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Inspired By Excellence & Innovation

The BEF supports innovation and excellence in pre-K through grade 12 classrooms by raising funds that are critical to keeping our schools at the leading edge of public education.

How do BEF grants impact Brookline educators? Watch these videos to hear it directly from them!

Our 2025 video, featuring amazing grants from Lawrence, BHS, and Hayes.

Our 2024 video, featuring recent grant recipients from Pierce, Hayes, Driscoll, and BHS

Our 2023 video, highlighting amazing grant recipients from BHS, BEEP, and Lincoln

Click the Button to learn more about each Brookline school’s Teacher, Collaborative, Idea Lab, and Systemwide grant participation.

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2025 Caverly Winners!

By |April 18th, 2025|

The BEF is proud to announce the winners of this year's Ernest R. Caverly Awards for Excellence in Teaching! Amanda Kretschmar, Pierce librarian, and Lisa Rodriguez, BHS math teacher, have won this year's prestigious honor. They will deliver speeches and be recognized along with all of this year's grant, award, and fellowship winners at the Celebrating Teachers event [...]

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Hanna Cha Visits Baker School

By |March 25th, 2025|

Hanna Cha, Caldecott Honor Award-winning illustrator and author, visited the Baker School on March 6th. During her visit, Ms. Cha met with first, second, and third-grade students and educators. She shared her process for illustrating, explained how she draws inspiration from her life experiences, and discussed how she decides what to write about. She emphasized the importance of [...]

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Community Reads At Lawrence School

By |March 13th, 2025|

Lawrence School held their first ever Community Reading Day on Monday, March 3, 2025. This engaging morning for students and teachers focused on celebration of community, culture and literature, built around a shared reading of picture books. The Community Reading Day titles for this year, one for our K-3rd grade classrooms and one for 4th-6th grades, highlighted these [...]

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