Thanks to our generous donors Beaverton Education Foundation has awarded $72,608, funding 42 classroom projects so far for the 2022-23 academic year.
Sing Out Loud!
Aloha High School
Students Served: 100
Recipient: Cinnamon Kleeman
Award: $2,900
Funding provided in part by the Go Warriors! Endowment Fund
Every audience member will be able to experience Aloha High School choir students clearly, from every seat, in every venue, thanks to funds raised from their recent Beaverton’s Choice campaign. New sound equipment including wireless microphones, portable speakers, cords and mixers will help the choir expand musical style exploration and context, making it possible to highlight students’ best sounds and go on the road for field trips and events with confidence.
Spheros for Stoller!
Stoller Middle School
Students Served: 950
Recipient: Connor Nelson
Award: $3,400
Funding provided in part by the BEF Building STEAM 4 All initiative & Stoller PTO
Students at Stoller Middle School will have opportunities to recognize their full potential in STEM with a fun and rigorous computer science experience, thanks to your support for a Sphero Bolt Power Pack (15 Spheros, accessories and lesson plans). Spheros provide students who have historically not seen themselves as part of the computer science community and those who are already excited about coding the opportunity to engage, inspire and grow their passion.
Careers in Biology
Aloha High School
Students Served: 106
Recipient: Shealyn Burfeind
Award: $344
Funding provided by the Go Warriors! Opportunity Fund
Aloha High School Biology students will experience hands-on, visual science lessons with direct applications to the world around them, thanks to our community’s generous support. Under the guidance of an OHSU medical resident, students will learn how cell biology applies to research and medicine while also discovering possible future STEM careers.
Step Right Up & Support the Tech Carnival
Whitford Middle School
Students Served: 110
Recipient: Jill Otermat
Award: $450
Funding provided in part by the BEF Building STEAM 4 All initiative
Get ready for Whitford Middle School’s second Technology Carnival. Thanks to your support, the carnival’s momentum will continue and allow another round of students to showcase their engineering knowledge and skill with carnival games they design and engineer using recycled materials.
Beyond the Screen – Zoo Tripping
Beaver Acres Elementary School
Students Served: 125
Recipients: Evan Churchill, Shannon Hanson, Sandra Hoppenrath, Emily Reberry & Angela Steindorf
Award: $859
Funding provided in part by the BEF Building STEAM 4 All initiative
Fifth graders at Beaver Acres Elementary School will soon transform into field scientists, thanks to our community’s support for their upcoming zoo field trip. Field-trips provide experiences that cannot be duplicated in the classroom, increasing student interest, knowledge and motivation. Many students have never experienced the excitement of going on a school field trip due to distance learning, but your support made it happen.
Forget the turkey, we’re talking HAM
All BSD Middle School FutureLabs
Students Served: 600+
Recipients: Melanie Dougan, G Douglas Bundy, Rick Bush, James Grimes, Eric Lemoine, Ben Lloyd, Annette Noratli, Eric Salkeld, Doug Singer, Morgan Skjeie, Tyler Smith & Sarah Warren
Award: $6,090
Funding provided in part by Amateur Radio Relay League, Amateur Radio Relay Group, Inc. / K7RPT and Oregon Tualatin Valley Amateur Radio Community Services
FutureLabs in Beaverton’s nine middle schools will bring two new hands-on and collaborative amateur (or HAM) radio units to the 8th grade experience. These units incorporate science and math learning with new concepts and equipment that can lead to a potential hobby and for some, and can lead to a life-long interest and engagement in the amateur radio community.
Equipping Augmentative and Alternative Communication Modeling
31 Specialized Program Classrooms throughout the district
Students Served: 150
Recipients: 34 Teachers & Speech Language Pathologists
Award: $3,500
All Specialized Program Classrooms at the elementary school level will be equipped with a dedicated modeling Ipad, plus the most-widely used Augmentative and Alternative Communication apps needed for success, thanks to your continued support for their Beaverton’s Choice project. In our second year supporting Specialized Program Classrooms, additional Ipads greatly expand the availability of useful technology beyond traveling Speech and Language Pathologists and provide our location-specific teachers with a classroom device.
Relive History with Revolutionary Books
Terra Linda Elementary School
Students Served: 50
Recipients: Keely Weiland & Amy Wick
Award: $800
Funding provided in part by the Mike Osborne Memorial Award Fund. In recognition of the importance and need for academic excellence and opportunity for all students, the Mike Osborne Memorial Award Fund provides funds to support literacy-based Classroom Innovation Awards like this one.
History will come alive for 5th grade students at Terra Linda Elementary with exciting materials to complement the newly implemented U.S. history curriculum. Thanks to our generous community, students will each receive individual constitution books, artwork and chapter books that will be used in book clubs.
Designing Adventure!
Tumwater Middle School
Students Served: 70
Recipients: Rob Hillhouse & Miranda Lahr
Award: $1,225
Funding provided in part by the BEF Building STEAM 4 All initiative and the Tumwater PTO
Tumwater Middle School’s Dungeons & Dragons club members can design, print, paint and use a totally unique character in their games with their new 3D printer, non-toxic resin and necessary software.
Learning with Light
Ridgewood Elementary School
Students Served: 75
Recipients: Julie Curtis, Becky Powell and Cindy Simantel
Award: $510
Ridgewood Elementary kindergarten students can grow their imaginations and develop valuable storytelling skills with a new light table, thanks to your support. The entire grade can now build imaginary habitats, explore color, pattern, design, art and math concepts using translucent items that reflect and absorb the table’s light.