APPLIED MATERIALS Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA
Overview
Applied Materials is committed to making a positive social contribution in communities around the world through targeted support of strategic education efforts focused on student academic achievement, teacher professional development and specifi c university projects. By providing young people opportunities to explore new ideas and experiences, the future becomes brighter for all.
Applied Materials supported programs serve 6,151 students, 207 teachers, and 18 schools in San Jose, CA and Austin, TX.
Programs
Applied Materials launched an Education Initiative in 2002 that focuses resources and strategic investments over sustained periods of time toward students in underserved communities. Using a comprehensive approach, the Education Initiative targets the entire educational pathway of students - from pre-school to college completion - in communities that have lower levels of student achievement and opportunities.
Applied Materials has targeted two such areas in San Jose, CA and others in Austin, TX, and is investing more than $2 million per year. The Company has created active partnerships and supported more than four dozen organizations that span early childhood education to college. A critical element of the strategy is supporting the professional development and increased effectiveness of teachers and administrators.
In recognition of the focus and impact of the Education Initiative, in July 2004 Applied Materials received the inaugural Education Partner of the Year award for the San Francisco region at the Bay Area Corporate Philanthropy Summit and Awards program.
In May 2005, the nonprofi t organization, Austin Partners in Education, recognized Applied Materials with the Partner of the Year award for its contributions to education in the Austin Independent School District. In June 2009, Applied Materials was invited to speak to legislators in Washington, D.C. at an American
Youth Policy Forum and present how business can partner with government to improve public education.
Although Applied Materials’ Education Initiative is not exclusively focused on STEM education, many of the grants support the improvement of teaching and learning of mathematics, which can be either a gate- way or barrier to higher education for many students.
K-12 San Jose, CA Programs
ALearn – Summer Bridge Program In 2009, ALearn worked with Overfelt High and the AVID Bridge program to provide 30 incoming ninth graders with an intensive mathematics summer pro- gram that enabled them to pass Algebra I and qualify for Geometry in their fi rst year of high school. This acceleration sets these students on track to complete the mathematics course sequence needed to qualify for college. This summer, as many as 100 students will use this opportunity to improve their mathematics readiness for high school.
Breakthrough Silicon Valley Breakthrough Silicon Valley’s after-school Math Institute will strengthen the Algebra skills middle school students need and enable them to pass the Algebra Exit Exam,
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