Bertha B. Williams Foundation

The Bertha B. Williams Foundation in Virginia Beach, Virginia, established to raise funds to maintain the academy and provide essential equipment for the students. With your help, we can provide exceptional learning experiences that prepares students to succeed in a global community. We serve children from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Mission Statement:
Our purpose is to provide poor children and minorities with a high-quality education to enable them to have dynamic opportunities in life that will encourage and empower them to become the best version of themselves they can become. The mission of the Bertha B. Williams Academy is to ignite and fan the flames of curiosity for urban children with a program of academic excellence, providing opportunities to inspire, stimulate, engage, and empower [motto] lifelong learners while developing good character, community leadership, and a culturally enriched preparatory museum learning educational environment. The primary area of concentration is to teach a rigorous standard curriculum that is a systemic, sequential program with mastery of specific knowledge and skills at each grade level. Museums are committed to sharing their remarkable resources for the advancement of knowledge and nourishment of the human mind. Museum educators are specialist, dedicated to learning, who help audiences fulfill their mission with accuracy, clarity, and relevance. Museums are the center of knowledge and contribute to the wealth of information about the past, present and future of the world. Museums educators are education advocates who subscribe to professional standards and principles of best practices, consistent with schools and learning institutions.

Vision:
We envision students thirsty for knowledge who enjoy spending instructional time in the classroom, museums, libraries, and related educational sites. Students travel regularly to learning venues for research, planning, lessons, demonstrations, and challenging hands-on opportunities. Bringing museums into the Academy will inspire and engage not only student learning, but also the parents, teachers and community we serve. Our infrastructure is designed to stimulate and engage students, explore with students, experiment to cultivate creativity, and explain artifacts and exhibits. These kind of Classroom and Museum Learning experiences brings the very best environment possible for students with varied learning abilities and backgrounds.