K-12 Classroom Resources

While improving the health and well-being of Asian Americans int he Bay Area is our core mission, we recognize that understanding and valuing our Asian heritage is a component of the larger mission.

The Asian Pacific Fund sponsors programs in the areas of reserving Asian heritage.

Growing Up Asian in America Program

This annual art and essay contest is a forum for students to explore what it means to be Asian American and express how they feel about who they are and where their families came from. You can search the archive to view the top essays, poems and art from 1995 through the present. For many years, teachers and parents have told us that Growing Up Asian in America is a valuable resource for understanding the issues that Asian youth face.

Dream in Color - Asian American Heritage in the Classroom

The Asian Pacific Fund is a proud partner of the Dream in Color^SM project with Target and Scholastic. Launched in April 2008, this national curriculum project is the first to address multiple Asian ethnic groups in lesson plans for grades kindergarten through 12 that celebrate Asian American heritage.

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K-12 Classroom Resources

Growing Up Asian in America Program

Dream in Color - Asian American Heritage in the Classroom

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