• 2010 Annual BEF Spelling Bee
• Marcy Prager: National Social Studies Teacher of the Year
• Critical Friends Groups Support New Educators
• 2009 Celebrating Teachers Event
• "Keys" to Integrated Classrooms
• Aquarium Visits Third Grades
• Foundation Announces Gift to Schools
• BEF Co-Sponsors Visit by Pulitzer Prize Winner
• Robert Weintraub Receives Sperber Award
• Heath Service Learning Project Benefits Animal Rescue League
• Addressing Transitions in Honors Math at BHS
• Brookline Education Foundation in the News

At first blush, an elementary school librarian who grew up in New Jersey might not seem to have much in common with a high school World Language teacher who fled Cuba as a child. But a fierce work ethic, enduring love for the printed word, and a passion for reaching each and every student define Driscoll School librarian Amy Neale and Brookline High School Spanish teacher Richardo Calleja. They now have one more thing in common: they are 2009 recipients of the Brookline Education Foundation Ernest R. Caverly Award for Excellence in Teaching. Read more about these remarkable educators.

The Brookline Education Foundation has announced the presentation of a gift of science equipment to the Public Schools of Brookline in honor of the Foundation’s 25th anniversary. This equipment will greatly enhance science teaching and learning in all Brookline schools.

Each elementary school will receive a stereo microscope and books to support the curriculum for every second grade classroom as well as one microscope camera for use by the entire school.  Stereo microscopes provide magnified, three-dimensional views of visible objects. Microscope cameras can display magnified images of all types of objects to an entire class at once via a computer or TV monitor.

In addition, Brookline High School will receive a groundwater simulator. This simulator will provide visualization and hands-on experience of complex groundwater principles to be used in BHS chemistry, environmental science, science seminars, and physics classes.

Throughout the 2008-09 school year, the Foundation will be hosting parent breakfasts in each of the Brookline elementary schools during which Townwide Science Curriculum Coordinator Janet MacNeil will discuss the kindergarten through grade 2 science curriculum. Click here to view her presentation in a separate window.