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2017 Report to Community “Where Was This When I Needed It in Grade One?” educationmatters 2017 Report to Community “Where was this when I needed it in grade one?” Grade three student at William Reid School while learning to use math manipulatives to better understand subtraction Board of Governors Message from Board Chair & Executive Director Mike Shaikh, Chair Nancy Close, Vice Chair Mark E. Saar, Treasurer David McKinnon, Secretary Dr. Liana Appelt Steve Aubin Dr. Aleem Bharwani Joy Bowen-Eyre Martin Cej Lisa Davis Dr. Gene Edworthy Lynn Ferguson Amanda Field Maslow’s famous “Hierarchy of Needs” into classrooms, providing tools to assist Gregory Francis lays out a basic set of conditions for each with written and mathematical literacy, Richard Hehr of us to live happy, healthy, and fulfilled and creating opportunities to build Hanif Ladha lives. At EducationMatters, we work with career and life skills, you are ensuring Dr. Richard Sigurdson the community in Calgary to meet our that students across our city are getting Dr. Charles Webber students’ needs and empower them with the most from their education. enriched educational opportunities. Honourary Ambassadors In fifteen years, we have come to realize Your gifts support students’ physical that education works best when students Joanne Cuthbertson needs by providing nutritious meals to are excited to learn, are able to experi- David Pickersgill those who would otherwise arrive to ence success, and can plan for a future Contact Us class hungry. Community partners, like of their own design. Your investment WP Puppet Theatre’s “View from the is delivering important returns in the 403-817-7468 Inside” program, support psychological community by allowing students in each [email protected] needs by encouraging discussions quadrant of our city to build a future and 1221 8 Street SW about mental wellness. And, the awards find meaningful employment. Calgary, AB T2R 0L4 you create meet students’ need for fulfillment, recognizing accomplishments Bringing out the best in our youth is a EducationMatters.ca and allowing students to realize their full priority shared by all of us and we thank potential. you for your investment and vision. Your Charitable Registration: support is the resource that is fuelling #898887005RR0001 With over 120,000 students in the the future for our students and for our Calgary Board of Education, it is difficult community. Staff to express all of the opportunities you Marilyn Field make possible. By integrating technology Sincerely, Monica Bryan Michele Chiasson-Suart Samuel Fordham Christopher Huestis Evelyn Martinez Kathryn Schilman Hanna Clark Samatar Jama Mike Shaikh Marilyn Field Chair, Board of Governors Executive Director By the Numbers In 2017 we distributed almost $1 million to 54 schools. This includes $217,695 to transform libraries into learning commons and build maker spaces in ten schools; and $315,248 for dual credit and exploratory career programs. Gifts by Type Grants by Distribution Gifts by Fund Type (gross) (net) $1, 622, 926 $896, 129 $1, 168, 600 Flow Through Specific Initiatives Specific Initiatives $184, 926 $474, 279 $554, 477 In 2017: Endowment Student Awards Student Awards $100, 782 $42, 746 Other Grants Other Grants 276 Since 2003 Student awards claimed almost granted over endowments over from $100-$25,000 $17 $12 $5 million in gifts million for students million 54 Endowment Fund Market Value Schools received funding $6 $ million $1.47 millions 5.2 million As of year-end 2017 Distributed to support $0 Calgary’s students 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 To view our 2017 audited financial statements please visit educationmatters.ca 2017 Program Grants - Helping Students Across Our City Northeast John G. Diefenbaker High School: Southwest Alex Munro School: Debate Program $660 Braeside School: Memorial brick/plaque $343 Kenneth D. Taylor School: Communication, Sensory and Social Library to Learning Commons $33,000 The Heartbeat of our Community: Interaction (CSSI) $10,000 Annie Foote School: Indigenous Drumming $5,000 Chinook Park School: Music Program $5,000 Louise Dean School: Transformation and Revitalization - Redesigning the Belfast School: Baby Tales $950 Library to a Learning Commons $5,000 Library to Learning Commons $4,695 Queen Elizabeth High School: Connaught School: Catherine Nichols Gunn School: Athletics Program $70 Connaught Community Learning Sanctuary (CCLS) $2,345 Indigenous Artist in Residence $2,566 Summer School Interpreter $7,069 Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School: Colonel J. 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Pearson High School: Western Canada High School: Boa Carts $5,000 Athletics Program $130 Athletics Program $600 West View School: English Language Learner Support $42,975 Educational Technology $190 Aboriginal Elder Visits and Activities $1,680 Finance Club $5,359 William Reid School: Protective Factors and Student Engagement $1,600 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Math Manipulatives $1,747 “Pride in the Properties” Event $10,000 William Aberhart High School: Marlborough School: Guest Clinicians for Band Program $2,000 System-Wide Library to Learning Commons $33,000 William Taylor Learning Centre: Calgary Board of Education: Monterey Park School: Bouldering Wall $19,125 Activating Youth Leadership $1,053 Creating Math Thinking Classrooms $6,408 Southeast Calgary Board of Education Nelson Mandela High School: Cinderella Project $475 Chaparral School: Alberta Skills Competition $300 Calgary Board of Education: Learning Commons $5,000 Athletics Program $400 Dual Credit and/or Exploratory Programs $315,248 Ernest Morrow School: Pineridge School: Calgary Board of Education: Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Grandparent Program $789 Dual Credit Business Management $7,315 Father Lacombe High School: Rundle School: Calgary Board of Education: East Side Dance Festival $4,470 Fuel for School Program $2,684 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Forest Lawn High School: Calgary Board of Education: Water Coolers, Caves & Campfires $15,000 View From the Inside $4,291 Off-Campus Educational Opportunities - Pincher Creek Ted Harrison School: Jack James High School: Interdisciplinary Learning Experience $12,500 Studio Artists in Schools Program $20,000 Alberta Skills Competition $1,650 Calgary Board of Education: Northwest Lord Beaverbrook High School: Sensory Supports / ASD Pilot Project $80,000 Balmoral Middle School: Alberta Skills Competition $450 Calgary Board of Education: Debate Program $880 Athletics Program $93 Traditional Pow Wow and Workshops $15,000 Belvedere Parkway School: LBHS Sport Development Initiative $3,800 Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta (JASA): Movement for Learning $10,000 Midnapore School: Bowness High School: Guided Reading Books for the Mandarin Entrepreneurial Trades Program $47,500 Discovering Choices (Downtown): Athletics Program $285 Bilingual Program $6,000 Outdoor Leadership $8,070 F.E. 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