WakeEd Partnership

Just one more day until our 11th Annual Stars of Education Gala! We can't wait to celebrate with all our public schools champions and educators tomorrow night at the Raleigh Convention Center #WakeEdStars. You can read more about who we're honoring this year here including our Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award recipient Rep. Rosa Gill: https://lnkd.in/gJW4qf_k

We will honor Wake County’s Stars of Education next Wednesday, October 30th, at our annual gala event at the Raleigh Convention Center. A reception kicks off the event at 5:00 PM and the awards part of the program begins at 6:45 PM. #WakeEdStars https://ow.ly/yTBv50TRER0

#Tools4Schools isn't just jam packed with school supplies today, we're also packed with some amazing volunteers helping us get ready to open the doors for our Wake County Public School System teachers at 4 PM.

Our 11th Annual Stars of Education Gala is just 9 days away!! This annual event to honor and celebrate our public schools and public education heroes would not be possible without our wonderful sponsors! Thank you all! More event info can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gJW4qf_k #WakeEdStars

Our teams at WakeEd Partnership and Helping Education have had a busy few weeks launching HELPS 1:1 tutoring at eight of our returning Wake County Public School System elementary schools: Bugg, Lincoln Heights, Wendell, Lynn Road, Baileywick, Wakefield, Green, and Millbrook. We are so thankful for our amazing volunteers who consistently heed the call to support early literacy in schools. ❤️ Thank you to the fabulous HELPS coaches and project managers for building relationships and empowering our volunteers to deliver effective literacy instruction: Anam Lodhi Heather Kasdan Katie Thompson Finley Baldwin Alexandra Arcaya 💪🏽 Over the following weeks, we will continue to expand by placing volunteers into over 20 new schools to provide one-on-one high-dosage tutoring to 2nd - 5th grade students using the HELPS curriculum. We are so excited … and we need your help! 👈 We’re almost halfway to our goal of 150 new tutors. You can help by sharing this opportunity with your network or even signing up to tutor yourself! All it takes is about one hour a week. To learn more, see a list of schools, and sign up for training, visit https://lnkd.in/eggeq2CK 📚

This week we hosted a series of 2024 School Board Candidate Forums together with the Wake County PTA Council and the Greater Raleigh Chamber. Candidates for all five school board races on the ballot participated and they feature questions submitted by Wake County parents. Take a look and get to know the candidates better and their positions on key issues. You can also play these on your commute or while multitasking- they're just as easy to listen to as watch! You can view them all on YouTube at https://lnkd.in/eDpk3DU3

This year's Star Among Us Award honoring one Wake County Public Sch Syst educator, presented this year at our Stars of Education Gala by Equitable Foundation is Aneesa McKenzie-Thompson from Bugg Magnet Elementary. Aneesa believes in fostering a positive, inclusive learning environment for all children and one her favorite initiatives was creating the Bugg Beta step team who will perform at #WakeEdStars. Event info including tables and tickets can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gJW4qf_k

This year's Emerging Star Award presented this year at our Stars of Education Gala by Wolfspeed is Nabiha Rahman, a senior at Green Hope High School in Cary. Nabiha founded the EmpowerHer Club, a thriving Women in STEM club with over 60 members, fostering a supportive community and inspiring younger girls through workshops. Event info including tables and tickets can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gJW4qf_k #WakeEdStars

Our top honor each year at our Stars of Education Gala is the Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award. This year's recipient is Rep. Rosa Gill in recognition of her incredible career standing up for public schools and children as a classroom teacher, Wake school board member and chair and NC House member. This year's award is presented by the YMCA of the Triangle. Event info including tables and tickets can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gJW4qf_k #WakeEd Stars

We are recording the first two of five Wake School Board Candidate Forums today. We appreciate all the candidates making the time to participate and we are thrilled to have every district represented. Thanks again to our partners the Wake County PTA Council and the Greater Raleigh Chamber for working with us again this election cycle to make this happen. ALL videos/forums will be posted on Friday on the Wake PTA YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/e2yk5ZdR