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Bill’s Word: Thank you for Supporting Student Success!

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Dear Friend,

I’m writing to share with you the impact the Alameda Education Foundation has made on student success thanks to your support.  Personally, I have witnessed teachers crying when receiving a $500 Adopt A Classroom with students cheering their teachers and watched the most exciting middle school basketball game ever when Lincoln and Wood competed for the A girls championship at the Boys & Girls Club. But the impact goes beyond that.  Last year alone your support, both financial and in-kind, enabled the Alameda Education Foundation to:

  • Adopt 90 classrooms at public traditional and charter schools across Alameda
  • Provide Enrichment classes and camps to almost 3500 registrants
  • Begin offering Summer Enrichment Camps
  • Provide over $11,000 in Enrichment scholarships
  • Supply over 300 filled backpacks for low-income students
  • Provide after-school athletics for 400+ middle school students
  • Distribute more than $35,000 to support music, art and drama
  • Fund technology needs for 33 projects impacting over 3300 students

The impact we have made together is very beneficial to our students!   I am also very excited about our goals for the 2012-2013 school year, which include:

  • Expanding Enrichment programs into high school
  • Increasing academic Enrichment classes in elementary and middle school
  • Doubling the number of Enrichment scholarships
  • Increasing Adopt A Classrooms to 130 classrooms
  • Increasing the number of filled backpacks for low-income students to 800
  • Increasing funding for student technology tools through Power Up 4 Learning by 150%
  • Replacing much needed sports equipment and purchasing needed safety equipment for our middle school athletes.
  • Continuing to grow our partnerships with our business community, non-profits, and our Alameda population at large

We could not do this without the generous support of the community, so my heartfelt thank you. We invite you to explore the AEF website to learn more details about our programs and how we are working together to support student success!

Sincerely,

Bill Sonneman, President