Chester Bridge Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 / 2007 / Education
For start-up costs of the Chesapeake Marine Trades School, Atlantic Maritime School, and the Anchor Academy, a Baltimore City Public School System charter high school. These programs are part of an overall strategy to provide a seamless workforce training system ensuring well-paying employment for graduating high school students within the commercial maritime industries.
Maryland Academy of Technology & Health Sciences
$7,716 / 2007 / Education
Toward the establishment of an applied health-science program at a recently opened charter school. The academy was developed to provide intellectually rigorous, personalized and supportive college-prep education for 8th to 12th graders, with an emphasis on biotechnology, health science, and bioengineering fields.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$35,000 / 2006 / Education
For support of the Charter Schools Technical Assistance Project. The purpose of the project is to coordinate and deliver advocacy and technical assistance to help ensure the success of the Baltimore City charter schools. Through the creation of an active network of charter school leaders, the project will foster effective governance for charter schools, develop funding sources, strengthen instructional delivery systems for special education students, and put in place long-range facilities management plans.
Educational Opportunity Program
$173,977 / 2006 / Education
For staffing and related expenses to provide a facilitator at each of the two new Southwestern High Schools. The counselors will act as role models, linking students and their families to the school, providing enrichment, tutoring, academics, and social support. The purpose of the program is to increase the high school graduation rate of Baraka School graduates by keeping Educational Opportunity Program students engaged in school activities.
Teach For America-Baltimore
$100,000 / 2006 / Education
For continuation of an initiative to recruit, train, and support 85 to 100 Teach For America corps members teaching in Baltimore City public schools. These recent college graduates make a two-year commitment and are offered the opportunity to earn a Master of Arts in teaching at the Johns Hopkins University.