At our first Board meeting of the 2024-25 school year, BEF Board members were thrilled to hear from Driscoll librarian Anne Reid and art teacher Olivia Reyelt, who received a Teacher grant this year to create Driscoll’s Year of the Turtle! Their grant began with a trip to Costa Rica over the summer, where Anne and Olivia worked with local wildlife conservation teams to record turtle breeding activities and help endangered sea turtles navigate safely between the beach and the ocean. It will continue all year long as turtles infuse life at Driscoll with a new energy and joyfulness – the school will work together to foster local native turtle babies, via a Zoo New England program, and each grade will incorporate turtles into their curricula in different, unique ways. If you have a chance to stop by Driscoll this year to visit the turtles we recommend it!
