Framingham Saint Bridget Schools Gets $100K Grant

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Saint Bridget School in Framingham will head into the 2023-2024 school year with important updates to many facets of the school's teaching approach, and teacher support.

Saint Bridget received a $100,000 grant from the Lynch Foundation. With the money, the school's Early Childhood Program is getting significant updates to its curriculum, classrooms and teacher support and development.

The Lynch Foundation's Early Education Initiative is a "comprehensive strategy to support the launch and redesign of early childhood programs across the Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Schools," according to a news release.

The initiative has leveraged $3.6 million to date in investment toward the establishment of "new high-quality early childhood classrooms and the redesign of existing early childhood classrooms," the release noted.

As part of the grant, the Saint Bridget School Early Childhood Program will benefit from new classroom design, furniture, materials, refreshed curriculum and professional development for teachers through the Summer Learning Institute for Teachers and monthly coaching and mentoring offerings.

"The Early Childhood team at Saint Bridget School is excited to become a part of the Lynch Foundation's Early Education Initiative," said Director of Early Ed, Lauren Nazzaro.

"We strongly believe in the importance that early childhood education plays in setting the foundation for all learning. We are excited to have a partner that shares our beliefs in providing quality educational experiences to our youngest scholars."