Microphone Helps Students Find Their Voice
“Our classroom needed a microphone to hear kids present. In...
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Supplies for Ruby Bridges Library
The librarian at Ruby Bridges Elementary requested books for the library (specifically books that would reflect the diversity at their school site including Mongolian, Filipino, LatinX, African American, AAPI), art materials (caddies, markers, coloring pencils, crayons, pencil sharpener), book storage bins, and book maintenance materials.
“Thank you so much for the grant!!! We are SO very grateful for the materials and books. The art materials are used every week, as are the magnatiles (a huge student favorite).
Kindergartners Learning Fine Motor Skills
“Thank you so much for AEF’s generosity! I just received the last of the items (manipulatives and toys for helping to increase small motor skills) and we have slowly started to use them! I am introducing one new manipulative/ toy a week and the kids are loving them! Once we have practiced with each thing the kids will have access to all of them and they will be able to choose which thing they want to do after work time to help with their small motor skills.
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Traveling Around the World with Reading
Paden Elementary holds an annual Family Literacy event called ‘Reading Around the World’. Betsy Weiss, the Instructional Coach at Paden School said:
“I am super excited to grow this amazing event by including all of our English Language Learners, their families, and the classroom teachers who are helping them develop their literacy skills in English. ”
AEF hopes that Paden continues to hold this popular event and thank you to AEF donors who contributed to making this such a success!
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Encinal HS Juniors Bond After Difficult Time
The Juniors at Encinal High School participated in a field day where they played games together, ate a BBQ lunch, and got to know each other better. These students were Freshmen during COVID, so they missed out on a lot of typical student social interactions during the pandemic. Class officers decided that it was important for the social-emotional health of the whole class (of approximately 250 students) to have a bonding event that would help build class spirit.
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Backpacks Distributed This Fall
This photo comes from a parent at Shinsei Gardens/Stargell Commons....
Supporting Literacy at Ruby Bridges
“I have 23 students with varying reading levels and I am a new teacher. Thank you so much for the grant for my classroom. I was able to complete my library and now have multiple sets for each reading level and a much needed laminator. I was also able to purchase other supplies and rewards for my star store”.
Stephanie Lisle
1st Grade Teacher
Ruby Bridges Elementary School
New Art Project Videos for Free Summer Fun
Art Changes introduces 5 new artists and art project videos for free summer fun!
Get out your crayons and markers and hop on this page because AEF’s Art Changes has grown. We now have 18 artist videos and18 art project videos on our website.
In the new artist videos, you’ll meet 5 gifted Bay Area artists who have made short, engaging videos about their work.
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