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Art Across the Island

Art Across the Island

Art Across the IslandHaight Elementary School students Christina, Laura and Enna put the finishing touches on their italian marbled paper, which was on display display as part of the Alameda Education Foundation’s “Art Across the Island” project.  “Art Across the Island” is a two-year project that will feature visual and literary art produced by Alameda public school students.  Artwork can be seen at various venues throughout Alameda from October 2017 – April 2018.

According to Pam Riley Chang,

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Decode Your Teen!

Decode Your Teen!

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 Parent/Teen Workshop
Saturday, March 4, 2 – 4 PM, Alameda High Media Center

Do you want your teen to be happy? To be able to bounce back when things get tough? To help set them up for life and work in the real world? Do you just want to get along better?

AEF is offering a  workshop on “Raising Resilient Teens”. This fun and engaging workshop is designed to help teens (and parents) understand:

  • Individual behavior style –

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AEF Asteroids “Soar” through Cross Country Season

The Alameda Education Foundation’s middle school cross country club, the Alameda Asteroids, completed their season in November with a strong showing at the regional championships on November 3, 2016.  img_6312-2

The championship meet was held at Canyon Middle School where a new spectator friendly course was created.  The sixth grade boys as a collective came in 2nd place.  Six medals were presented to our students at the awards ceremony.  We received 3 first place medals,

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Let’s Change a Life Together

Let’s Change a Life Together

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.  

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AEF Alameda Asteroids hosts Middle School Cross Country Meet

By Debra Cramer,  Alameda Asteroids coach

mss_crosscountry_fall2016The 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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AEF Summer Camp – A 5-Star Review

AEF Summer Camp – A 5-Star Review

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,

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How AEF Serves YOUR Student!

How AEF Serves YOUR Student!

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 &

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Enriching Lives, One at a Time

Enriching Lives, One at a Time

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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.

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