The Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) is a strategic partner to AUSD.  AEF manages programs that support AUSD K - 12 students with educational opportunities.  Tonight AEF will be presenting a brief slide show and giving general information about their programs including highlights from the previous year and goals for the 2016-2017 school year.

Alameda Education Foundation

Mission:  To engage the community, raise funds, and coordinate programs to support and enhance the quality of K-12 public education in Alameda.

Key programs: 

• Adopt A Classroom
• Enrichment
  •  After School Classes
  • Summer Camps
  • AEF College Prep Academy (including college test prep and personal statement workshops and college finance seminars)
• Equipped 4 Success Community School Supply Drive
• Middle School Sports
• Technology Education / Power Up 4 Learning
• Visual and Performing Arts
• Salute to Education – Annual Event

 2015-2016 Highlights:

•  Adopted 156 classrooms - $78,000 directly to teachers
• Introduced 3,300 elementary students to the orchestra through sponsorship of the Oakland East Bay Symphony’s Young People’s Concert
• Sponsored district-wide Robotics program based at Wood Middle School
• 2200 after-school Enrichment classes and 600 summer Enrichment camp registrations
• Introduced ACT test prep programs that were offered during spring break and summer serving 57 students
• Introduced personal statement workshops serving 24 students
• Utilized over 50 middle-high school interns to support the Enrichment summer camp program
• Held a “Paying for College” seminar as part of AUSD’s Parent University attended by over 100 students and parents
• Provided after school, year-round Middle School Sports programs to 600 6^th – 8^th grade student athletes
• Supported approximately 800 low-income students with new backpacks and age-appropriate school supplies through the Equipped 4 Success school supply drive
• Honored volunteers and staff from every Alameda public school at Salute to Education in April 2016

2016-2017 Goals:

• Adopt 200 classrooms with the majority going to teachers most in need.
• Increase the number of students participating in the AUSD Robotics program via funding from Power Up 4 Learning.
• Manage a district wide visual and literary arts exhibition that will last two years, called “Art Across the Island”.
• Expand the reach of increase the offerings of our college prep programs, particularly for students historically underrepresented in college.
• Work closely with AUSD elementary music teachers to support their work through our VAPA efforts.
• Support AUSD’s vocational career pathways work.
• Continue to grow our partnerships within the community.