The Mayor’s Fund seeks to address the most pressing issues facing Long Beach students by focusing on 3 primary Impact Areas:

Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Our goal is to support broader access to quality early childhood education which is vital to closing achievement gaps and ensuring every child is kindergarten-ready.

Learn more about Early Childhood Education

Learn more about ReadyRosie

Internship Opportunities

By supporting internships not only do we improve students’ chances of success in the working world, we also provide more opportunities for our graduates to stay here and begin their lives in Long Beach.

Learn more about the Long Beach Internship Challenge

Improving College Completion

The Long Beach College Promise is a commitment from the Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach City College, California State University, Long Beach and the City that has shown significant gains for students in college access, preparation and post-secondary credential completion. The Mayor’s Fund aims to increase support to every Long Beach high school graduate who wants to attend college and students as they work towards their degrees.

Learn more about the Long Beach College Promise

The Mayor’s Fund for Education is focused on providing high quality early childhood education vital
to closing long-standing achievement gaps among economically disadvantaged students,
and to ensuring every child enters kindergarten ready to learn.

ReadyRosie

The ReadyRosie program provides a self-directed, digital platform for parents/families to access activities, best practices, and curated content to help engage their children in developmentally-appropriate learning. The program helps:

• Facilitate and amplify engagement between schools and families

• Empower families in their role as their child’s first teacher

• Build foundational skills so that they are kindergarten-ready, whether or not they are enrolled in preschool

Outcomes

• Increases language and learning in home

• Increases academic outcomes for students

• Increase number of students who are kindergarten-ready

• Increases collaboration between teachers and families

ReadyRosieLB Partners

ReadyRosieLB Supporters

Ways to Support

To continue this program and expand it to additional learning centers, the Mayor’s Fund relies on partnerships and support from those who share our belief that there is no better investment than one made on education – especially early education.

Click Here to Learn More

The Long Beach Internship Challenge is a collaboration among the City’s leading employers, education institutions and workforce organizations to answer the Mayor’s call-to-action. Mayor Garcia is asking every Long Beach business and civic partner to consider adding an intern to their team.

Meaningful work experience is an important part of every student’s education. Working together, this effort enriches student learning through internships and other career-building opportunities, and helps our City prepare its people to succeed in life.

The partnership between the Mayor’s Fund for Education and Aquarium of the Pacific improves STEM learning for students and their families.

Events include: Family Science Nights, Family Literacy Nights, and STEM career exploration.

Together we build upon the strengths of AOP’s subject-matter experts and the Mayor’s Fund for Education’s connection to the expansive local early education network.

The Aquarium of the Pacific offers educational programs for people of all ages from hands-on activities to lectures by leading scientists. Their programs and variety of multimedia experiences offer opportunities to delve deeper into ocean science and learn more about our planet.

Aquarium of the Pacific Webcams:
Here you can visit the Aquarium virtually! Check in on our animals using live webcams placed in some of the Aquariums exhibits.

Aquarium Webcam Kits:
Here you will find Webcam Resource Kits that include lesson plans, short educational videos, worksheets, and web-based activities and resources for K-8th grade students.

Teacher Resource Page:
Here you will find resources developed to bring the ocean and hands-on science into your classroom, as well as opportunities for professional development.

Aquarium Online Academy:
Here you will find both on-demand videos and activities for all ages and a schedule of interactive live programs with our educators, from virtual classroom sessions to Pacific Pals puppets.