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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 June 2024, [...]
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 [...]
March Featured Grant – Aegean & Mediterranean Seas!
At the March BEF Board meeting, members learned about a Collaborative Teacher Grant that was awarded to Lucy McNeil, Pierce 6th grade Science teacher, and Stephanie Goodman, Pierce 6th grade English teacher. The goal of the grant [...]
Community Reads At Lawrence School
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. [...]
2025 Green Apple Celebration
In January, the BEF held our annual celebration of the Green Apple Society, our opportunity to thank our donors and raise up the work of our grant recipients. This year we were fortunate to hear from Pierce [...]
February Featured Grant: AP Physics
At our February BEF board meeting, members of the Board were treated to a presentation by Julia Mangan about the grant she and Melissa Nixon, both educators at BHS, received and participated in over the summer. With [...]
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