Alameda Education Foundation
Supporting Student Success

VB 2023 D1 champions

Congratulations Encinal and Lincoln Volleyball

Congratulations to Encinal Jr. Jets and Lincoln Lions for their AEF Middle School Sports Coed Volleyball Championships!

In Division I action, the Encinal Jr. Jets defended their title by defeating the Wood Beavers on October 24th 2-1 (25-15, 23-25, 15-13). In Division II action on November 14th, it was the Lincoln Lions over Encinal 2-0 (25-20, 25-14).

Fall volleyball included 10 teams and 140 student-athletes representing all seven public middle schools in Alameda.

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golf enrichment class

‘All Square’ Enrichment Program Relates Golf to Life

In match-play competition ‘all square’ means the match is tied.

Seth Pearman says “I constantly relate golf to life. My goal is to grow the game in the Bay Area by making the sport more accessible to everyone. I’m working to get golf back to ‘All Square’ with everyone having equal access to the game, including the students I instruct.” Seth currently teaches AEF’s After School Enrichment golf class at Love Elementary School,

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AEF at the Island Running Festival

Island Running Festival Donates to AEF

Alameda’s Island Running Festival took place on September 24, 2023. Event organizers were excited to bring the Island running festival back after a 3 year break. All events began and ended on the historic and transformed Alameda Point, with a 5k, 10k and Half Marathon that utilized many of the new trails that have opened up since the last event.

AEF Board members and staff manned a booth at the event to encourage runners.

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San Jose Mercury News-hidden price article

This is Why AEF Does What it Does

This article in the San Jose Mercury News underscores the need for AEF to continue to do the work that we do.There is simply not enough State funding to meet the needs of our public schools. AEF strives to fill the gaps by raising funds to support needs at lower-income schools, and by running programs that would otherwise not exist, like middle school sports, teacher mini grants and after school enrichment. Also, shout out to our own AEF’s Administrative Assistant as well as Love PTA President Vanessa Acevedo-Reed for her thoughtful contributions to this article!

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