2020 Report to Community
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2020 Report to Community Message from Board Chair and Executive Director Board of Governors Nancy Close Chair Hanif Ladha Vice-Chair Steve Aubin Treasurer Amanda Field Secretary Althea Adams Martin Cej Dr. Gene Edworthy Richard Hehr Kirk Johnson Marla Martin-Esposito This year has been difficult for so many of us. And, despite our challenges as a community, 2020 has provided David McKinnon us with the opportunity to re-evaluate how we work together and to consider different ways we can help Mark Saar students through the lens of increasing access, providing equity supports and filling gaps created by the Mike Shaikh pandemic and disrupted classroom learning. I am both proud and grateful for the extraordinary efforts of our Dr. Richard Sigurdson Board of Governors and our small and mighty team of wonderful staff. Thank you. Melanie Sortland Finding new ways to make technology work for us has been impactful on so many levels this past year with all of our board meetings, student award sessions, and staff interactions moving online. It really highlighted that access to reliable technology was no longer a “nice to have” but a necessity, and the legacy of this pandemic has Honourary Ambassadors developed a greater focus on ensuring that we are all connected on multiple levels. What began as an emergency campaign to help students suddenly learning at home is evolving into a permanent resource to Gerry Burger-Martindale Joanne create a technology loan program for any student in need throughout the school year. 2020 has revealed the Cuthbertson cracks within our community and has reinforced and reinvigorated our fundraising priorities. David Pickersgill Thank you for supporting Calgary Board of Education students and the work of EducationMatters – your investments into our most precious resource, our children, are making a difference now and for the future. We are incredibly grateful to have you as partners in the important work of helping our students learn and grow in our community. Nancy Close, Chair Staff Monica Bryan Marilyn Field Kenza Filali Alicia Hope-Ross Evelyn Martinez Emil Nguyen Helen Nowlan-Walls Kathryn Schilman EducationMatters exists to support Calgary’s students and works collaboratively with the Calgary Board of Education and their schools whom we thank for consistently going above and beyond. Student food securi- ty, classroom resources, field trip funding (virtual and off-site), and many other program/resource funding enabled us to provide assistance where it was most needed. March 2020’s move to learning at home meant a seismic shift in the way we operate and necessitated some nimble adaptability from EducationMatters staff, board, and volunteers to ensure our efforts had the most impact. Contact Us I’m proud of the work we did in this exceptionally stressful year. EducationMatters donors mitigated some of the challenges students faced through investments in: technology that provided access to virtual learning for 1221 8 Street SW those in need; online math resources to help master math concepts both in and out of the classroom; food Calgary, AB T2R 0L4 supports for students who rely on in-school programming; and more literacy resources to circumvent the Tel: (403) 817-7468 challenges of quarantined library books to keep students reading at home or in school. Email: [email protected] We’ve made great progress in 2020 and we will continue to be strong and supportive – 2021 will be another difficult and disruptive time for students. Thanks to our experiences this year, we are well-prepared to continue www.educationmatters.ca helping students find success in school, and we are so very thankful for the support and commitment of our @edmattersyyc community to help Calgary’s kids. Together, we made a difference for every student in need and helped alleviate some gaps COVID-19 had presented for a stronger society with a bright future. Charitable Registration: Marilyn Field, Executive Director #898887005RR0001 2020 By the Numbers Distributed to support Student award disbursements Schools/departments Calgary’s students totalling over $490,000 received funding Gifts by Type* Grants by Distribution Gifts by Fund Type EndowedGifts byFlow-Through Type* StudentGrants Awards by DistributionSpecific Initiatives StudentGifts Awards by FundSpecific Type Initiatives (gross) *Gross $1,617,068 $1,056,265 $1,298,375 Flow Through Specific Initiatives Specific Initiatives $89,159 $490,549 $407,852 Endowment Student Awards Student Awards Endowment Fund Market Value as of year-end 2020 Since 2003 EducationMatters has: $7 $6.6M Received in excess of Disbursed more than $20M $16M in donations in grants and student awards millions $0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 For full audited financial statements visit www.educationmatters.ca/about/resourcespublications. 