BEF funds Beaverton’s Choice projects for July, August and September 2023
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BEF funds Beaverton’s Choice projects for July, August and September 2023
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Thanks to our generous donors Beaverton Education Foundation has awarded $16,711, funding 12 classroom projects for the 2023-24 academic year.
Tick Tock! Help our Camp Achieve Students Tell Time
Greenway + McKay Elementary Schools
Students Served: 75
Recipients: Trina Simkins-Moore & Brule Speck
Award: $750
Funding provided in part by the Building STEAM 4 All initiative
Camp Achieve students in third through fifth grade from Greenway and McKay elementary schools are learning to read an analog clock using hands-on tools. Thanks to your support and our generous Building STEAM 4 All funders, 75 easy-to-read watches were purchased to supplement district curriculum and show lessons in real time.
Expand Art & Film Opportunities at BASE
BASE
Students Served: 100
Recipient: Jared Agard
Award: $1,000
Funding provided in part by the Building STEAM 4 All initiative
BASE art students are achieving even greater success thanks to funds raised for supplies and audio equipment for the school’s recording studio to make even more award-winning news stories for PBS Student Reporting Labs.
A Golden Dream for the AHS Boys Soccer Program
Aloha High School
Students Served: 70
Recipient: Julio Abad Guzman
Award: $2,365
The AHS Boys soccer program can expand to four teams and include as many students who want to participate as possible thanks to funding from the AHS community.
Bring Geography to Life!
ACMA
Students Served: 190
Recipient: Brooke Warren
Award: $862
ACMA Social Studies students will get to participate in hands-on learning thanks to our community’s support for 35 dry erase world maps and U.S. maps to learn about the places and communities around us.
Building Community with STEAM Tubs
Sexton Mountain Elementary
Students Served: 86
Recipients: Heidi Demmitt, Emily Pike & Kelsey Baldwin
Award: $1,215
Funding provided in part by the Building STEAM 4 All initiative
Sexton Mountain third graders can start their days off in a positive way with fully-supplied Soft Start STEAM Tubs, thanks to support for their Beaverton’s Choice project. Students will have opportunities to grow their skills in cooperation, collaboration, inclusiveness, critical thinking, problem solving and building community.
Send the Aloha Marching Band to the Championships!
Aloha High School
Students Served: 28
Recipient: Aliyah Jackson
Award: $2,775
Funding provided in part by the Go Warriors! Opportunity Fund
The Aloha Marching Ensemble will participate in their early performance time for the 2023 NWAPA Championships at Autzen Stadium this October with funds to spend the night prior to this year’s culminating competition. This competition is especially meaningful, following last year’s success where the band won first place at every competition and scored high enough to perform in the final round at 2022 NWAPA Championships.
Multisensory Tools to Support Handwriting Instruction
McKinley Elementary
Students Served: 350
Recipients: Michael Vieira, Gretchen Johnson, Marla Davies & Chris Gillbertson
Award: $2,475
Funding provided in part by the Building STEAM 4 All initiative and Parents and Teachers for McKinley (PTM)
McKinley’s Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade students have access to LCD writing tablets that will provide purposeful, hands-on multi-sensory tools for handwriting instruction and fun! These tools also provide teachers with opportunities to give in the moment corrective feedback. As a result, students’ writing will improve as well as the quality of their written compositions in higher grades.
Magic Out of Math
Whitford Middle School
Students Served: 480
Recipients: Sandra Miller, Jyoti Shah, Andrew Gagnier & Chad Carnes
Award: $2,729
Funding provided in part by the Building STEAM 4 All initiative
Whitford Middle School students smoothly transitioned into 8th grade AGS 1 math curriculum and feel confident taking notes to study for tests long into high school with Interactive Notebooks. Each pre-printed bound, spiral notebook has a structured setup with a glossary and helpful, customizable reference pages.
A Performance that Will be “Out of this World!”
West Tualatin View Elementary
Students Served: 63
Recipients: Brooke Bailey, Kellie Tichenor & Peyton Matthews
Award: $540
Funding provided in part by the West TV PTC
Second grade teachers at West Tualatin View Elementary are able to organize a student performance of “Patterns in the Sky: Sun, Moon, and Stars” involving all second grade students’ talents and learning. Students are learning the information and skills while preparing a showcase of learning for the West TV community.
Pre-K Supply Drive!
Elmonica Elementary
Students Served: 36
Recipients: Michelle Hebden, Kristin Beckley & Ben Ruehlman
Award: $500
The brand new pre-K at Elmonica Elementary has needed supplies like playdough, paints and tricycles to help keep their four-year-olds active and engaged thanks to our generous community.
Build Classroom Community with Books!
ACMA
Students Served: 165
Recipient: Lynn Chapman
Award: $1,040
Sixth through eighth grade students can read an entire novel as a class, thanks to support for their project. The process of reading a book together allows Lynn Chapman to explicitly teach characterization, plot, theme, and other aspects of a novel. Plus, it allows for rich discussions and builds classroom community.
Inspire Young Readers!
Greenway Elementary
Students Served: 41
Recipients: Cassidy Griswold & Susan Lewis
Award: $460
Fun, engaging, diverse decodable books that teach students how to read and also serve as windows and mirrors are now a part of Greenway Elementary’s decodable library. These books allow students to have books that support their individual needs and provide immediate opportunities for students to practice foundational skills while building a strong reading identity.
