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2021 M-DCPS Proclamation

The Education Fund Honored with a Proclamation

We are proud to share with you that The School Board of Miami-Dade County awarded a Proclamation to The Education Fund on May 19, 2021, for its more than 35 years of outstanding commitment, generous donation, and continued support to the students of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. 

 

AG亚游集团官方网站通过其过去的工作和重大的持续努力清楚地表明,它是支持和改善迈阿密戴德公立学校的一个组成部分,以确保所有孩子都有机会充分发挥他们的潜力并取得成功."

—Dr. Marta Pérez, Miami-Dade School Board Member District 8

 


RESOLUTION NO. 21-020 OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, RECOGNIZING THE EDUCATION FUND FOR OVER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT, GENEROUS DONATION, AND CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE STUDENTS OF M-DCPS

WHEREAS, The Education Fund raises and invests funds in our schools, already totaling more than $64 million for our district’s public schools, 并将捐赠的教室和家庭用品分发给在AG亚游集团官方网站会海洋银行教材中心免费购买教材的教师, already totaling more than $16.5 million in supplies benefitting 2.2+ million students; and

WHEREAS, The Education Fund’s COVID-19 relief efforts, in just one year’s time, includes the distribution of $3.7 million in donated supplies to 245,262 M-DCPS students, families, and teachers as part of an expanded 3-pronged effort including 1) Teacher Drive-Thru’s, 2) Deliveries of supplies to schools, and 3) Partnerships with non-profits serving; and

WHEREAS, The Education Fund has partnered with M-DCPS Department of Food & 营养和科学部(全国首个建立食物森林和食用花园的倡议), Division of Academics (operating the Idea EXPO –Teacher Conference), Department of Visual & Performing Arts (hosts art workshops for teachers and an annual student art exhibition & charity auction to encourage student artists), Department of Career & 技术教育(每年为超过25所初中和高中的数百名学生提供The Taste of Education的烹饪职业经验), Department of Social Studies (supporting hands-on “action-civics” education), Division of Curriculum & 教育转型(作为整合大学预科和职业准备的国家示范项目的一部分,将大学入学率提高了34%), Department of Instructional Technology (provided 10,000+ needy students and their families with refurbished desktop computers), and the Office of Professional Development (created, funded, and facilitated the Superintendent’s Urban Principal Initiative (SUPI)); and

WHEREAS, AG亚游集团官方网站利用美国志愿队的志愿者建立了该地区第一个主要的一对一阅读项目, called AmeriCorps Dade READS!, annually providing more than 25,000 volunteer hours to help elementary school students, whose free/reduced lunch percentage averaged 98%, with outcomes showing 70%+ of students significantly improved their reading skills, and

WHEREAS, AG亚游集团官方网站通过其过去的工作和重大的持续努力清楚地表明,它是支持和改善迈阿密戴德公立学校的一个组成部分,以确保所有孩子都有机会充分发挥他们的潜力并取得成功.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, approve Resolution No. 21-020 of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing The Education Fund for over thirty-five years of outstanding commitment, generous donation, and continued support to the students of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. A copy of this resolution is placed in the permanent records of this Board.

Presented this nineteenth day of May, A.D. 2021