Category: Enrichment

AEF girls flag football

AEF Summer Camps Preview Available Now

AEF Summer Camps are available for previewing now! Check out our Enrichment Camps – open to all TK – 8 grade students (you don’t have to live in Alameda or attend an Alameda school), with small class sizes and teachers who are specialists in their fields. Your students will learn valuable new skills, be engaged, active, and have FUN! We also offer 50% scholarships for qualified participants.

And AEF will also be offering Sports Summer Camps for the first time this year!

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Junior Engineer after school enrichment STEM class

Junior Engineer Enrichment Class Jump Starts STEM Learning

One of AEF’s favorite STEM after school enrichment classes in the fall of 2025 was Junior Engineer – described as a hands-on adventure in engineering and space exploration. Kids dove into projects –  like aviation, space science, and engineering. From building models of the solar system to experimenting with compass headings, students learned by doing—building, asking questions, and testing real-world engineering concepts. The program was designed to inspire the next generation of innovators, showing kids that they have what it takes to become future engineers,

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Grant for STEAM stations at Ruby Bridges

Register Now for Winter and Spring After School Enrichment Classes

Registration is now open for Winter Spring After School Enrichment Classes!

New classes include cooking science and making candy, textiles and sewing, improv, making dollhouses, nature art, LEGO Simple Machines, and robots. Plus, one of our favorite instructors, Seth Pearman, will be teaching golf at Earhart school. This class is one of our Alameda Wide programs available to all public and charter school students. We’ll also be offering our usual fantastic selection of classes in art,

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AEF Summer Camps 2024

Register for AEF Summer Camps Before They Fill Up!

This year summer camps will be held at Earhart Elementary School (400 Packet Landing Rd, Alameda, CA 94502) and will run from June 16 (no camps June 19 and July 4) through July 11, 2025.

Click here for information and to register for AEF Summer Camps!

With over 70 different camps to choose from including Pickleball, Spanish, Chinese, Rock Band, LEGO, Robotics, Writing, Drawing, Sports and much more!…which ones will you choose?

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Youth Career & Job Fair

Are you interested in becoming a Volunteer Camp Youth Leader?

AEF will have a table at the City of Alameda’s 2026 Youth Career & Job Fair on Wed., April 1, 2026 with information on how you can apply to be an AEF Volunteer Summer Camp Leader! Hope we see you there!

The Youth Career & Job Fair connects Alameda high school students with local organizations who may have career opportunities, internships or summer positions. It is supported by AUSD,

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Lego enrichment classes

Registration for Spring Enrichment Classes Opens Jan. 9

WINTER/SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS THU. JAN. 9, 2025!

AEF’s After School Enrichment program offers fun, educational classes featuring small class sizes taught by experts in their fields. With the wide selection of programs, you’ll find enriching and engaging activities to match your student’s interests and passions as they learn and grow.

AEF classes are open to AUSD and charter school students. Most classes are conveniently located at your child’s school site.

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Enrichment

Prices Going Up for Winter Spring Enrichment Classes

Prices are going up by $10 on February 1, 2024! Alameda Education Foundation’s After School Enrichment program offers fun, educational after-school classes. Our programs feature small class sizes and are taught by experts in their fields. Registration for Alameda Wide and other AUSD schools’ registration opened on January 11, 2024. Keep checking our After School Enrichment page for the latest information. Each school has it’s own listing so be sure to check what’s on offer at your home school,

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golf enrichment class

‘All Square’ Enrichment Program Relates Golf to Life

In match-play competition ‘all square’ means the match is tied.

Seth Pearman says “I constantly relate golf to life. My goal is to grow the game in the Bay Area by making the sport more accessible to everyone. I’m working to get golf back to ‘All Square’ with everyone having equal access to the game, including the students I instruct.” Seth currently teaches AEF’s After School Enrichment golf class at Love Elementary School,

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