The Kemper Foundation Opens Fall 2024 Read Conmigo Grant Application Cycle to Bilingual Educators in Dallas, Los Angeles and Miami
May 09 2024 - 12:05PM
Business Wire
The Kemper Foundation announced that the Read Conmigo bilingual
educator grant applications are now open for the fall 2024 grant
cycle. The Read Conmigo program focuses on advancing bilingual
literacy in Hispanic and Latino communities, and enables educators
to provide rich, engaging learning experiences for students through
the purchase of classroom resources, tools, materials and
professional development.
Read Conmigo grants are open to eligible teachers in the
following counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
and Ventura (California); Broward and Miami-Dade (Florida); and
Dallas (Texas). The Foundation awards up to 100 grants of $3,000
each to Spanish-English bilingual teachers in two grant cycles
annually. Since the program’s launch in 2022, Read Conmigo has
reached over 4,500 students via grants awarded to 150 educators in
the Greater Los Angeles, Miami and Dallas areas.
Through the Read Conmigo program, The Kemper Foundation provides
access to education in order to inspire and empower students to
achieve their full potential. The program provides supportive
opportunities that recognize the distinct educational, social and
financial benefits of bilingualism in Hispanic and Latino
families.
“The Kemper Foundation is proud to provide teachers with the
ability to bring their vision to life to make an impact in their
bilingual classrooms, and ultimately their communities,” said
Barbara Ciesemier, president of the Kemper Foundation. “Teachers
who previously received grants report positive impacts to their
students on multiple levels and we’re pleased to continue
supporting the program.”
Read Conmigo grant recipients describe:
- Measurable improvements in district-mandated and standardized
tests and in informal assessments of their students, including
growth related to reading, comprehension, writing, spelling,
vocabulary, phonics, speaking and technology skills.
- Through participation in enriching activities such as cultural
nights, field trips, and bilingual music and art instruction,
students demonstrated an increased enthusiasm for classroom
activities, improved language skills, a new love of reading, and
higher levels of engagement.
“As a second language learner myself, who has taught for 22
years, I firmly believe that a solid foundation in the home
language will help facilitate the acquisition of additional
languages,” said Maestra Madrid, a Read Conmigo grant recipient
from Garretson Elementary School in Corona, CA. “Children who learn
to speak and read in more than one language will be able to
transfer skills and knowledge between languages. Bilingual books
provide children with the opportunity to read and be read to in
their stronger language while at the same time learning vocabulary,
fluency and sentence structure in the second language.”
The application deadline for fall 2024 grants is June 9, 2024,
at 11:59 p.m. local time. Additional information, including
eligibility requirements, grant usage guidelines, FAQs and the
grant application, is posted on The Kemper Foundation website.
Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee from The
Kemper Foundation and Read Conmigo program partners. Grant funds
will be awarded in the fall of 2024 for this grant cycle. To learn
more about The Kemper Foundation’s Read Conmigo grant program,
visit The Kemper Foundation website.
About The Kemper Foundation
The Kemper Foundation is the philanthropic partner of Kemper
Corporation and focuses on support for charitable causes and
organizations in education, health, and community development.
Through our owned programs, key partnerships, financial donations,
and Kemper employee volunteerism, we aim to make a meaningful
difference in the communities where we live and work.
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Jamie Coker-Robertson 310-804-1408
jcoker-robertson@thekemperfoundation.org
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