Blog Archives

PADC 2018-2019 grant recipients

5/22/2019

Congratulations to the following PADC 2018-2019 grant recipients!

Each year, we award grants to teachers, staff, and high school students of the Piedmont Unified School District for projects that advance the mission of the PADC. In 2018-19, PADC awarded over $ 7,700 in grants from money that was generated through fundraising and generous donations from community supporters. These are the projects and events that received funding this year:

Teaching Tolerance Elementary Tri-School
Updating Wildwood Kindergarten Classroom Libraries for Diversity and Inclusion
Unity in Community Festival
'We Are Piedmont'- 4th year. MHS/PHS AP Art & Piedmont City Photography Project
MHS and PHS Diversity Awareness Club
Secondary School Diversity Committee Work
PMS Diversity Day
PHS and MHS Voice Cooperative
Havens Black History Month Assembly
PHS Magic Wheelchair
2019 Readmont- One City, One Book- community wide reading and sharing of "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Axis Dance at Beach Elementary

We encourage innovative approaches that engage students in interactive projects and welcome projects with the potential for long-term impact on large segments of students and our community. We also invite high school students to work jointly with teachers and administrative staff for submitting grant applications. Those interested in applying should complete the application form online at the link below, or submit a pdf version of your application to the grants coordinator at grants@padc.info

0 Comments

Letter regarding updated Tobacco Cessation Grant

5/7/2019

0 Comments

May 7, 2019

Dear Police Chief Bowers, Superintendent Booker, and members of the School Board and City Council,

A number of PADC representatives were able to attend the school board/city council meeting on April 22nd where the updated Tobacco Cessation Grant was presented. We feel that there are several aspects to this modified grant that more fully incorporate the concerns expressed by many members of the Piedmont community. Specifically, the updated grant application now includes:

A more focused approach to problems facing our students around vaping and tobacco use, especially the hiring of health education consultants/experts
The move to have the liaison officer as a point person offsite, rather than located at the schools
More clearly defined restorative justice training in the schools
More clearly defined targets found in the Healthy Students Survey.

In terms of next steps, several community members (including some PADC members) have indicated that they would appreciate being a part of the implementation/evaluation of the program, and thus we are requesting that community members be an active part of this process. The community’s interest and deep concern around this program should be addressed by providing some clear and concrete mechanism for community oversight and feedback over the 3 years of the grant, providing necessary transparency.

Overall, we appreciate that the School Board considered the concerns of the community, and that Chief Bowers and Superintendent Booker worked to incorporate these concerns into a plan that is more likely to achieve intended outcomes. We look forward to continuing to partner with the city and the schools to make sure our schools and community provide a safe and inclusive environment and a transparent process.

David Gard PADC Co-President
Tonda Case PADC Co-President
PADC Executive Board

0 Comments

PADC 2018-2019 grant recipients

Letter regarding updated Tobacco Cessation Grant

Categories

Archives