Take pictures of lost items and make a student 3rd grader or older to add, upload it to an app or webpage using a school provided ipad
Every day after school for 10 min , students can take turns to take pictures and update inventory. Parents can see updated inventory everyday and can ask the main office to delete the items from inventory once they r picked up.
No one pays a penny , and every day the pictures make it lot more easy for families to find lost items.
You can add item number to the pics or funny labels for more fun with inventory
Hi Steve,
Thought I would weigh in on this. I'm thinking the Fashion Show idea is so cute and fun, but I also think it is one of those things that could cause some parents concern. Some might not be too keen on their kids putting on other kids clothes (for whatever their personal reasons might be), or the kids might not want to give up the clothes they get to model (if they are very young).
When it comes to lost clothing and other items, it seems to be an "out of sight, out of mind'' thing, so the more ways to put the lost items in front of the parents -- like the idea of displaying lost and found items at big events -- the more likely stuff will be reclaimed.
One thing that we have been discussing is to have a "Lost and Found Fashion Show." During lunch, once or twice a month, have a few student wear and display several items of clothing that are in the lost and found. Any thoughts on this idea, pros, cons, issues that we might not take into account?
We have a rolling clothes rack that we wheel into the hall anytime parents will be in the school. Like for assemblies, confrences, and PTO events. The stuff still seams to stick around. I believe we donate it to charity at the end of each year.
Since it gets hung up as soon as it is "found" it does not smell too bad.
You know, I was just thinking how cool it would be to take pictures of the lost and found items, and put them up throughout the year maybe, on the school or PTO website. If this was done throughout the year it probably wouldn't take too much effort.
Then you could keep the items in a sort of storage container, or closet, so that the items could be located easily.
Send home a flyer letting parents know that they can view the clothing online and can then send an e-mail requesting a specific item (because it belongs to them), or come in to claim it.
They could come in and say, "lost and found item J-53 is my son's jacket."
Just a thought, but rather than have the parents, or the kids, digging through all of that stuff, they could just look at the pictures online and more easily find what belongs to them.
You know, I kind of like this idea and may recommend it to the Principal as the lost and found at my children's school is the same way right now. I think I may need to submit this idea to PTOtoday magazine!
