St. Frances Academy
$5,000 / 2011 / Education
Toward support of the 2011 Summer Peace Camp at St. Frances Academy Community Center for 60 inner-city children.
Sisters Academy of Baltimore
$11,150 / 2011 / Education
Toward the purchase of 10 laptops, software, and a Web-based student and graduation information system. These purchases will enable teachers to use the laptops as teaching tools and to track grades, report cards, attendance, and other data.
Ready at Five
$5,000 / 2011 / Education
For the cost of a consultant to prepare a Maryland Early Learning Challenge grant proposal, designed to help early childhood infrastructure in Maryland overcome school-readiness gaps.
Public Justice Center, Inc.
$80,000 / 2011 / Education
For continued support of the Educational Stability Project designed to increase outcomes for Baltimore City public school students suffering disruption due to homelessness, and for those awaiting foster care placements. In collaboration with Baltimore City Public Schools, the project includes hiring a director of homeless services; appointing a primary homeless services contact in each school to be trained to work with homeless students; monitoring test scores, attendance, graduation rates, and mobility; and evaluating compliance and student outcomes.
The Piney Woods School
$63,600 / 2011 / Education
To provide five scholarships for students from Baltimore City for the 2011-2012 school year, and for the salary of a Retention Counselor. The counselor provides a range of services including monitoring class attendance and participation, overseeing study halls and dormitory behavior, and acting as a liaison and advocate for students and their families.