Businesses, PTOs, neighborhood and book groups, school representatives, and local politicians all participated in the BEF’s 17th Adult Spelling Bee on Sunday, March 11. Distinguished judges and pronouncers, prizes contributed by local businesses, and a diabolical selection of words, contributed to the festivities.

Competition was intense to secure the coveted Bee trophy as well as the prize for best costume. The winners in the Adult Bee were the Himal Mitra, Damon Burnard, and James Parker of the "Los Encantados" team. This is the second straight win for Los Encantados. Runners up were "Breakfast at 10" team members Leah Greenwald, Diane Brody, and Anne Silber.

The first place winner in the Annual 5th Grade Bee, which preceeded the Adult Bee, was Krystal DuPont from the Pierce School. Runners Up were Baysa Klein from the Driscoll School and Maisie Kramer from the Heath School.

If you were unable to join us, rebroadcasts of the Bee are presented and produced exclusively by Brookline Access TV and carried on Access Channel (Comcast 3 / RCN 3) and Municipal Channel (Comcast 23 / RCN 15).

Thanks to our generous donors, the BEF has promoted innovation and excellence in Brookline Public schools since 1981and is well positioned to continue to build on this legacy as a steadfast support for public education in the future.

As one of the first local education foundations in the country, the BEF provides the only means for our community to invest private money in public education from preschool through grade 12. These funds make the difference between a good school system and the superb system for which Brookline is known.

Through its grants and awards, the BEF maintains and enhances the high caliber of Brookline schools by supporting outstanding teaching, innovative curricula, administrative leadership, and major educational initiatives.

Thank you for your support!

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The Brookline Education Foundation presented a gift of science equipment to the Public Schools of Brookline in honor of the Foundation’s 25th anniversary. This equipment is greatly enhancing science teaching and learning in all Brookline schools.

Each elementary school has received a stereo microscope and books to support the curriculum for every second grade classroom as well as one microscope camera for use by the entire school.  Stereo microscopes provide magnified, three-dimensional views of visible objects. Microscope cameras can display magnified images of all types of objects to an entire class at once via a computer or TV monitor.

In addition, Brookline High School has received a groundwater simulator. This simulator is providing visualization and hands-on experience of complex groundwater principles in BHS chemistry, environmental science, science seminars, and physics classes.

Throughout the 2008-09 school year, the BEF hosted parent breakfasts in each of the Brookline elementary schools during which Townwide Science Curriculum Coordinator Janet MacNeil discussed the kindergarten through grade 2 science curriculum. Click here to view her presentation in a separate window.