Pencil's mission is linking community resources to metro nashville public schools (MNPS) to help young people achieve academic success and prepare for life. At pencil, we are committed to enriching student success through tangible, active, and robust community parnerships, most notably as pencil partners. Our pencil 2025 strategic plan identifies activities based on urgent MNPS student and teacher needs, ensuring we will continue deepening our support to nashville public schools. This work includes improving teacher access to crucial classroom supplies, engaging in-class and virtual volunteers, defining and implementing an equity vision for ALL aspects of pencil, facilitating outside grants to MNPS that support their strategic initiatives, and eliminating geographic and scheduling barriers to mentorship success.