by Vicki Sedlack, Executive Director of AEF
In our October e-newsletter, I wrote about ‘What is Equity?’ and how AEF is focusing on making equity central to our work. Now that it has been a few months, I wanted to share some reflections on this journey and invite you to reflect as well.
The journey began with each of us on the board and staff taking individual and collective deep dives into learning more about ourselves: our beliefs,
“The mini grant made it possible for me to purchase...
“It has been so wonderful to let students know that I can purchase the books that they are requesting immediately! Attached is a picture of some of the books I have been able to purchase this past week & am rushing to get processed for students to borrow over our week break. Thanks for helping me support their joy of reading!”
Sincerely,
Amie Wilson
“Here’s a photo of a student for whom I was able to purchase books with my money from AEF! When a student requests a book, I always want to be able to deliver!”
Betsy Weiss
Instructional Coach Paden School
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“Thank you again for your generous grant to our classroom! With your grant, we were able to purchase a year long supply of amazing toys/prizes for our Star Store. Our school has a PBIS system where our emphasis is on positive incentives for following our school and class expectations. Students receive “star cards” for following our school expectations.
Getting brand new prizes for the Star Store keeps our students SO motivated to earn Star cards,
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AEF funded stipends for two FabLab instructors from College of Alameda who will assist Gerard Dumuk in starting the Engineering course and coordinate workshop sessions for students at CoA’s FabLab. Gerard has set up the Fab Lab equipment and the Island High students are already producing products. This shelving in the photo was made with a 3D printer.
“This class provides students with an opportunity to learn schematics, problem-solving, computer skills,
A heartfelt THANK YOU to AEF for their support of our Focal Scholar appreciations bags. Thirty-six students and families were recipients. Many teachers visited homes to deliver these prior to (and during) our winter break.
Each bag contained:
We look forward to an in-person meet with our families soon!
Thank you so much for your generous mini-grant! Here are...
