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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
April Featured Grant: Spanish Class in the Real World
Runkle Middle School Spanish teacher Colleen Doyle participated in the 'Classroom in the Real World' program at the University of Alicante last summer. Thanks to a BEF grant, Colleen spent three transformative weeks in Spain during [...]
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Celebrating Teachers 2025
The BEF was thrilled to hold our annual "Celebrating Teachers" event on Tuesday, May 6 in the BHS STEM Commons. Over 200 Brookline educators and community members were on hand to acknowledge this year's grant, award, and fellowship winners, and to hear inspiring words from this year's two winners of the Ernest R. Caverly Award for Excellence in [...]
2025 Caverly Winners!
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 [...]
Hanna Cha Visits Baker School
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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