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Fall 2008 Newsletter

Our Brand New Look

Sunset High Student Grace Gao has won the Beaverton Education Foundation (BEF) Graphic Identity Design Competition. A District wide competition, the Beaverton Education Foundation challenged local high school students to design a new original graphic identity for the BEF.

“We saw this as an opportunity to engage the high school students in a real life graphic design situation, integrating classroom learning with professionals working in the field. It was also a great way for the BEF to update its identity with fresh and innovative ideas,” stated Kristine Baggett, BEF Executive Director.

The review team from Studio Cue and the Global Brand Design team from Nike, donated their time and expertise to choose the winning design, give the students professional feedback and to refine the design for the Beaverton Education Foundation.

Gao’s award winning entry earned her a gift card, and the art program at Sunset High a cash award to be used to enhance the classroom experience. Finalists Shawn Dinneen and Chris Mueller, Aloha High, were also awarded gift cards and their art program a cash award. See all the winning entries here.

The Beaverton Education Foundation’s new look was unveiled at the High School Musical on Tour pre-performance party at the Keller Auditorium on May 29th, a part of the BEF’s Broadway for Beaverton Schools.

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Dave Gettling Technology Award Fund

Beaverton Education Foundation and the Gettling family and friends announced the creation of the Dave Gettling Technology Award Fund, a memorial fund for competitive technology-based educational grants. Grants will be awarded annually and will be used to implement innovative classroom projects through BEF’s Classroom Innovation Grants Program.

Dave was a BSD teacher, administrator and BEF board member until his recent passing. Friends and family remember Dave for his passion for and interest in technology and its use in the classroom. At press time, generous donors have amassed more than $15,000 to establish the award fund.

BEF now has two named funds supporting specific initiatives through its grant programs. The Mike Osborne Memorial Fund will continue to support literacy programs through the annual Classroom Innovation Grants program as well. If you are interested in establishing a initiatives fund, please contact Executive Director, Kristine Baggett 503.927.9752.

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Great Partnerships Win!

PICTURED: BEF Board Chair Jeff Whalen and BEF Executive Director Kristine Baggett. Photo by Andie Petkus.

2008-2009 Board Chair Jeff Whalen and Executive Director, Kristine Baggett celebrate Beaverton Education Foundation’s first Willamette Valley Development Officers Crystal Award for the 2007 phone campaign.

BEF implemented an innovative approach by partnering with Cricket Wireless. Cricket donated cell phones, volunteers and senior staff and programmed all of the phones with Beaverton Education Foundation as the display on caller ID screens. Community partners hosting calling nights included Platt Electric Supply, Inc, Beaverton Round, First Tech Credit Union and Beaverton Courtyard by Marriott. No less than 500 high school students and 100 community and business leaders made calls asking our community to support BEF.

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BEF: A Great Return on Your Investment

Whether you are interested in arts education or homework support, BEF funds programs in a wide range of disciplines that reach a significant number of students. These charts show how grant dollars are invested. From 1999-2000 to 2007-2008 the Beaverton Education Foundation awarded $1,609,137 in grants and awards.

Donate Cans/Buy Fruit —
New Season’s Market New Season’s Market (Cedar Hills Crossing and Raleigh Hills), generously donated more than $28,829 to BEF during the last academic year through:

• Cans for Kids. Simply place your cans and bottles in the Cans for Kids bin at either store to support Beaverton students.
• School Fruit Program. Purchase the featured organic, locally grown fruit, and 100% of the profits are donated to BEF.

The Beaverton Education Foundation is the sole recipient of the school assistance programs at the Cedar Hills Crossing store and shares the benefits from the Raleigh Hills store.

Donate a Vehicle
You can help Beaverton students by donating your vehicle. BEF can accept any kind of vehicle – cars, trucks, boats, R.V.’s, camping trailers, planes and farm equipment – almost anything on wheels that can be driven or towed away. Contact the BEF office 503.643.7453 for more information.

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BEF Friends and Family Discount Ticket Offer

Long time partner, Portland Opera and Broadway Across America Portland and the Beaverton Education Foundation are pleased to offer you the chance to purchase tickets at special prices to several performances throughout the year. Please check www.beavertonEDfoundation.org for the current show. Please feel free to share this offer with your friends and family.

• Shop online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/groupsales
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In This Section

About BEF

Letter from the Executive Director

Board of Directors

News

Newsletter

BEF Helps Kids:

BEF 2007-2008 GRANT AWARDS

Aloha High – BEF After-the-Bell Award Student Success Award, Community Awards, Goin’ to the Zoo!, A Day in the Life Of…

Aloha-Huber Park K-8 – Community Garden Learning Center

Arts & Communication – Exploring Books 6th Grade Tour, Community Awards

Barnes Elementary – Barnes Extended Day Program

Beaver Acres Elementary – Community Exploration

Beaverton High – Book Talks with Pod-casting, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award, Community Awards

Bethany Elementary – Growing a Garden for Science

Bonny Slope Elementary – Cedar Mill Crossing Homework Club

Cedar Mill Elementary – Cedar Mill Crossing Homework Club

Cedar Park Middle – Middle School Play Productions, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

Chehalem Elementary – After-School Enrichment Program

Conestoga Middle – Expanding the Horizons of English Language Learners/Book Tour, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

Findley Elementary – Dragon Academy

Five Oaks Middle – Be Our Guest!, Community Outings, BEF After-the Bell Student Success Award

Health and Science High – Summer Bridge Camp

Highland Park Middle – Student Driven School Improvement Projects, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

International School of Beaverton – International Courtyard Benches, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

Jacob Wismer Elementary – Growing Knowledge in First Grade, Eagles’ Summer Reading Adventure

Kinnaman Elementary – High School/Elementary Literacy Project, Camp Learn-A-Lot

Meadow Park Middle – Wash Your Hands Please, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

Merlo Station High – Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, Community Awards

Mountain View Middle – Color Study (Opaque/ Translucent/ Transparent/ Batik), BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

Oak Hills Elementary – Extended Kindergarten

Raleigh Park Elementary – Raleigh Park Homework Club

Scholls Heights Elementary – Future Authors After-School Writing

Southridge High – BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award, Community Awards

Sunset High – Dinners Done Right, BEF After-the- Bell Student Success Award, Community Awards

Stoller Middle – BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award

Terra Linda Elementary – STEP (Summer Tutoring and Enrichment Program)

Vose Elementary – Opal Creek Ancient Forest Overnight

West TV Elementary – Engineering for Girls

Westview High – Creating Tactile Graphing Calculator for the Blind, School Wide Literacy Magazine- WINK, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award, Community Awards

Whitford Middle – Life, Literacy and I-Pod Technology, BEF After-the-Bell Student Success Award