SchoolStoreReviews of schoolstore.com

I started using Schoolstores my first year of teaching and I love how it is an extra way for parents to help give back to the classroom and the teacher. My students love the buddies that they get for signing up; it’s something that everyone feels so good about supporting!

It's a great Fundraiser; my family absolutely loves the prizes and giving back to teachers

Students love the rewards they receive when participating in fundraising!

I started getting email messages that looked very personal from our grandson who is in second grade and doesn't have an email account. He pleaded for me to help him earn points towards a toy, a bubble blaster that looked like the kind of party favor given to little kids at a friend's birthday party, cheap. So I looked at the website. I just love cheddar cheese popcorn and for only $29.95 I can get a 9.5 ounce bag! Must be some pretty good popcorn at $3.15 per ounce! So I thought, maybe a nice insulated mug for the car. They have a Yukon Outfitters 20 oz Camo mug for only $54.95. I looked at the Yukon Outfitters website, currently out of stock on the Camo mug but when in stock it is priced there at $15.99 and ones in stock are as low as $8.99 for other colors. That's a 3.4 to 6.11 markup depending on the mug. Now I know a company has to make a profit but this is CRAZY. I'm a grandfather and great grandfather who raised 8 kids with my wife. We were PTA leaders back in the day so we had direct dealings with fundraising companies over the years. They all had some markup on their products but I've never seen anything like this. The sad thing is, I know how these things usually work. The school lets a fundraising representative into the school for an assembly, these folks are good at what they do, like old fashioned used car salesmen; they get the kids all excited with promises of how great the prizes are and how easy getting sales will be. Reminds me of the Music Man: "Seventy-six trombones led the big parade With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand. They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuoso, the cream of every famous band."

Items are overpriced and there is a very limited selection in each category. Should you choose to do a donation to the classroom instead, the minimum donation is $30! That can get costly if you have more than one grandchild in school. And there is a processing fee. You cannot do one checkout for all the students you're supporting. So you have to purchase/donate once per child. This is also hard on whoever is supporting the students. The only reason I participate is to not disappoint my grandkids as they receive "prize points" for purchases and donations. I also saw one review from a teacher complaining about poor quality items to purchase with the gift card donations they receive. That is sorry. Every year I hope their school will have a different fundraiser because this one is so bad. I would rather write a check to the school. How about candy bars? Donuts? There are lots of great fundraisers I have participated in over the years. To the schools considering Schoolstore: PLEASE choose another one.

We loved this at our school! Parents donate, and kids win prizes on top of winning giveaways where the student and school have a chance—as a teacher, getting over 600+ gift cards for the classroom. SchoolStore never fails us!

I am a teacher and love to see support from our families, but this is not the way to raise money. The prizes students receive are a bunch of junk. The store teachers use the gift cards in are filled with overpriced items. It makes me curious, how much is this company profiting from their business disguised as a fundraiser for schools?

I have absolutely loved using Caring for Classrooms this year in my class. It is my first year using it and I have gotten so many great resources for my class. I can’t wait to use it again next year!