Category: Teachers

Ms. Candice Camp is an Instructional Coach working with K-5th, multilingual English learners across the District. She wanted to help English learners at school reclassification ceremonies celebrate and be proud of the hard work it takes to become ‘reclassified’ with a t-shirt that says “Multilingualism is my Superpower”.

Reclassification for English Language Learners (ELL) means that a student is officially recognized as having achieved sufficient proficiency in English to no longer require special language support services.

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For many of our students, visiting a college campus is not always an option. Having the opportunity to tour a campus often has a transformational impact on students’ knowledge and awareness of college life, and helps inspire their future educational path.

Lee Kaplan, Encinal High School College & Career Counselor wrote:

“Forty-four Encinal students visited Sacramento State on March 4th. We were able to take a campus tour, visit the recreation center,

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Thank you, Julia and all AEF members, for your generous support to our grade level and my class with all that you do for our students and our special community. In these tricky times, I am especially appreciative of the timely and very teacher-friendly grants you provided this 2024-’25 school year. AEF’s fundraising and grant writing allowed all three of our classes to experience Berkeley Rep’s award winning Storybuilders program where over a 10-week period an artist visited our classrooms to develop a play from scratch.

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To all the amazing folks at AEF,

Thank you so much for all the support you’ve given 3rd grade at Love Elementary this year. Your generous and well-timed grants have really made a huge difference—and honestly, made things a lot easier for us teachers!

Because of AEF, we got to take part in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Storybuilders‘ program, which was such a cool experience. It gave the students a fun way to build skills in storytelling,

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Encinal High School College and Career counselor Lee Kaplan organized a field trip to UC Davis for over 40 students to inspire them to consider applying for higher education. She wrote:

“On behalf of Encinal High School, we wanted to extend our heartfelt thanks for your support on our most recent visit to UC Davis. Over 40 students were able to tour the campus, visit the bookstore, view an admissions presentation and eat in one of the student dining halls.

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