Touchdown! Get Ready for Middle School Flag Football
The wait is over, Alameda. After hearing strong community interest,...
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AEF Summer Camps Preview Available Now
AEF Summer Camps are available for previewing now! Check out our Enrichment Camps – open to all TK – 8 grade students (you don’t have to live in Alameda or attend an Alameda school), with small class sizes and teachers who are specialists in their fields. Your students will learn valuable new skills, be engaged, active, and have FUN! We also offer 50% scholarships for qualified participants.
And AEF will also be offering Sports Summer Camps for the first time this year!
Rubber Ramp Tower
My name is Mike Holman and I am a TK Teacher at Paden Elementary. I received an AEF grant to purchase a Rubber Ramp Tower set for my new TK classroom. Please see below for photos of some students using the new awesome material!
The Rubber Ramp Tower set has allowed my TK students to explore and experiment in so many unique and interesting ways! They have learned how to work together to setup the rubber ramps on the tower.
A Classroom Where Students Feel Valued
I am a first-year teacher at Love Elementary. I’m applying for a mini-grant to continue setting up my classroom. My goal is a culturally responsive classroom setting where all students feel represented, valued, and academically and emotionally supported. I would use the funds to purchase books and materials that represent the diverse group of students in my classroom and our district. My goal is a culturally responsive classroom setting where all students feel represented, valued,
Building a Cool Dome!
Since 2018 I have developed my own version of a...
Celebrating Lunar New Year
Alameda Education Foundation has the perfect art activity for the Lunar New Year! AEF’s Art Changes artist, Bill Jeng, grew up celebrating New Year by participating as a Lion Dancer. It’s natural that many of Bill’s paintings are of young Lion Dancers celebrating their heritage in this athletically demanding dance. After you watch Bill’s short video, make your own mask inspired by the Lion Dance costumes. You’ll need oil pastels and watercolor for this project.
Black History Month Celebration
On Saturday, February 7, 2026,AEF was pleased to host a table at the Alameda Unified School District’s (AUSD) Office of Equity’s celebration of Black History Month. We had information about Black artists from our Art Changes program as well as handouts about mental health care support via Care Solace. The annual celebration is always so much fun with great activities, displays, speakers and fantastic food! Thank you AEF Board member Renata Westbrooks and all the staff at the Office of Equity for making this event so memorable!
Artists Featured for Black History Month
In celebration of Black History Month (February), AEF is highlighting seven African American visual artists and one poet who are participants in our Art Changes program. All eight artists made short videos where they explained (and sometimes demonstrated) their work. Each visual artist video is accompanied by an art activity video made by two film students of color. The poetry video is accompanied by an instructional PDF slideshow.
Here’s the list of artists with a description of their video.
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