Thanks to our generous donors Beaverton Education Foundation has awarded $85,447, funding 55 classroom projects for the 2021-22 academic year.
Step up to the Plate – BASE Needs PE!
Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering
Students Served: 300+
Recipients: Christine Muggli and Aprill Mcallister
Award: $3,300
Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (BASE) PE students have the resources to create strong connections and learn from each other thanks to their recently funded Beaverton’s Choice campaign. These critical skills are especially important in a larger school community and for those still recovering from pandemic isolation.
Simple items such as soft toss footballs, badminton nets, frisbees, goals and soccer balls build a more robust, fulfilling experience for students and will go a long way to create the foundation for collaborative team building activities that are necessary to facilitate large PE classes with 40+ students.
Creativity in 3D!
Arts & Communication Magnet Academy
Students Served: 700
Recipient: Dawn Morgan
Award: $915
Funding provided by BEF’s Building STEAM 4 All Initiative
Arts & Communication Magnet Academy (ACMA) students’ 3D printer dreams will become reality thanks to our generous community. With the funding of their recent Beaverton’s Choice campaign, all ACMA students will be able to design, prototype and refine their creative visions in their new 3D Design Space.
Resources for the Resource Room
Beaver Acres Elementary School
Students Served: 700
Recipient: Molly Kershaw
Award: $288
Resource Room students at Beaver Acres now have endless possibilities to unlock their full potential with easily adaptable tools to support varying abilities. Thanks to support from Beaverton’s Choice, educators can fully engage with students in small groups to foster independent social skills, fine motor skills and problem-solving abilities while adapting concepts to each student’s personalized ways of learning.
Quest for 3D printers
Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering
Students Served: 300+
Recipients: Dawn Morgan and Melissa Shell
Award: $1,550
Funding provided by BEF’s Building STEAM 4 All Initiative
Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (BASE) students can now bring their ideas to life with 3D printers thanks to the recent funding of their Beaverton’s Choice project. All BASE students, classes and clubs will have access to printers that will allow students to print everything from cube puzzles for 6th-grade Design & Modeling classes to custom avatars for CREW classes and STEM kits for our 6-12th graders’ Service-Learning project. The possibilities are endless!
Help Kinnaman Create Calming Spaces in every classroom!
Kinnaman Elementary School
Students Served: 522
Recipient: Katy Rubenstein
Award: $1,920
Thanks to our generous community, every class at Kinnaman Elementary School now has a consistent space where students can learn to deal with big emotions. Funds raised through their Beaverton’s Choice project will ensure flexible seats, calming strategy posters, fidgets and more are available to support students’ emotional well-being while students build Social Emotional Learning skills they will use for a lifetime.
Help Hazeldale Hawks Build Fact Fluency!
Hazeldale Elementary School
Students Served: 400
Recipient: Heidi Gilbertson
Award: $2,310
Funding provided by First Tech Federal Credit Union as part of BEF’s Building STEAM 4 All Initiative
Educators at Hazeldale Elementary can help students overcome increased math gaps with the help of new Building Fact Fluency math kits. Made possible through Beaverton’s Choice crowdfunding, kits build excitement for math by showing how numbers work during interactive daily classroom and small group lessons.
Teaching Tools to Engage and Support
Conestoga Middle School
Students Served: 895
Recipients: Creighton Brown, Maggie Dally, Dean Fassnidge, Lisa Lewis, Deborah Nystrom, Emily Price, Melissa Schuck and Kara Walker
Award: $3,515
Funding provided by BEF’s Building STEAM 4 All Initiative
All Conestoga Middle School teachers can seamlessly interact with students around the classroom while teaching engaging and innovative lessons with new iPad technology purchased with funds from Deborah Nystrom’s successful Beaverton’s Choice campaign – Teaching Tools to Engage and Support.
Thanks to your generous contributions, the dollars raised are enabling enrichment programs in Beaverton schools that otherwise would not be possible. For current programs, and to begin your application, please visit Beaverton’s Choice, Beaverton Education Foundation’s online resource that brings community and classrooms together.