Baraka School
$159,500 / 2002 / Education
Two grants for expenses related to the construction of new dormitory buildings for eighth-grade students. The boarding school, located in Kenya, provides a residential academic program for 40 at-risk underachieving Baltimore City middle school boys.
Baltimore Curriculum Project
$445,285 / 2002 / Education
In support of the implementation of the Baltimore Curriculum Project for the 2002-2003 school year. The project provides planning and management oversight of four schools in Baltimore City’s New Schools Initiative and support for planning for an additional New School. The Baltimore Curriculum Project currently offers a combination of Direct Instruction and Core Knowledge and serves as an incubator for a variety of curricula and projects being piloted.
Baltimore City Public School System/Southern High School
$100,000 / 2002 / Education
For the creation of a venture capital fund to provide seed money for advanced student and teacher projects at the new Digital Harbor High School. These projects, chosen from the technology business plans submitted, will be led to the proposal-to-fund stage.
Baltimore City Public School System/Roland Park Elementary-Middle School
$5,000 / 2002 / Education
For continued support of staffing a string instrument music program.
Baltimore City Public School System/National Academic League
$119,780 / 2002 / Education
In support of the 2002-2003 National Academic League in 29 Baltimore City public middle schools. The league provides extracurricular interscholastic programming in a competition and media atmosphere associated with athletic events to encourage higher academic achievement.