Alameda Education Foundation

Supervisor Chan supports Equipped for Success

Thank you Supervisor Chan!

This is a post AEF made in 2014 showing how Supervisor Wilma Chan was a long term supporter of Alameda Education Foundation, along with numerous other community organizations. She will be missed tremendously.

Supervisor Chan recently donated $3500 to the Equipped 4 Success school supply drive. Early childhood education is a critical element in Supervisor Chan’s “New War on Poverty” initiative. Supervisor Chan’s donation will support incoming Alameda low-income kindergarteners with backpacks and age appropriate supplies so they are ready to learn the first day of school.

AEF Middle School Sports are Back with an Equity Focus

AEF is back at it with our Middle School Sports program, which we have been running since 2009 after it was cut by AUSD. AUSD and public middle school students are eligible to participate as part of their school teams. Girls Basketball games begin in January 2022 with the boys games following in March. Coed Volleyball and Track & Field will be spring sports.

AEF took advantage of the break in action to create Guiding Principles to steer the program.

AEF Enrichment Classes Support Educational Opportunities Beyond the Classroom

Enrichment classes have been the backbone of AEF programming since...

Headsets for Remote Learning

What the pandemic and remote teaching and learning made painfully...

What is Equity?

by Vicki Sedlack, Executive Director of AEF

Equity is a word we hear a lot these days, even more so since the pandemic.

But what exactly is equity? How do we achieve it? And how do we know if we have?

It is easier to say what equity is not, and it is not equality. The illustration below is often used to make this distinction.

But does this illustration truly depict equity?

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Alameda Municipal Power a Valued Partner in Technology Support

The pandemic and remote teaching and learning made teachers, students and families painfully aware of just how vital technology is to student learning. No longer just optional, today technology is a crucial interface for learning.

New Choir Program at Paden School!

AEF is proud to announce that students at Paden Elementary school (Ruby Bridges has dropped out of the program) will be raising their voices and singing out proud in the 2021-22 school year with Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir’s Community Voices Choir. Through engaging songs and community-building musical games, students will build an understanding of their voice, musical skills in rhythm and matching pitches, and learn to read music.

Fall Enrichment Classes Are Beginning Outside

Fall Enrichment classes have started! All classes are being held outside as an added precaution as advised by the Alameda Unified School District. This school year AEF is offering a variety of favorite enrichment programs in science, arts, chess, tennis and cross country running as well as new ones like golf and choir. AEF is requiring full vaccination of all instructors (coaches, etc.) by Oct. 15. So far, all instructors are already fully vaccinated. AEF will monitor AQI (air quality) on smoky days and will cancel outdoor classes if the AQI reaches 151 or more.