Sixth graders acting out Shakespeare and performing their own musical accompaniment? First graders using computer Chromebooks and a program called iReady to tailor their math and reading instruction to their individual needs? A high school transformed into a park-like setting by students planting trees all around the campus? These are just a few of the many educational projects funded by the Hayward Education foundation in 2015. As a teacher myself for 35 years in a middle

Thursday, January 14, 2016—a day to plant trees again at Tennyson High School in Hayward, California. Last year, with funding from the Hayward Education Foundation, Tennyson put in for 12 trees to adorn their campus. The nursery that supplied them liked the idea, and gave them 12 more; thus 24 new trees were planted to grace the grounds of this Hayward school. This year, art teacher Ann Lester, with support from Principal Lori Villanueva, applied for an additional grant f