Where Art Meets Efficiency: A Clay Slab Roller for Young Artists
A clay slab roller allows the middle school art program, serving approximately 180 students each year, to prepare materials efficiently and maximize instructional time.
Programming With Motobits
Motobits, paired with the use of Microbits, allows students to use motors that require more advanced programming and engineering to support multiple motors.
Middle School Extended Day Programs
Now in its 15th year, the Safe and Sound for Student Success (S4) program offered by BEF continued its vital work in the 2024-25 school year. Eight middle schools participated, serving 1,184 middle school students with an extended school day with access to extracurricular sports coupled with academic accountability.
Independent Living Skills for Community Transition Program Students
BEF is proud to support the Community Transition Program with a $10,000 investment for groceries and equipment needed to help students build independent living skills in the kitchen.
ISB 7th Graders to Portland Center Stage!
Early Risers Chess Club
Early means early! Fir Grove Chess Club members, all 3rd through 5th graders, show up at 6:55 am to play. Not only do they learn the game and have fun with classmates, but they also learn skills that help them become better and more confident students.
Drama Club at Cooper Mountain Elementary!
Drama Club is more than just an after-school activity—it’s a space where students build confidence, creativity, and community. Through theater, our young performers learn to express themselves, collaborate with others, and discover the joy of storytelling.
Lending Library for First Grade Readers at Jacob Wismer!
Emergent readers need to read each night at home with an adult to reinforce the language and literacy skills they are learning at school. It is important that the books they are reading at home are “good fit” books that are similar to the books that we are using in our classroom. It can be challenging for families to access high-quality decodable books, and the ones we have in our classroom libraries need to stay at school. Jacob Wismer would like to start a lending library of engaging, high-quality decodable books that I can send home with students to read at home. When finished with the books, they would be returned to school, allowing many students to benefit from the use of these books.
Building Biliteracy: Expanding Access to Spanish Books for K–2 Learners
Building Young Engineers, One Cardboard Cut at a Time! Support Oak Hills ChompSaw Program!
The ChompSaw is an amazing tool that allows students to turn their creative imaginations into a reality! ChompSaw is a child-safe, oscillating cutting tool that helps students cut cardboard and other materials safely and easily.