We know that our schools will be 100% online for at least the first nine weeks of the school year, but Beaverton staff are still committed to providing hands-on learning opportunities for students. Donor support gives BEF the flexibility to respond to emerging and urgent needs and help grow new innovative ideas to better reach our students.
Recently, grants from the Juan Young Trust and Harvest Foundation supported Beaverton Band Together to repair more than 200 band instruments over the summer to be ready for students at the start of school, more than doubling the number of instruments repaired since the program began.
Our Building STEAM 4 All initiative continues to push for the integration of science, technology, engineering, arts and math through classroom projects and enrichment programs, thanks to support from First Tech Federal Credit Union, Intel, Genentech, and many local businesses.
BEF continues to work with our career technical educators to build out a pipeline for middle school students to discover educational alternatives. With support from PGE, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, U.S. Bank Foundation, Comcast, and the Wells Fargo Foundation, we are supporting hands-on learning from a distance, such as sending home construction and trades sampler kits so students can master introductory technical skills.
Programs like these would not be possible without the generous support of our hometown businesses and community. Contributions from local sources that remain in our community are critical to grow Beaverton’s economy now and strengthen our future.