Alameda’s Island Running Festival took place on September 24, 2023. Event organizers were excited to bring the Island running festival back after a 3 year break. All events began and ended on the historic and transformed Alameda Point, with a 5k, 10k and Half Marathon that utilized many of the new trails that have opened up since the last event.
AEF Board members and staff manned a booth at the event to encourage runners.
This article in the San Jose Mercury News underscores the need for AEF to continue to do the work that we do.There is simply not enough State funding to meet the needs of our public schools. AEF strives to fill the gaps by raising funds to support needs at lower-income schools, and by running programs that would otherwise not exist, like middle school sports, teacher mini grants and after school enrichment. Also, shout out to our own AEF’s Administrative Assistant as well as Love PTA President Vanessa Acevedo-Reed for her thoughtful contributions to this article!
And that’s a wrap! 4 weeks, 65 camps, 847 campers!...
Alameda Education Foundation announces the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors, Jennifer Cianciulli and Renate Westbrooks.
AUSD Instructional Coach, Candice Camp, requested support from AEF in...
English Learners sporting “Multilingualism is my Super Power!” t-shirts took a field trip to San Francisco last week to see the sights, practice English, and revel in being someone who speaks more than one language. (The t-shirts were paid for by a grant from the Alameda Education Foundation to help instructors keep track of students on the field trip).
As part of their city adventure, students rode the ferry, counted piers, talked to street artists,
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Alameda High School Multimedia Teacher Andrea Szeto asked AEF for help in getting some fabulous posters created by students printed for display at the high school. AEF provided the funding to get this done.
Snazzy Posters Adorn Hallways Promoting AHS Dance Showcase
Alameda High School Dance teacher Rachel McCray Denton and Multimedia teacher Andrea Szeto just completed a collaborative project that is now on display in the hallways at Alameda High.
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College & Career Counselor, Lee Kaplan, asked AEF to help fund lunch and snacks for a group of 45 students (grades 9-12) on their field trip to UC Merced. AEF was happy to help.
Kaplan wrote: “We had a fabulous time on the UC Merced field trip. That campus is so clean and new. They’ve got great STEM and Engineering programs. And very reasonable housing options. A UC education in small setting!
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