AG亚游集团官方网站从2021年TD Ready挑战赛获得首笔100万美元赠款
The 2021 TD就绪挑战 will help AG亚游集团官方网站 address predicted learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
迈阿密,简. 26, 2022 – AG亚游集团官方网站, 这是一家致力于为迈阿密戴德县公立学校学生和教育工作者开发创新项目的非营利组织, was recently named by TD as a 2021 TD就绪挑战 收件人, 为其“可食用户外生态实验室加速学习”项目获得了100万美元的资助.
通过这些生态实验室, which are forest gardens installed on school grounds, AG亚游集团官方网站 provides students with hands-on lessons in science. Accelerating students’ academic success – with 67% of students improving their science proficiency – the program also brings native fresh food and tree canopy to concrete-ridden neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County. Thanks to the $1 million TD Ready Challenge grant, 51所项目学校的数万名学生将获得以自然为基础的, 动手的数学方法，建立在学生的知识，同时引发学生的思考. 感谢TD，AG亚游集团官方网站和迈阿密-戴德县公立学校将 改善 由于疫情，AG亚游集团官方网站学生在数学方面遭受了重大的学术损失.
Schools across North America repeatedly closed and reopened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to curb the spread of the virus, with students and teachers quickly adapting to online instruction. 因此， 研究预测 students could experience significant learning loss. 鉴于预期的学习损失可能产生广泛而持久的影响, 该问题被选为2021年TD Ready挑战赛的问题陈述. 鼓励符合条件的非营利组织和慈善组织提交创新方案, scalable solutions to assist disproportionately impacted students in grades K-12 who are experiencing pandemic-related learning loss in math and reading.
"The support from 运输署就绪承诺 will help expand AG亚游集团官方网站's innovative programming through their outdoor Eco-labs to even more students. This programming is critical to not only helping accelerate learning and overcome pandemic-related learning loss for some of our most vulnerable students, but also fostering connections among classmates,尼克·米塞利说, Regional President for Metro Florida at TD Bank. “作为美国有史以来第一个获得100万美元TD Ready挑战的人.S., we are incredibly thankful for all AG亚游集团官方网站 does in our local community and can't wait to see the impact this support will create. Congratulations on this incredible accomplishment."
“This $1 million grant from the TD Ready Challenge will help us take a huge step forward in how we use our outdoor Eco-labs, 扩大这些户外森林教室的力量，以显着加快数学知识和表现,琳达·莱赫特说, president of AG亚游集团官方网站. “有了这笔拨款, we change the dynamic for students, who have lost almost 20 percentage points in math achievement. Studies show students who learn in nature are more engaged, 更细心的, 更多的自动调整的, 压力更小. To recover from COVID-induced learning loss, 学生们迫切需要AG亚游集团官方网站项目和这项TD资助提供的尖端学习方法.”
的关键组成部分 TD就绪承诺, the Bank's corporate citizenship platform, the TD Ready Challenge is an annual initiative aimed at helping provide funding to programs focused on helping to solve societal issues. Acting as a springboard for social innovation, TD established the TD Ready Challenge in 2018, and has since provided more than 40 million CAD in funding to 50 organizations across its North American footprint to support scalable solutions identified within the four drivers of The TD就绪承诺: Financial Security, 充满活力的星球, Connected Communities and Better Health.
在总, TD向加拿大和美国的组织颁发了1000万加元用于2021年TD就绪挑战.S. that are addressing predicted learning loss in math and reading.
要了解更多关于Ready挑战和今年获奖者的完整名单，请访问 http://www.td.com/us/en/about-us/communities/ready-commitment/funding-opportunities/ready-challenge/
关于AG亚游集团官方网站
筹集了7000多万美元用于改善迈阿密戴德县公立学校学生的教育, AG亚游集团官方网站致力为学校引进创新方法, informing the community about public education, and encouraging private sector investment in public education. AG亚游集团官方网站 is currently directing 学校食物森林, a first-in-the-nation effort to install food forests as Eco-labs on school grounds; 有影响力的想法, Miami-Dade’s only district-wide best practices network; Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials, the state’s first free-supplies warehouse and distribution program; and SmartPath, a college and careers service for students. 访问 EducationFund.org. Connect with us at @educationfundmiami on 脸谱网, Instagram, LinkedIn和TikTok, and @educationfund on 推特.
About The TD就绪承诺
TD长期致力于丰富客户的生活, colleagues and communities. As part of its corporate citizenship platform, 运输署就绪承诺, TD is targeting CDN $1 billion (U.S. $775 million) in total by 2030 towards community giving in four areas critical to help open doors for a more inclusive and sustainable tomorrow – Financial Security, 充满活力的星球, Connected Communities and Better Health. Through 运输署就绪承诺, TD aspires to link its business, 慈善事业和人力资本帮助人们感到更自信——不仅仅是对自己的财务状况, 还在于他们在不断变化的世界中实现个人目标的能力. 如需进一步资料，请 访问td.com/tdreadycommitment.
