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 ELA teacher Marlene Goncalves and BHS Head of School Anthony Meyer about their recent Collaborative grant work, and the impact that [...]

The BEF's November Board meeting is typically a retreat for the Board to get to know one another and set goals and expectations for the year. This year's retreat featured special guest speakers: John Hodgman, longtime Brookline resident and one of the BEF's founders, and Deborah Brooks, the BEF's first Board president and first Executive Director. Advisory Board [...]

Another exciting 5th grade Spelling Bee is in the books! Over 50 fifth graders representing all 8 Brookline elementary schools gathered in the BHS auditorium on Sunday, November 17th to compete in the 27th annual BEF Spelling Bee. Congratulations to winner Sophia Karl of Runkle, and to runners-up Andrew Tran of Lincoln, Dani Chen and Joshua Tsai of [...]