2020 Program Grants Enhancing Student Education Total Disbursed: $1,062,260 *Total grants ($1,062,260) does not include unused grant amounts returned from prior year distributions. NW NE Arbour Lake School Cecil Swanson School Back to School $675 Books for Kids Program $2,413 Balmoral Middle School Children's Village School Back to School $1,100 Teacher's Pet/Scientists in Schools $4,099 Belvedere Parkway School Back to School $600 Picnic Tables, Friendship Bench & Bee Hotel Renovation $9,550 Bow Habitat Station $652 Bowcroft School Douglas Harkness School Back to School $400 Books for Kids Program $15,000 Bowness High School Dr. Gordon Higgins School Back to School $2,500 GSA/Band Program $950 Capitol Hill School Falconridge School Back to School $480 Virtual Field Trips $1,000 Crescent Heights High School Lester B. Pearson High School CBE Rap Battle $608 New Horizons Leadership Conference $1,300 Tools for Community Bike Shop $14,310 Manmeet Singh Bhullar School Edgemont School Young Masters Program $756 Back to School $500 RazKids Licenses $2,027 Highwood School Marlborough School Student Learning Resource $94 Emergency winter clothing and winter toys $475 Hillhurst School Monterey Park School Back to School $600 Virtual Field Trips $2,500 King George School Mount View School Back to School $800 Back to School $400 Teacher Microphones & Sensory Supports $4,750 Sensory/Wellness Resources $697 Louise Dean School Northern Lights School Back to School $2,000 Back to School $400 North Haven School Nose Creek School Back to School $200 Back to School $950 Queen Elizabeth High School O.S. Geiger School Back to School $500 ArtFelt Studio Residency $4,342 Ranchlands School Pineridge School Back to School $500 Ski & Snowboard Lessons at WinSport $4,024 Rosedale School Terry Fox School Back to School $330 Drum Sessions/Drum-Making Materials $2,520 Technology $2,708 Back to School $1,125 Rosemont School Cross-Country Skiing Trip $2,500 Projector Purchase $950 Smart Boards and Projection Equipment $499 System-Wide Silver Springs School 2020-2021 Design the Shift: ConocoPhillips Innovation Incubator $19,000 Materials and Virtual Interaction with Author $380 Amplify! Program $23,750 Sir John A. Macdonald School Graphing/Scientific Calculators $50,000 Back to School $1,675 Technology Access/Loans for Ongoing Learning $240,079 Terrace Road School Career and Technology Foundations and Studies Braiding Sweetgrass with an Indigenous Elder $1,698 Workshop and/or Lab Equipment $150,000 Thomas B. Riley School Discovering Choices (Multiple Locations): Back to School $750 2019/2020 Graduation $22,000 Program fees for students in financial need $1,618 Barrier Removal Funds $30,000 Tom Baines School Dual Credit and/or Exploratory Programs Back to School $350 Barrier Removal Funds $200,000 Pre-Employment: Pipe Trades, Welding, Carpentry, & Vet Tech $47,500 Safety Credentials for Students Entering Trades $19,000 Books and equipment $55,000 SE Acadia School Back to School $1,200 Andrew Sibbald School Physical Education Equipment $277 Chaparral School Back to School $400 Erin Woods School Virtual Field Trips $3,052 Ernest Morrow School Back to School $1,125 On-the-Land Learning Trips $2,800 Fish Creek School Student Materials and PPE $1,425 Forest Lawn High School Area of Greatest Need/Athletic Fees and Equipment $9,500 Intensive Dance Development Program $5,803 Haultain Memorial School Back to School $200 Jack James High School Back to School $2,500 SoundKreations Subscription, Virtual Cooking & Skirt Making Sessions $3,648 Team Giordano helped make the holiday season a little bit Young Masters Program $202 brighter for hundreds of CBE families in 2020. Many folks James Short Memorial School were already struggling prior to the pandemic and the Technology Hardware/Software Purchases $724 impact of job losses, economic slowdown, and Keeler School unanticipated sick leave further compounded already ten- CSSI Therapy Swimming $1,214 uous financial positions. Mark, Lauren, and their friends at Lake Bonavista School The Italian Centre Shop and Italian Open provided fami- Back to School $200 lies in need with grocery gift cards to ensure that students Lord Beaverbrook High School would be well-fed during their extended winter break, ALP Construction Class $15,480 Back to School $750 McKenzie Lake School Young Masters Program $405 Midnapore School Back to School $480 Nickle School Back to School $350 Paul Davis Presentation $1,365 Niitsitapi Learning Centre Holiday Supports $3,427 Back to School $2,250 Virtual Field Trips $4,000 Patrick Airlie School Back to School $1,000 Penbrooke Meadows School Back to School $500 Virtual Artist-In-Residence $5,000 Piitoayis Family School Back to School $1,800 Elder Honoraria $500 “Dance team this year taught me dedication and discipline. Virtual Field Trips $1,975 Sticking to something and going through with it till the Literacy Supports, Plexi-Glass Dividers, PPE, and Young Writers' Workshop $4,750 end. If I can stay in dance team, and dedicate a certain time Sam Livingston School Raz-Kids License and associated books/supplies $285 to this program, I can do anything." West Dover School - Grade 11 Intensive Dance Development Student School Learning Resources and Experiences $965 Wilma Hansen School Back to School $825 SW A.E.