The Board of Directors of the Brookline Education Foundation presents this report of the BEF’s activities for the fiscal year that began on July 1, 2010 and will end on June 30, 2011.

• Programs
• Fundraising

Programs
April 6, 2011, marked the 30th anniversary of the Brookline Education Foundation’s incorporation. We are proud to say that, after three decades of tireless volunteer work and strong financial support by generations of Brookline residents, the BEF is still going strong!

Since 1981, BEF grants and programs have been powerful tools for innovation and
excellence in teaching and learning in Brookline classrooms. The BEF has committed over $230,500 in funding for its grants and program-related activities for the 2011-12 school year.

The BEF has approved over $34,000 in Teacher Grant funding for fourteen grants directly benefiting twenty-five teachers and specialists for the 2011–12 school year. A complete list of these Teacher Grants is included in this report.

Collaborative Grant funding totaling over $84,000 has been awarded for the 2011–12 school year to support nine grants that directly involve more than one hundred forty educators and hundreds of students. A complete list of Collaborative Grants is included in this report.

In the upcoming year, the BEF is supporting ten Systemwide Grants totaling $80,000. Twoexciting new grants fund innovations in English Language Arts and Performing Arts. The first focuses on K-8 ELA assessment and response to intervention. The second provides for integration of technology into the music curriculum in all grades. A third new grant funds training in Responsive Classroom 2 (a social curriculum) and begins to build the capacity for the Brookline school system to provide its own RC training. A detailed list of Systemwide Grants is included in this report.

The Brookline Education Foundation sponsors several awards and endowed programs that honor individuals and enhance educational experiences for teachers and students.

• The Ernest R. Caverly Award is given annually to one elementary and one high school teacher in recognition of professional excellence and contributions to the Brookline PublicSchools. The 2011 recipients are Richard Cass, Jr., Driscoll School’s Learning Center Specialist, and Lisa Redding, a mathematics teacher at Brookline High School.

• The Adam Russell Gelfand Fellows Programr ecognizes the recipient(s) of an outstanding Teacher Grant each year. This year’s Fellowship is awarded to three Spanish teachers: Zoë Kern and Julianne Madrid-Kolb from Lawrence School and Colleen Boyle from Runkle School. They will travel to Nicaragua to build global awareness in their classrooms through a cross-cultural exchange with Brookline’s sister city, Quezalguaque.

• The Charlie Baker Legacy Award was created to provide funding for a grant for continuing education, travel, program development, or other similar pursuits in the area of US History and/or World Geography. The 2011 recipient of this award is Robert Grant, a Brookline High School social studies teacher, who will canoe the Susquehanna River from New York to the Chesapeake, surveying river geography and history from pre-Columbian to present times.

• Through the Todd Saker Fund, the BEF helps to support an annual visit to Brookline schools by a noted author of children’s books. This year, the Saker fund is supporting a visit by Peter Lourie, an adventure book author, to six Brookline elementary schools.

• The Jack and Jordan Trust Litchman Fund will continue to enhance the ocean and tidepool habitat curriculum by funding an annual visit by the New England Aquarium’s Tidepool Adaptations exhibit to each 3rd grade classroom in Brookline.

• The BEEP Fundwill continue to support a year-long music program in every BEEPclassroom.

• In April, 2011, over 300 people visited ScienceFest, which was held at Brookline High School. The Science Museum brought several live animal programs to enhance the usual ScienceFest fare and BATV offered new “green screen” activities for children.

Thanks to the continued generosity of our many supporters, we anticipate raising over $500,000 this year. The additional funds raised by our 30th Anniversary Gala and Auction will allow us to increase the impact of our grants and programs over the next several years.

30th Anniversary Gala and Auction
On April 9, 2011, the BEF hosted a Gala to celebrate 30 years of fostering innovation and achievement in Brookline schools. Our silent and live auctions and “Fund a Need” paddles raised over $162,000. Many individuals, businesses, and artists donated amazing items to our auctions. We are extremely grateful for their extraordinary support as well as the remarkable generosity of auction purchasers.

The Adult Spelling Bee went on hiatus this year in order to give BEF volunteers and staff time and energy to devote to our 30th anniversary celebration.

Our annual Fifth Grade Spelling Bee was held in March. The first-place winner was Siddharth Baphna from Lincoln School, who secured victory by correctly spelling the word “pasteurize.” The runners-up were Ethan Jampel, also from Lincoln School, and Eunice Park from Devotion School.

The BEF conducted its seventh raffle this year and, once again, all 1200 tickets were sold! The winning ticket belonged to Mi-Hyon Cho of Hopewell Junction, NJ.

Thank you to the many parents, teachers, Brookline residents, and others who purchased raffle tickets in support of the BEF and the public schools that are so vital to our town! We greatly appreciate the continued support of our business points of sale: Audy’s Mobil Service Stations, Brookline Booksmith, The Childrens Bookshop, Connelly Hardware, and Party Favors.

We are extremely grateful to the following local businesses and foundations who made donations to the BEF this year. Please show your appreciation by frequenting these businesses.

The Abbey
ACE Tickets
America’s Test Kitchen
Anna's Taqueria
Artbarn Community Theater
Atlantic Heating and Air Conditioning
Audy’s Mobil/Cypress Automart, Inc.
Baker’s Best
Bartending Service of New England
Beacon Orthodontic Associates
Biomedical Modeling Inc.
Bose
Boston Ballet
Boston Beer Company
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
Boston Duck Tours
Boston Patriots
Boston Red Sox
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bristol Lounge
Brookline Bank
Brookline Booksmith
Brookline High School 21st Century Fund
Brookline Liquor Mart
Brookline Music School
Brookline Spa
Buehler Realty Trust
Cakes to Remember
Camp Encore/Coda
Carroll & Sons Gallery
Centre Pediatric Assoc. PC
Chestnut Hill Realty Corp.
The Children’s Book Shop
Chobee Hoy Associates Real Estate
The Clayroom
Clear Flour Bakery
Cognac Bistro
Connelly Hardware
Corinthian Events
Dexter School
Eastern Standard
Educational Advocates
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.
Faithful Flowers
Fire Opal
The Fireplace Restaurant
Foundation to Be Named Later
Golden Temple Restaurant
Hammond Residential Real Estate
Harmonix Music
House of Blues
Henry Bear’s Park
Inside Design
J.P. Licks
Judy Moses
Kate Garms Massage
Kings at Legacy Place
KooKoo Café
The Liberty Hotel
Magic Beans
Max Ultimate
The Meat House
The Metropolitan Opera
Mike’s Music Inc.
Mimi Katz Photography
Mint Julep
MS Painting Inc.
M.S.Walker
My Oilcloth
Nutter McClennan & Fish LLP
One of a Kind Design
PALS Children’s Chorus
Paris Creperie
Party Favors
Pediatric Dental Associates
Portobello Road
Prudential Unlimited Realty
Rialto Restaurant
Rotary Club of Brookline
Sara Campbell, Ltd.
Seven Subs
SkinCare Physicians, Inc.
Temptations
The UPS Store in Brookline Village
Whole Foods Market
Winestone
XV Beacon

2011 has been a memorable year for the Brookline Education Foundation. As we reflect on the BEF’s 30 years of contributions to our outstanding public schools, we look forward to a future full of possibilities for Brookline educators and their students. Thank you for your support.