Oakland Public Education Fund

This fall, the Oakland Ed Fund is hosting Oakland Grown: Student Art & Music Festival—a new family-friendly event that will raise critical funds for our schools while celebrating The Town’s talented students! Teachers, we want you and your Oakland Unified School District students to participate with 🎤 Vocal 🎺 Instrumental 🎭 Dramatic or spoken word student performances 🎨 Visual arts pieces to be displayed during the festival Staff must be available to attend the festival and chaperone students. If you are interested in having your students participate, please fill out this form by August 1. https://loom.ly/5pEOGDc #oaklandgrown #educationmatters #OUSD #VAPA #artseducation

There are new grants available now! These grants can help fund 📚 Literacy development 🎵Music & Art programs 🔬STEM curriculum and more! Check out all the grants available at https://loom.ly/kfsYhhM #Oakland #GrantOpportunities

We are excited to announce our new fall fundraising event, Oakland Grown: Student Art & Music Festival! 🤩 This ticketed, family-friendly event will raise critical funds for our schools while celebrating The Town’s talented students. The festival will be hosted at the Oakland Museum of California Gardens with student performances, visual arts displays, art activities, and a headliner to be announced. Tickets are on sale in August. ➡️ Sign up for the latest updates on our website. https://loom.ly/u6-AVjc #oaklandgrown #educationmatters #OUSD #VAPA #artseducation

Calling all volunteers! We're looking for individuals ready to step up and help our schools! Teachers have little time to prepare their classrooms before the first day of school in August. Volunteers will decorate bulletin boards, organize classrooms, tend school gardens, and more. Our schools need your help! Sign up for a shift now at https://loom.ly/9mGlPe0 #BackToSchool #Volunteer #OaklandSchools

We'll be right back! The Ed Fund office will be closed July 4-5 and will resume normal business hours on Monday, July 8.

Techlink is a mentorship and a paid summer fellowship for Oakland high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in the computer science and engineering pathways. This program connects students with career coaches/mentors and targets underrepresented students of color and girls to help expand their opportunities in the tech industry. This summer, Oover 40 TechLink students are meeting daily to learn web design and Python during their Mission Bit classes, which are held at Oakland Tech. 💻 Learn more about TechLink on our website! https://loom.ly/AYNGsoY #STEM #Mentorship

Check out this month's round-up of education-focused grant funding! Find financial support for: 🎨 Art or music programs 🏥 Community health projects 🏐 School sports equipment purchases and more! Find the full list of available grants at https://loom.ly/kfsYhhM #GrantOpportunity #Education

Want to help schools kick off the new school year? Sign up to volunteer during our Back to School Campus Beautification Week! From August 5-9, volunteers will help create a welcoming environment for students and staff by decorating bulletin boards, organizing classrooms, tending school gardens, and more. 🌱Join us to help Oakland Unified School District teachers and staff prepare campuses and classrooms for the first day of school! ✏️ Sign up today athttps://loom.ly/9mGlPe0 #BackToSchool #Volunteer #EducationMatters

West Oakland native Otis Ward IV often wondered what went into creating the video games he and his brother played when they were kids. While he was in high school, his question was answered when he participated in the TechLink program, a collaborative effort of the Oakland Unified School District, the Ed Fund, and donors including Intel Corporation and Pixar Animation Studios. "TechLink reminds me of a compass that gives you a sense of direction and offers so many opportunities," he said. Through the program, he built a computer game which inspired him to explore a career in tech. Now the McClymonds High School graduate is a student at Stanford University majoring in Computer Science, and the sky is the limit! Read more about Otis and the TechLink program on our blog! https://loom.ly/Z6r-D_s

Don’t forget: the Oakland Athletics 💚 Teacher Appreciation Day 💚 is this Thursday! Oakland educators—don’t miss your opportunity to get two free tickets to the Oakland A’s Teacher Appreciation Day game on June 20! The game starts at 12:37 pm. Register for Teacher Tickets by clicking the link: https://loom.ly/tVlbjpM