Events for March 7, 2025 - May 9, 2023

The Boston Marathon is back with historic October running and Team Brookline will be part of the reduced field of runners. The BEF has six amazing runners who will be raising money in support of public educators in Brookline! You can find their individual fundraising pages below. We hope you can help them meet their fundraising goals in this shortened training and fundraising period. Josh Eagle Alan Kurd Chima Ikonne Bob Neer Stephanie Guseh Christopher Weeks  

This October, we hope to bring together our six 2021 Margaret Metzger Fellows to read their essays to a live audience. This team of teachers and paraprofessionals worked collaboratively this summer to craft deeply personal essays about what it means to be a teacher today. Susan Balogh, Baker School, 7th Grade, Social Studies Zac Broken Rope, Brookline High School, SWS, English Alisa Conner, Brookline High School, Spanish Will Gordon, Lawrence School, Paraprofessional Colleen Kavanagh, Runkle School, 5th Grade Wan Wang, Driscoll School, Mandarin October 15, 2021, 5:00pm at the Lincoln School Auditorium, 19 Kennard Street, Brookline MA In-person attendance is limited; [...]

The six 2022 Metzger fellows will read their personal essays about the craft of teaching. Come share this powerful, inspirational experience with educators, parents, BEF leaders and Brookline community members!

Registration is now open for the 25th Annual 5th Grade Spelling Bee! If your 5th grader is a student at one of the Brookline Public Schools, you can register them by clicking HERE.

The return of the BEF Trivia Bee... in person! We can't wait to catch up with everyone and enjoy this fun evening of community and competition together, all while supporting our amazing Brookline educators!

Join us in supporting all the runners, particularly those running to support Team Brookline and the BEF! If you'd like to learn more the five runners supporting the BEF this year, please click here to read their stories and to lend them your support! Then plan to join us on Beacon Street during the race to cheer them on! To learn more about running the Marathon with Team Brookline, visit the Team Brookline website.