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Mini Grant for special needs students at AHS

Behavioral Incentives

Emma Li Elliott, Special Education Teacher at Alameda High School, requested a grant to support classroom behavioral incentives for her students with emotional disturbance. Students were given blue tickets throughout the week when they are on task, completing work, helping others, etc. These students require these behavior incentives because of the mental health challenges they face daily.

Ms. Elliot wrote: “Thank you for your generous grant that is funding the classroom incentive ticket system for my students with mental health challenges.

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English Language Learners take field trip to SF

AEF Supports Field Trip to SF for English Language Learners

English Language Learners take field trip to SFEnglish Learners sporting “Multilingualism is my Super Power!” t-shirts took a field trip to San Francisco last week to see the sights, practice English, and revel in being someone who speaks more than one language. (The t-shirts were paid for by a grant from the Alameda Education Foundation to help instructors keep track of students on the field trip).

As part of their city adventure, students rode the ferry, counted piers, talked to street artists,

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AHS Dance Multimedia poster

Posters A Collaboration Between AHS Dance and Multimedia Programs

Alameda High School Multimedia Teacher Andrea Szeto asked AEF for help in getting some fabulous posters created by students printed for display at the high school. AEF provided the funding to get this done.

Snazzy Posters Adorn Hallways Promoting AHS Dance Showcase

Alameda High School Dance teacher Rachel McCray Denton and Multimedia teacher Andrea Szeto just completed a collaborative project that is now on display in the hallways at Alameda High.

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