKULLASTIC Student Council
Hi! My name is Don and I’m the Headmaster here at SKULLASTIC. I’ve spent all my life studying up for this.
I grew up in a world of education. My parents were school teachers. My parent’s friends were school teachers.
MY friends were kids whose parents were school teachers. Long story longer, education is in my DNA.
In school, I had lot of friends, but didn’t really fit into a group. I played in the school band (trombone). I played on the school football team (not very well). I participated in student government. But I was super fat and, as a result, I was one of those kids that was laughed at, kicked around, picked on and picked last. This made me feel like an outsider… different. And therefore I liked to hang with people that were interesting…different. Translation: mostly freaks and geeks.
I’ve always been pretty artistic and crafty. I remember designing my first Skullastic project back in 1978. No joke! Remember Pee Chee folders? Well, I’d take a Pee Chee, cut the side pockets, flip it inside out, staple it and VOILA! have a blank canvas to create original designs. Started making them for myself, colored penciling and inking the whole thing with band logos and tricked out illustrations. Once my friends saw them, I started doing custom designs for them instead of doing my homework.
I moved to Los Angeles the minute I graduated from college. Couldn’t wait. Flipped my graduation tassel, loaded the U-Haul and floored it to L.A. Haven’t looked back. Since then, my professional life has been all about design… design… DESIGN. I work full-time as an Advertising Art Director for a pretty big company. I spend about 60-70 hours a week designing ads, collateral, websites, etc. for them. In my free time (free time?!!), I devote almost every minute to Skullastic.
When my friends see how much time I spend working they ask me WHY I would want to start a company like Skullastic when I already have a career. My answer: Because I have to. There’s always been this littttttle voice inside my head telling me to do this and NOW is that time. I really enjoy my full-time job and want to keep it as long as I humanly can so that the majority of the $$ made from Skullastic goes back INTO Skullastic…and to schools that need/deserve the $$ as well.
I’ve been lucky enough to find plenty of like-minded rockers, punks, freaks, geeks, outcasts and losers who also recognize the value of education and understand Skullastic’s mission. They agree that being in school (not necessarily learning…just BEING in school) was the best years of our lives. And we wished we’d made MORE of it. So we’re doing that now…
