We're excited to have
@JoseLDotres
attend today's educator grant award ceremony, where we gave out 163 grants to teachers totaling about $100,000. "When teachers are well equipped we know students will thrive."
#ideaswithimpact
A Celebration of Teaching rewards teachers for their commitment to innovation in the classroom thanks to donors like Suncoast Credit Union, Assurant, Ford, Lynn & Luis Wolfson Family Foundation, Midway Ford and so many more.
For 25 years,
#OceanBank
's support has made the distribution of free materials to public school teachers and their students possible through the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials. Thank you Ocean Bank!
Meet Dale Adamson, the 2017-2018 recipient of the national Milken Educator Award, also known as the "Oscars" of teaching. Proud day
@MDCPS
.
#BeATeacher
Our team delivers pallets of supplies to Homestead Senior High School, one our SmartPath to College sites. Thanks to funders like
@kidsinneed
we're able to deliver paper, masks, binders, and other materials for students and teachers.
#edfundsupplies
Today, the Miami-Dade County School Board honored our work and innovation in local public schools for 35 years. We're especially grateful to board member Dr. Marta Perez for sponsoring the proclamation. Our work is made possible by our staff, board and donors.
#education
We're so proud to be the first-ever $1 million USD
#TDReadyChallenge
winner. We can’t wait to work with
@TDBank_US
to address predicted learning loss as a result of COVID-19 and help students catch up and thrive.
#TDReadyCommitment
Son of legendary musician Bob Marley and founder of
@MarleyCoffeeUK
,
@Romarley
is one of our
@Sapoznik_Ins
Public School Alumni honorees. We'll celebrate Rohan and his accomplishments at For the Love of Art on 6/26.
Filmmaker, life-long local and NWSA grad
@BillyCorben
joins our impressive group of 2018
@Sapoznik_Ins
Public School Alumni honorees. We'll be celebrating Billy's many achievements on 6/26 at For the Love of Art presented by Ocean Bank.
#artauction2018
We're thrilled to announce that Penny Parham, long- time collaborator with The Education Fund and key supporter of our Food Forest for Schools Program since its inception, joins us in a consulting capacity following her distinguished career as M-DCPS Food & Nutrition Officer.
About a month ago,
#OceanBank
extended its 25-year commitment to the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials, investing $300K in the school supply warehouse. On 4/4, we'll celebrate the bank's commitment to supporting teachers and students in
@MDCPS
through our work.
Gene Schaefer,
@BankofAmerica
and
@MiamiChamber
chair, showed 4th graders at Southside Elementary School how banks and communities work together and need each other.
#teachathon
Today, we honored 146 teachers, awarding them grants for their innovative classroom ideas. A Celebration of Teaching featured the mayor of Miami-Dade County,
@mdcps
superintendent, a brownie toast and 139 teachers, donors and guests.
#ideaswithimpact
Here's a look at some of the hard-working teachers who received grants tonight to enhance classroom learning in public schools in Miami-Dade County.
#ideaswithimpact
#acelebrationofteaching
More than 800
@miamiseniorhigh
students will attend the school’s first college fair of the year. Today the school is dedicated to getting all students prepped for college and their future career path.
#smartpath
Hungry? Aspiring student chefs in our public schools show off their culinary chops at The Education Fund Taste of Education Presented by Sapoznik Insurance on 3/10 at Jungle Island.
#tasteofeducation
Chow down!
http://www.educationfund/taste2020
The school bus for the Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade never looked so good without kids. We’re happy to fill the organization’s school bus with needed supplies from the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials.
Milken Educator Award winner
@AdamsonHDMM
goes to great lengths to show his students the real-world applications of math. At the
#IdeaExpo
on 12/1, Dale will showcase his award-winning ideas that students love.
Our Food Forest Program Manager Eddie Recinos showcases a lesson that's ideal for outdoor learning in our school eco labs and edible gardens.
#foodforestsforschools
The Education Fund board voted unanimously to support a YES VOTE on ballot
#362
. This is the 1st time we've ever taken a position on an item on the ballot. Please help our children.
@miamisup
offers his words of support and farewell to this year's education champions, business professionals who have signed up to step into the shoes of teachers for The Ed Fund Teach-A-Thon presented by
@WellsFargo
.
Today, MLK Day, we extend our gratitude to all our
#TeachAThon
volunteers, past and present, who have stepped into the shoes of an educator. “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
Join Teacher of the Year
@gatormom70
at our free teacher grant-writing seminar tomorrow at 10 am. In just 1 hour, you'll learn how to access $1000 in grants, if not more. Register now!
#ideaswithimpact
Gloria, a graduating senior at Honestead Senior High School, offers an inside look at her
#SmartPath
internship at Midway Ford. Special thanks to our funders for making this program possible:
@MiamiBaysideFo
@ValleyBank
and
@MiamiDadeCounty
We're honored to receive a proclamation from
@MDCPS
for our work with students and teachers. The district's support ensures that our programs reach more educators and students, enhancing public education in Miami-Dade County.
#educationfundmiami
The Ed Fund Teach-A-Thon is underway. We kicked off our annual teaching challenge today with a virtual pep rally featuring the Coral Park Senior High Cheerleaders, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, Hector Ponte, Wells Fargo and many of our returning volunteers.
#teachathon
Join
@VritiSaraf
and
@k20Educators
' Eduverse. When it launches, The Eduverse will have resources to help teachers support students as they learn, create and thrive in web3.
“Anyone that’s a teacher here or out there, at each and every one of our schools, I thank you, on behalf of my mother and from the bottom of my heart, for doing what you do every single day,” Glorida Estefan, whose mother was a teacher.
We're excited to announce that we've been selected as an official charity partner of the
@MiamiMarlins
Foundation. The partnership includes a $25K grant to expand the Food Forests for Schools program.
Tonight we honored
@mdcps
Penny Parham for her work, which has ensured that more than 30,000 students in local schools have access to fresh produce from our
#foodforests
.
Thank you
@EducationFund
for another wonderful evening. “For the Love of Art” supports our
@mdcps
students/teachers year round! Project UP- START appreciates all you do for our Teachers!
#BetterTogether
Ed Fund President Linda Lecht shows 3rd graders at Parkview Elementary how to convert light energy to heat energy using the school food forest as the testing ground.
#teachathon
During school closures,
@mdpcs
students and families may pick up grab-and-go meals, both breakfast and lunch, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The district is continuing to work with community partners who have agreed to complement their feeding efforts.
#coronavirus
Teacher shopping days at the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials begin next week. Register now using our new online reservation tool. It's easy to access. Just visit .
#oceanbankcenterforeducationalmaterials
#backtoschool
We're happy to announce that
#OceanBank
has made a $300,000 commitment to the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials, our school supply warehouse. This means free supplies will reach 500K students in
@mdcps
.