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July 2010 Newsletter |
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6th Annual Pioneers & Purpose Event Highlights |
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Pioneers & Purpose honoring John W. Thompson was a wonderful success thanks to our many friends in the business, civic, and education communities who came together to support public education. We are grateful to our 63 sponsors, to the 103 represented companies, and to the 91 individuals who made donations during the Fund-A-Need portion of the program. A record 612 were on hand to hear John W. Thompson share his vision on the role of corporations in enabling change for our students - as a community, together, we are making a difference! Visit our website or Facebook Fan Page to see more photos and videos of the event. We hope to see you at Pioneers & Purpose 2011! |
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Stepping Up To Algebra Classroom Tours |
Upcoming Events |
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Come take a tour of our Stepping Up To Algebra/Math Acceleration Program classrooms, and meet students and teachers of this exciting program. Friday, July 16, 2010: 10:00 - 11:00am Thursday, July 22, 2010: 10:00 - 11:00am SUTA/MAP is serving nearly 1,000 students at nine school districts in San Jose, Sunnyvale and Milpitas. SVEF is proud to partner with ALearn and the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley to present this year's program. To RSVP for a classroom tour, please email jill@svefoundation.org. |
Aug. 26, 2010: 3 - 5pm Sep. 17, 2010: 6 - 10pm Dec. 2, 2010: 12 - 1:30pm Did you miss any of our past events? Click here to download presentations or to see photos and videos. |
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Event Wrap Up - Education Forum: The Future Is Green |
SUTA/MAP Celebration |
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More than 90 educators, business leaders and green advocates turned out for a forum at San Jose's Tech Museum June 21 to talk about preparing our students with skills they'll need to enter future solar and other green careers. Several Santa Clara County school districts - San Jose Unified, East Side Union High School and Franklin-McKinley - have green technology programs, but more schools need to develop them. Keynote speaker for the forum was Thomas H. Werner, CEO of SunPower, followed by panelists Alana Conner, VP of Content Development at the Tech; Dr. Charles Weis, Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools, and Alyssa Newman, Manager of Corporate Sustainability at the SunPower Foundation. We invite you to visit our website to see photos and download the PowerPoint presentation from this event. |
SUTA/MAP Celebration Mark your calendars for SVEF's "Donor Recognition Event" to thank our Stepping Up to Algebra/Math Acceleration Program (SUTA/MAP) sponsors. The event will be held at the Sobrato Center for Non-Profits, which is located at 1400 Parkmoor Avenue in San Jose. SUTA/MAP students will join us to talk about their experience, and program results will be announced. Click here to register. |
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Partner Corner - CreaTV |
Partner Event |
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Have you ever wondered who tapes most of our events? CreaTV San Jose, is the answer. CreaTV, one of our many partners, is a non-profit, public benefit corporation serving the City of San Jose. Its mission is to inspire, educate, and connect San Jose communities, using media to foster civic engagement. San Jose residents can see its programs, including our events, on Channel 15 and Channel 28. If you wish to learn more about CreaTV visit wwww.creatvsj.org. |
Casino Night Benefiting SVEF This casino style gambling night (with black jack, paigow, roulette, poker, craps, let it ride, live DJ, dancing, raffles, and great food) is organized by our partner, Events, etc., a non-profit organization that organizes events to collect funds for other non-profits. Your participation will helps us to continue improving education in Silicon Valley. Click here to learn more. |
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Support High Five Program |
Teacher of the Month |
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We invite you to support public education in Silicon Valley by making a recurring $5 monthly donation. Below are some comments from High Five supporters. "I'm happy to give $5 every month to support public education - there couldn't be a more critical time for us all to lend a hand!" "Signing up was easy, and I'm happy to help make a difference every month." "For a little more than one fancy espresso drink, I'm able to contribute to the programs that serve students across Silicon Valley. That's a win-win in my book." |
The KBAY Teacher of the Month for July is Anne Sanfilippo, who teaches 4th grade at Frost Elementary School in the Oak Grove District. This is Anne's 7th year at Frost and 14th in the Oak Grove District teaching grades 3 through 6. Anne received her bachelor's degree in Journalism from San Diego State and a Master's of Elementary Education from Lesley College in Cambridge, MA. She has been married for 13 years and has two children, Jenna 11 and Jack, 8. Anne will receive a Teacher Innovation Grant for her classes from the Silicon Valley Education Foundation. Anne used her SVEF Teacher Innovation Grant to help fund the fourth grade field trip to Roaring Camp. At Roaring Camp the students were able to learn how to pan for gold and experience gold rush life. They were also able to to take a steam train ride through the Santa Cruz Mountains while learning what it was like to live in the 1800's. Sponsored by
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Lessonopoly Update |
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We've formed a new collaboration with NASA Ames to increase interest and capabilities in science and math. On June 1st we kicked off our partnership by taking twenty seventh grade students from the ACE Charter School in San Jose to NASA Ames to learn about air traffic control. They each had the opportunity to work with the "Smart Skies" software and interact with air traffic controllers. All these materials are available to you on Lessonopoly to use in your own classroom. There are lesson plans for the two programs, LineUp with Math and FlyBy Math, which demonstrate real-life applications of mathematics using air traffic control and includes an online web-based air traffic control simulator. These activities are appropriate for grades 5-9. To access these fun and interactive lesson plans visit Lessonopoly.org. To learn more about this event or to view a photo gallery click here. |
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