Beverly Education Foundation Awards $20K In Grants To Fund 30 School Projects

The grant funding will benefit students, teachers, and various educational programs at all levels and schools within Beverly Public Schools.

By Scott Souza, Patch Staff

Jun 16, 2025 2:42 pm EDT

BEVERLY, MA — The Beverly Education Foundation awarded 30 grants totaling more than $20,000 at the most recent Beverly School Committee meeting to fund projects ad initiatives that will benefit students, teachers and educational programs at all levels within the district.

The Foundation supports innovative Beverly educators who enhance teaching and learning in a 21st-century global environment.

Kate Twombly, BEF rep for BMS & Principal of Cove School; Beverly Superintendent Sue Charochak; Catherine Barrett, BEF Clerk; Rachael Abell, Beverly School Committee President, Ward 1; Kimberley Coelho, School Committee Ward 3; Lorinda Visnick. Vice-President of School Committee, Ward 6; Anna Green, BEF Vice President; Kaarin Robinson, Secretary of School Committee, Ward 5; Dr Kenann McKenzie-De Franza, School Committee, Ward 2; Doug Walker, BEF President; Lisa Crowell BEF rep North Beverly; Michael Osborn, BEF rep Centerville; Dru Redmond, BHS teacher; Natalie Pommersheim, BEF rep Cove ; Lisl Hacker, BEF rep Hannah; Sarah Aiello, BEF rep Ayers, & Beverly Mayor Mike Cahill. (Beverly Educational Foundation)

Grants are for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year and were awarded to applicants for the following initiatives:

Ayers Ryal Side Elementary School

Promoting Early Number Sense and Math Fluency at Home in Kindergarten
Promoting Literacy with Decodable Readers
Breakout EDU

Beverly High School

Boda Borg
Manufacturing, Engineering, & Robotics Equipment
Peabody Essex Museum Multiple Visit Partnership for AP Art Students

Beverly Middle School

Hygiene Initiative
BMS Thrift Store
Diverse Foreign Language Books

Centerville Elementary School

Preventing Summer Learning Loss with Grab and Go Kits

Cove Elementary School

Animal Assisted Activities Integration
Decodable Readers
Parent Literacy Cafe
Change Is Simple
Potato Hill Poetry

Hannah Elementary School

Human Eye Model Project
Horticulture
Summer Story Hour
Family STEAM Night at Hannah with Messy Makers

McKeown Preschool

Squeeze Machine- Improving Self-Regulation with Hugs

North Beverly Elementary School

1st Grade Decodable Reader Initiative
2nd grade Decodable Readers
3rd Grade Book Clubs
Sensory Integration
SEL Growing Book Collection
Sensory Fitness
Social Everyday Speech
Wellness Project

District Wide

Hooray for Health

In addition, the Beverly Education Foundation disbursed $2,934 for Beverly High School’s 1-1 Learning initiative for hardship cases and $2,000 for laptop subsidies for students who miss by a marginal amount to qualify for financial assistance from the Cummings Foundation 10 Year Grant that the Foundation was previously awarded.

The Beverly Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1997 and is celebrating 28 years of supporting public education in Beverly.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached atScott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)