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.

PE & Play

Funded by: Nike

Mountain View Middle School student playing disc golf

At A Glance:

BEF Investment: $50,000

18,500

Students at 40 schools benefitted from PE & Play investments

“It’s been night and day since we got the new PE equipment,” says Jeff Steindorf, one of the PE and Health teachers at Mountain View. In 2023-2024, BEF’s PE + Play initiative made it possible for MountainView Middle School students to double the number of sports activities they do in PE class. Now, they enjoy playing disc golf, pickleball, corn hole, ladder ball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor soccer, and so much more.For the past two years, BEF’s PE + Play initiative refilled school gyms with basic equipment like basketballs, soccer balls, jump ropes, Frisbees, hula hoops, and scooters.We impacted approximately 18,500students at 40 of our schools. “Now our students are more focused and involved in PE class. Sometimes middle schoolers are afraid of failure and get caught in a rut. Our new equipment exposes them to new things, and it gives them an open mind to participate and try new things,” Steindorf says.

We’re getting students hooked on lifelong fitness. They’re starting to do some of these sports on their own outside of school by themselves and with their families.

Jeff Steindorf, PE and Health teacher at Mountain View Middle School

We recognize this money could have been donated elsewhere, but please know that the looks on students’ faces when they saw that they were about to experiment with dumbbells and battle ropes made it worth every penny.

PE & Health Team, Whitford Middle School

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.

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.

Feed My Body, Feed My Brain winter break campaign

270 individuals, local business and community leaders came together to make a difference in the lives of our students and families and helped us deliver the requested number of winter break food gift cards to all 54 of the Beaverton schools.

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.