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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 2026 video, highlighting amazing grant recipients from BHS and Driscoll
Our 2025 video, featuring amazing grants from Lawrence, BHS, and Hayes.
Our 2024 video, featuring recent grant recipients from Pierce, Hayes, Driscoll, and BHS
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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Teacher and Collaborative Grants Awarded!
The BEF Teacher and Collaborative Grant Committees have awarded grants that will impact over 100 educators in the coming year! Please visit the Grants section of our website to learn more about the newest projects our educators are preparing to embark on! Thank you to our donors for making this exciting work possible!
Congratulations, Fifth Grade Spellers!
The annual BEF Fifth Grade Spelling Bee was held on Sunday, November 14, 2021, at Brookline High School. Congratulations to the winner, Kris Barbarin of Heath School, and to the runners-up, Rav Amin of Baker School and Felice Vittolo of Pierce School! The winning word was etymology. The BEF is so grateful to all of the volunteers who [...]
Congratulations to the 2021 Margaret Metzger Fellows!
The 2021 Margaret Metzger Fellows event was held on Friday evening, October 15, 2021 at the Lincoln School. Click here to watch the event! Congratulations and thanks to all of this year's participants, including John Andrews, English Department Chair at Brookline High School, and the 2021 Fellows:
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