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WakeEd Partnership Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week by Announcing $50,000 Matching Grant for Free Classroom Supply Store

RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd) is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week by announcing a new $50,000 matching grant from the 4Others Foundation for its free classroom supply store for Wake County Public Schools teachers. The 4Others Foundation will match any donation to WakeEd Partnership’s Tools4Schools through September 30 up to $50,000. “We would have never […]

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WakeEd Partnership Urges Passage of School Supplies Act of 2023 

Bill restores decade of funding cuts for classroom supplies  RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership, a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in Wake County Public Schools, today called on the North Carolina General Assembly to pass the School Supplies Act of 2023 (HB510), a bill introduced last week by Rep. Julie von Haefen,

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WakeEd Partnership Announces New Career Pathways Program for Wake County Middle School Students

RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in Wake County, today announced the expansion of its “Accelerate” initiative with a new program for middle school students called Career Exploration. WakeEd’s Accelerate initiative partners area businesses with teachers and students to bring authentic, real-world learning experiences to

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WakeEd Partnership Distributed More Than $230,000 in School Supplies in its First Year of Tools4Schools 

RALEIGH, N.C. — Leaders from WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd) will mark the one-year anniversary of the opening of its free classroom supply store for Wake County teachers Tools4Schools, with a presentation before the Wake County Board of Education later today. “Thanks to the generosity of this community, our sponsors and volunteers and the partnership with Wake

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4Others Foundation To Double All Donations to WakeEd Partnership\’s Tools4Schools with new $25,000 Matching Grant

RALEIGH, N.C. —WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd) has announced a new $25,000 matching grant from the 4Others Foundation. The 4Others Foundation will match any donation to WakeEd Partnership’s Tools4Schools through the end of the year (December 31, 2022) up to $25,000. All funds raised will help re-stock the shelves at WakeEd’s free classroom supply store for teachers,

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Student Registration Now Open for WakeEd Partnership’s “Career Accelerator” Summer 2022 Program

WakeEd has opened registration for all Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) rising 10th – 12th graders who wish to participate this summer in a new workplace immersion program “Career Accelerator”. Career Accelerator, developed in partnership with the Wake County Public School System, will be offered to approximately 1,000 rising 10th –12th grade WCPSS students this summer at no cost to students and families.

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New Career Pathways Program for Wake County Students Seeking Business Partners for Summer and Fall 2022

WakeEd is seeking business partners of any size and from all industry sectors throughout the Wake County area to support its new education and workforce development initiative “Accelerate” aimed at helping students explore career opportunities as well as the education and skills needed to get there.

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