Giving Back To Education During COVID-19 

Greenwich Alliance for Education Is Pivoting To Meet The Needs

It has been a month since teachers and students interacted face to face in the classrooms to discuss and discover new concepts, research and report on interesting facts, practice reading skills by holding a book together, collaborate and solve problems in small groups, learn simple and complex math problems and equations, and act as a learning community as we have always known it to be. At an instance, school-based education has changed to distance learning – teachers are teaching from their homes and students are learning from their homes –with this huge transformation in the educational experience the Greenwich Alliance for Education is pivoting to meet the short and long-term ­needs of the Greenwich Public Schools – teachers and students.

We are funding school supplies for both students and teachers, contributing to the GEA COVID-19 Response Fund, and are funding a request to purchase books for every student at New Lebanon School as the absence of books was being noted by the teachers. We can handle more of these educational requests right away.

We continue to focus, in particular, on the AVID community – teachers, students, and alums. (AVID implementation was funded by the Greenwich Alliance). AVID – Advancement Via Individual Determination – a college readiness system is taught to over 300 students at Greenwich High School and Western and Central Middle Schools and has graduated over 200 students. AVID students represent many of the families whom the district is providing school lunches and internet hot spots and who are receiving food and other services from other local agencies. For the AVID students and the AVID alums, we are building up our mentoring program, setting up a job board for money-earning projects, continuing to fund our college scholarships – as this is as critical as ever, and maybe assisting with paying for internet accounts should this issue arise.

It is a distinct role that the Greenwich Alliance for Education plays in the community as the local education foundation supporting the Greenwich Public Schools. While we never envisioned a time when school would happen entirely from home, we are here for our educators and students to immediately react and respond to their needs. We thank all of those who are working in healthcare and in the many essential businesses for the benefit of the community. We are looking forward to all reconnecting in the classrooms again. Stay safe and well!

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If you would like you would like to SPONSOR A JOB ON OUR JOBS BOARD, CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND, DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES or find out how you can virtually help please email Julie at julie@greenwichalliance.org with your name and contact information, along with how you can help and she will get back to you on the next steps. If you would like to learn more about the Greenwich Alliance for Education click here.

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