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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
May Featured Grants: Music Education at Hayes and Districtwide
Teaching about Roland Hayes in Brookline Music Classes In our May meeting, BEF Board members heard from music educators Meredith Huntley (Hayes), Melodie Linhart (Lawrence) and Becky Vinci (FRR & Lawrence) about two grants from [...]
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Fiber Arts and Project Based Learning with Preschoolers
IdeaLab Grant winner Molly Richard received BEF funds this year to purchase a sewing machine, a loom, and other fabric arts supplies -- and she taught her pre-K students to sew! The classroom quilt they created together was unveiled just prior to the end of school, at a playground celebration with students, parents, educators, and BEF representatives. Each [...]
2022 Caverly Award winners honored!
The BEF welcomed educators and donors to our annual Celebrating Teachers event on May 10 at the Lincoln School. All recipients of grants and awards were acknowledged at the event, in particular this year's winners of the Ernest R. Caverly Award for Excellence in Teaching. Nicole Chasse, kindergarten teacher at the Florida Ruffin Ridley School, and Joslyn Vendola, [...]
Six Team Brookline Runners Supporting the BEF
We're so grateful to Crystal Chang, Emily Edgar, Claudio Nahmias, John Nwosu, Sarah Reilly and Zoe Spearman for running the 126th Boston Marathon in support of the Brookline Education Foundation! They are working so hard to get ready, and we can't wait to line the race route on Beacon Street and cheer them on. They include a Heath [...]
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