Baltimore City Public School System/ Surgical Technician and Nursing Programs
$5,000 / 2008 / Education
To underwrite the cost of certificate exam fees for students participating in the Surgical Technician and Nursing Assistant programs.
Incentive Mentoring Program
$5,000 / 2008 / Education
For support of the Incentive Mentoring Program at Dunbar High School, including community service activities, a summer camp, and SAT tutoring.
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance
$5,000 / 2007 / Education
For continued support of programs designed to integrate the arts into the curriculum of Maryland’s public schools.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
$25,000 / 2007 / Education
For competitive scholarships for one team of four students participating in the Corporate Work-Study Program at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, and at the YMCA for the 2007-2008 school year.
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
$25,000 / 2007 / Education
For continued support and expansion of the Music Teacher Mentoring Program, including staffing to provide coaching, mentoring, and professional development of approximately 75 new and returning music teachers at 70 schools. The two Peabody mentors offer expanded scope and sequence to the music curriculum, more age-appropriate materials and lesson plans, strategies on effective classroom management skills, and new methodologies to encourage greater student engagement and improved classroom behavior. The goal is to implement enhanced music curricula that meet state and national content standards and to increase the rate of teacher retention.