Dear Friend,
Eighth grader Jason wanted to try out for his middle school’s volleyball team this fall, but the coach was reticent. The prior year, Jason had a poor attitude and received grades far below the team’s minimum grade point average of a C+. But Jason was insistent, telling the coach he wanted to turn his life around and make his mother proud of him. The coach gave him a chance and worked with school administrators to get him academic support.
By Debra Cramer, Alameda Asteroids coach
The Alameda Asteroids Middle School Cross Country Club hosted a meet with 11 Bay Area schools from the SACMAL league on Wednesday, September 28th at Crab Cove. The Alameda Asteroids is a middle school cross country club managed under AEF’s after-school enrichment program. Sixth – 8th graders from Alameda middle schools participate in the running club from September through November each fall and compete as a team against schools from outside Alameda.
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My name is Amy and I took the circus arts camp from AEF. The circus arts camp was my favorite camp, and I have done a lot of camps. I mastered the stilts, floor, plate spinning, low bar, Diabolo, and more in my week of camp. We got a 20-minute break to go outside. We even got to try out a unicycle!
The instructors were very kind and energetic. There were a few kids who were challenging but the instructors were able to help them learn things,
Elementary School
Hundreds of after-school enrichment classes in the art, music, athletics, science, technology, foreign languages and more. Small class sizes taught by experts in their field. Registration begins Thursday, August 25th at 9:30 AM. Click on the blue “enrichment” button on the left to register.
Middle School
After-school, year-round competitive sports league based at school sites including coed volleyball (fall), girls and boys basketball (winter) and track &
The sheer volume of AEF’s Enrichment program is impressive enough – 400 after school classes and 70 summer camps serving upwards of 3,000 students per year. But it’s the impact it makes on the individual students that means the most.
Take Caitlin*. A second grader, Caitlin signed up for one of AEF’s “Beginning Violin” classes. She had missed almost the full prior year of school following three weeks in the hospital and was finding it hard to adjust to being back at school.
The Alameda Robotics Center is holding its inaugural Alameda Robotics Center tournament on Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM in the Wood Middle School Makerspace, located at 420 Grand St.
About 50 students from Wood Middle, Lum Elementary, Ruby Bridges Elementary, Nea, and Encinal Jr. High School will be participating in the competition in which teams compete to see whose robots can complete a series of tasks for the most points.
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At Henry Haight Elementary School, third graders have been writing African poetry and will be making windmills (with the help of Alameda Municipal Power) based on the book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, to support global learning and environmental stewardship.
At Franklin Elementary, parents Jill and Taggart Gorman continue their work with the Ability Awareness Program that nurtures respect for individual difference and celebrates the many talents of their children.
Congratulations to Lincoln Middle School, girls DI and DII basketball champions!
The boys season is currently underway. You can find the schedule and results here. Track season is around the corner with meets beginning right after spring break.
To see photos from our sports events, check out our photo albums on our Facebook page.
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