Beverly Education Foundation Announces Grant Awards

The Beverly Education Foundation announced its Annual Teacher Parent Grant Awards totaling $12,485. The Teacher Parent Grants benefit students, teachers for professional development and various educational programs in the Beverly Public Schools. The foundation supports the wonderfully creative ideas of Beverly educators which enhance teaching and learning in a 21st century global environment. Grant awards support a wide variety of curriculum-based topics and projects that benefit all students. Grants are for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year and were awarded to preschool, elementary, middle and high school teachers for the following initiatives:

Beverly High School

• AP Art & Peabody Essex Museum Multi Visit Partnership
• College Application and Essay Writing Seminars
• Launch & Accomplish Composting Program
• Power of Words - Project Based Learning with Poetry
• Robotics - Robot Brain
• Theater Technology and Design Seminar Series

• Environmental Response Project
• Mindfulness Program

• Integrating Social Studies

• Our Students in a Digital World

• Maker Space Project
• Service Learning Project

• Hooray for Health Program

• Bag Lunch Program (parent grant)
• Gellin' with Geometry - Family Math Program
• Novel Engineering Program

The Beverly Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1997 and is celebrating 22 years of supporting public education in Beverly. The foundation supports programmatic initiatives that provide enhanced educational opportunities for all Beverly public school students. Each Spring, grants are awarded to support innovative initiatives and programs in Beverly Public Schools. For more information or to make a donation to support public education in Beverly, please visit: www.bevedfoundation.org

Pictured in the photo: Lorinda Visnick, Beverly School Committee (seated); Andy Cooper, Beverly Education Foundation Treasurer; Ann Gavin, Beverly Education Foundation member; Ruth Filep, Beverly Education Foundation member; Doug Walker, Co-Founder & President, Beverly Education Foundation; Anna Green, Co-Founder & Vice President, Beverly Education Foundation; Kris Silverstein, Beverly School Committee Chairperson; Dr. Steve Hiersche, Beverly Public Schools Superintendent; Catherine Barrett, Beverly Education Foundation Clerk; and Paris O'Brien, BHS Student Representative to the Beverly Education Foundation.