Academy Olympians and Lincoln Lions Claim Titles
Alameda, CA (March 1, 2013) – The Academy of Alameda Olympians Boys A team showed their dominance in a 59 – 46 win over the Wood Beavers at the Alameda Education Foundation’s Middle School basketball boys championships on Feb. 26th. With size, speed and a strong shooting arsenal, they had no trouble defending their #1 position over a worthy opponent.
In the B division,
Lincoln Middle School Clinches Wins in Exciting Matches
Lincoln Middle School came into last week’s Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) Middle School Volleyball Championships with a comfortable number one seed, but strong challengers turned the matches into nail biters that went down to the wire.
In the A (varsity) team championships, Lincoln took the first game over the Academy of Alameda handedly, 25 – 7. But the Olympians tamed the Lions’ roar to a soft mew in the second game,
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Funds from the Equipped 4 Success school supply drive are used to purchase graphing calculators for Alameda public high schools.
Geometry can be challenging enough in itself. But imagine having to make calculations using a giant grid of trigonometry calculations and then using these calculations to multiply or divide to solve for a missing side length. Whew! It is surely as tedious as it sounds and it puts the emphasis on not making a math mistake rather than learning necessary geometry standards.
Thank you, Alameda! The Equipped 4 Success school supply drive was a huge success!
This summer, several organizations joined together to run a community-wide school supply drive called “Equipped 4 Success.” Our goal was to fill backpacks with school supplies for 800 low-income students served by the Alameda Unified School District’s McKinney-Vento program for homeless families, the Alameda Point Collaborative for formerly homeless families, and the Alameda Boys and Girls Club.
Thanks to you,
Dear Parents/Guardians
Welcome to the Alameda Education Foundation Enrichment Program! We are excited once again to offer the children of our community the opportunity to enjoy a variety of fun and exciting after-school classes.
Class registration for 2012-2013 will begin as indicated for the specific school as different schools have different registration dates. There is a $15 processing fee for any cancellations after enrollment. Please do not ask office staff about Enrichment classes.
In this increasingly small world in which we live, hardly anyone would disagree that being multilingual and multicultural is becoming ever more important. Knowing other languages and understanding other cultures is a necessary skill set for today’s students as they prepare to live and work in the 21st century global economy.
No matter what career students enter, they will be interacting with others around the world on a routine basis and doing business locally with those whose native language is not English.
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When school is out, learning is in with AEF’s Enrichment Camps! AEF now offers Enrichment Camps on AUSD non-student days, including March 16th, Spring Break and Summer. Chose from camps that support children’s academic, athletic, creative and social growth. And are a whole lot of fun! Camps include Mad Science, Dance and Digital Arts, Mandarin and Spanish Immersion, Middle School Math, Carpentry, Circus Arts, Marine Science, Soccer and much, much more serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Our 4 middle schools (ACLC/Nea, Lincoln, The Academy and Wood) have finished 6 weeks and 24 games of basketball. On February 21, 22, 23 and 24 we will have the championship playoffs and the Championship games on February 28th and 29th with all games played at the new Alameda Boys and Girls Club. The B team games will start at 4PM each day and the A team games will start at 5PM.
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