ASIAN AMERICAN PARENTS ASSOCIATION
2024 Teacher Mini Grant sponsored by AAPA and Cupertino Library Foundation
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CUSD: received 41 applications in 2024, and $5,421.32 were awarded to 19 recipients.
FUHSD: received 33 applications in 2024, and $4,190.63 were awarded to 16 recipients.
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The Recipients, grants & their projects for CUSD & FUHSD:
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The "Thank you" Notes, in particular pictures and there is an amazing video too, can be found in the two folders:
Some Thank you email from teachers::
"Thank you so much for your generosity in funding our library projects this year. Unfortunately we are unable to attend the zoom meeting tonight, but we are honored to be recognized by the AAPA and the Cupertino Library Foundation in service of our school community. We look forward to purchasing lasting and sustainable decor for our school library to support multicultural holidays and events, books to support our English Language Development program, and materials for activities that will enhance our literacy and reading programs, such as our Book Tasting decor that our school community adored last year. Please extend our gratitude to the selection committee. Thank you!"
" Good Evening, My name is Charron Barney and I would like to share with you how my students and I have benefitted from the Teacher Mini Grant this school year. For many years I have used room transformations as a way to engage and immerse students while synthesizing their learning. In myPlace Value Wild West Transformation, students are transported back to the 1800’s and become cowboys who have to use their knowledge about place value to figure out how much gold they need to deposit in the bank after adding up their bank statements. Students must also figure out how much money outlaws have stolen from the town by solving math word problems. Another transformation that I use in my classroom is related to Informational Writing. When students are learning Informational Writing, the classroom is transformed into a surgery center and students become doctors where they must diagnose patients with text symptoms and decide what text feature the patient needs in order to recover.
However, these experiences cost money. With the Mini grant, I will be able to buy backdrops to hang in the rooms to more fully immerse my students so they feel as if they are in a whole new world. I will also be able to purchase the consumable things that students take home with them from the transformation such as cowboy hats, “gold nuggets”, cowboy pencils and gunny sacks in which to carry their “gold nugget candies”.
Many times, when students give their “Memories of Fourth Grade” speech, at the end of the year, they reference the transformations as some of their favorite memories.
Without the Mini grant I would not be able to provide such an immersive experience for my students. Thank you for offering this grant to teachers. It can be a game changer. "
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WELCOME
Welcome to the Asian American Parent Association (AAPA) website. This organization is dedicated to providing a better learning environment for our elementary, middle and high school students so that they will be well equipped to becoming contributing successful citizens and future leaders. Our emphasis was initially directed towards the needs of the Asian community but the scope of our programs and our general goals step beyond ethnic boundries.
Our Mission
AAPA addresses concerns facing our children's K-12 education, provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas on issues related to education, and organizes activities that support student development. AAPA fosters member involvement in all aspects of the educational processes, especially but not exclusively, as it pertains to the needs of students of the Asian American community. AAPA encourages voluntarism in support of school's educational programs. AAPA promotes dialogue with school administration personnel and advances greater understanding between the general public and the Asian community.
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Our Initiatives.
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Establish Dialogue with the two School Districts;
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Develop Parent Awareness Programs;
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Promote Student Training and Leadership Programs;
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Encourage Community Involvement.
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AAPA is currently working closely with the "Cupertino Union School District" (CUSD) headquartered in the city of Cupertino and the "Fremont Union High School District" (FUHSD), headquartered in the city of Sunnyvale, California.
AAPA Receive PROCLAMATION from City of Cupertino.
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The Asian American Parents Association has been serving the Cupertino and surrounding communities for over 30 years. We are proud to have witnessed our school districts here become some of the best school districts in the country. We are also proud of the large amount of parent involvement and engagement in our communities.
WAYS WE HELP
TEACHER GRANTS
Helping our Students
FALL SEMINAR
Timely Information for our Community
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FAIR
Stop Asian Hate
