Runkle teacher Meghan Walsh explains how a BEF grant helped her student
Runkle School Special Education teacher, Meghan Walsh, sent an email to the BEF thanking us for the Collaborative Grant she and her colleagues received. Below is her email and story (shared with permission): Dear Members [...]
BEF joins ‘Be More Brookline’
Brookline Food Pantry Brookline Community Foundation Brookline Interactive Group Brookline Music School Brookline Teen Center Brookline Library Foundation Brookline Symphony Orchestra Puppet Showplace Theater Brookline High School Innovation Fund Brookline Community Mental Health Center Brookline Arts [...]
BEF Establishes the David E. Pradell Award
The BEF is pleased to announce a new annual award for middle-school teachers in memory of David E. Pradell, a beloved teacher at Lawrence and Driscoll Schools for over 30 years. This monetary award will [...]
Robust Remote Learning
The BEF allocated $100,000 to support Brookline's teachers in building a robust remote learning model for the Fall. In March, the school year was turned on its head as we all faced the first [...]
Thank you, Emily!
Farewell to Outgoing Board President Emily Dolbear; Welcome to Catherine Burke! As we draw to a close of this crazy, topsy-turvy school year, the BEF wants to take a moment to [...]
The BEF in the Age of COVID-19
During this time of challenges, the work here at the Brookline Education Foundation (BEF) continues — albeit remotely. In mid-April, our Board committees awarded 32 grants, totaling more than $200,000, to Brookline teachers. We have also [...]