BEF funds Beaverton’s Choice projects for February & March 2023
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BEF funds Beaverton’s Choice projects for February & March 2023
Monday, April 24th, 2023
Thanks to our generous donors Beaverton Education Foundation has awarded $85,675, funding 50 classroom projects so far for the 2022-23 academic year.
Focusing on Literacy with Visual Arts
Kinnaman Elementary School
Students Served: 175
Recipient: Jennifer Janke
Award: $1,200
Multilingual students at Kinnaman Elementary will learn the parallel skills of photography and writing, thanks to our community’s support. Many multilingual students struggle with writing as they grow older. The introduction of new cameras and film will help students reclaim their writing joy and express themselves visually.
Jody’s Little Free Library Space
Mountain View Middle School
Students Served: 900
Recipient: Lea Molczan & Madeline Robinette
Award: $4,000
Funding provided in part by The Mike Osborne Memorial Award Fund and The Anne Kelly Ofstun Tubby Endowment Fund
Mountain View Middle School’s reading intervention teacher and instructional coach, Jody Davis, knew that not all students begin middle school with a love of reading, but it was her goal that they would leave Mountain View with that passion. Jody’s sudden passing in November has left a void in our community – her passion and success will be honored with a free little library and cozy space in the Mountain View library for our students to relax, reflect and read.
Full STEAM to OMSI!
Vose Elementary School
Students Served: 137
Recipients: Inez Alvarez, Kara McGehee, Alexis Moore, Abbey Morariu, Sharon Treadgold, Rachel Voth & Maricela Xuncax
Award: $2,117
Funding provided in part by the BEF Building STEAM 4 All initiative and the Vose PTO
Every Vose Elementary 3rd grader will enjoy hands-on cultural learning opportunities and unparalleled STEAM education at their upcoming visit to OMSI. Thanks to our generous community, students will experience science concepts they are learning in the classroom come alive as they go through OMSI’s exciting learning stations.
Extra! Extra! Bring the Aloha student newspaper back!
Aloha High School
Students Served: 1,600
Recipient: Kathryn Helmke
Award: $2,558
Funding provided in part by the Go Warriors! Opportunity Fund and the Aloha High School PTO Booster Club
All Warriors will experience the value of journalism and the role local news plays in our lives thanks to our community’s support for the printing of Aloha High School’s monthly newspaper. The Pineapple Post. It has been 10 years since Aloha has regularly published a newspaper, but now they have a trained staff and resources to do so.
Mental Health Awareness Field Trip
McKinley Elementary School & Rachel Carson School of Environmental Science
Students Served: 21
Recipient: Amy Grey
Award: $430
Students from Amy Grey’s 5th grade class at McKinley Elementary School will visit Helping Hands Healing Sanctuary to learn how farm animals can support mental health. This opportunity was made possible by our generous community and spearheaded as a student-led service project in an exciting collaboration with Rachel Carson Middle School.
Whitford WEB: Where Everybody Belongs
Whitford Middle School
Students Served: 320
Recipient: Mary Dietrich
Award: $550
Whitford Middle School students have opportunities for increased camaraderie and collaboration thanks to your support for a nationally-recognized student support program, Where Everybody Belongs (WEB). WEB pairs 8th-grade mentors with small groups of 6th-graders to facilitate social and academic relationships throughout the year. 8th graders learn leadership and presentation skills, while building confidence in their ability to enact positive change within the community.
