Beaverton Band Together
Since 2014, Beaverton Education Foundation’s Beaverton Band Together initiative has expanded musical education for students in all Beaverton public schools, from providing musical instruments and performance opportunities to opening their minds to new genres, artists, and experiences.
Helping School Nurses Help Students
School nurses are an important part of our community, helping students stay healthy. BEF supports the 25 district nurses with medical kits to help them respond to student needs and professional memberships that, among other benefits, gives them vouchers for free eyewear to distribute to students.
Growing Student-Run Businesses in Beaverton high schools
BEF empowers student-run businesses that are part of many Career Technical Education (CTE) programs offered in high schools. With seed funding from BEF, businesses were able to purchase new equipment and supplies so students could learn through hands-on experiences, develop business acumen, and explore future career pathways.
PE & Play Initiative
Thanks to Nike, and other community partners, all elementary schools and several middle schools received new equipment to reenergize their students during PE class.
Beaverton Science Expos
BEF, Beaverton and Hillsboro School Districts partnered to put on a robust science expo program in 2025. BEF focused on empowering middle school students to see themselves as scientists who are capable of problem solving, discovery, and knowledge creation.
Aloha Coffee Caboose
BEF invested in career connected learning at Aloha High School where students in the special education programs were able to explore new job skills through working in the Coffee Caboose, a classroom coffee shop experience that helped students develop barista, marketing, and customer service skills.
Trades Exploration
BEF invests in career-connected learning activities that help 75 middle schoolers learn about construction, auto tech, and manufacturing CTE programs available in Beaverton high schools. As a result, these 7th and 8th graders are better prepared to move onto high school and many discover new career aspirations. High school students benefit as well as they provide peer-to-peer learning opportunities as they show off the skills they have learned and talk about career and college plans after graduation.
BASE Rocks Afterschool Music Club
During the 2024-2025 school year, BEF’s support launched an afterschool club that focused on creativity and music at this predominantly STEM option school.
Cram and Jam Homework Club
BEF invested in core academics at Sunset High School through support for a before and after school program designed to help students work on homework with a focus on math and science.
Mural Project
BEF invested in hand on, experiential learning at Ridgewood Elementary School, helping students to broaden their perspectives and build community through art over a year-long project to design a welcome mural in the school entrance.