Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.
$100,000 / 2011 / Education
Toward the costs of creating a centralized, state-of-the-art commissary and warehouse in the Hoen Lithography building at 2101 East Biddle Street with the capacity of preparing as many as 150,000 meals a day for Baltimore City public school students. When rehabbing of the building is completed and the program is in operation, the commissary is expected to lower costs of meals served in Baltimore City public schools and to improve the nutritional value of students’ meals. The commissary will also provide opportunities for Baltimore City Public Schools to realize quality control of food preparation, use locally grown produce, address the problems of childhood obesity, offer student apprenticeships, and create a community educational center offering workshops in healthy eating.
Greektown Community Development Corporation
$5,000 / 2011 / Education
Toward support of an after-school academic mentoring program for students at John Ruhrah Elementary Middle School and Patterson High School.
Fund for Educational Excellence – Successful Teaching Solutions
$20,000 / 2011 / Education
Toward support of a research project, “Successful Teaching Solutions,” designed to train teachers from Baltimore City public elementary and middle schools to use techniques from Doug Lemov’s book, Teach Like a Champion.
Fund for Educational Excellence – STEM Summer Learning Program
$60,000 / 2011 / Education
Three-year matching funding for the Middle School STEM Summer Learning Program, which was awarded a federal Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) grant. The primary goal of the summer program is to provide additional out-of-school time and alternative educational opportunities to targeted students so they can increase their mathematics grade-level aptitude. At the same time, the program seeks to develop students’ interest in technology, science, and engineering as a motivator to attend college.
Fund for Educational Excellence – Green Street Academy
$100,000 / 2011 / Education
For program and resource development for the Green Street Academy, a new transformation high school preparing students for careers in green economy. The curriculum model will prepare students for career paths in green construction, energy conservation, environmental sustainability, and transportation. By integrating career with hands-on and project-based instruction, the students will have the opportunity to do work in school and in the community.
