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The mission of the Bedford Education Foundation is to support the academic excellence of the Bedford public schools by raising and providing funds for the benefit of its students. 

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BEF ANNUAL FALL GALA

Saturday, October 25, 2008 at CR Sparks

The evening starts at 6:00 PM with cocktails with dinner served at 7:00 PM followed by dancing. The attire is Semi-formal and the cost is $75.00  NOW $50.00 per person.

Tickets now available contact Lisa Readman at lisareadman@comcast.net.


BEF GRANT AWARD SAT, MAY 10, 2008

Bedford Education Foundation Awards Grants Totaling Over $20,000

Ten Projects Awarded Triples the Prior Year Total

    After reviewing a total of thirteen applications from Bedford School District educators, the BEF Board selected eight teacher projects and two district-wide projects in its second annual installment of grants.
ApplicantProject TitleAwarded
Jo Hendry (McKelvie)Authentic Assessment for in Math and Science Center (K-8)$3,000
Julia Astbury (Lurgio)Attendance at Trip to the University of San Diego, Galapagos Islands Experience, in Summer 2009$2,000
Deborah Sinamark (Memorial)Attendance at Columbia University Writers Institute on the Teaching of Writing (July, 2008)$2,000
Catherine Tuttle (Bedford HS)Attendance at Arts New England at Bennington College (Summer August 2008)$1,986
Lynn Knoll (Peter Woodbury)Attendance at the National Conference on Learning Disabilities$1,340
Michelle King (Riddle Brook)Math Exemplars$700
Anne Lederhos, Kristin Possee & Diane Lonergan (Peter Woodbury)Attendance at UNH seminar in Picture Writing/Image-Making; Picture Writing/Image-Making materials$2,354
Connie Roberge & Mindy Beltramo (Peter Woodbury)Attendance at Growing Fertile Minds & Communities National Symposium, Philadelphia, July 2008$2,225
SAU #25 District-WideSchools as Fine Arts Galleries $3,100
 Color Laminated “Rechargers” for teachers—encouraging daily physical exercise in the classroom$1,360

Educator Grant Award Ceremony (11:30 AM)

Bedford High School Stadium, between the Boys and Girls Varsity Lacrosse games

Educators will be present to receive awards.

T-Bones Barbeque Lunch
(12:00 - 2:00 PM)

Cost for the lunch will be $5 per person or $12 per family.

High School & Middle School Tour
(1:30 - 2:00 PM)
BHS Student tour guides and BEF Board members on hand.

ALL ARE WELCOME. EVENT HELD
RAIN OR SHINE.

 

Who We Are

  The Bedford Education Foundation (BEF) is a non-profit and non-partisan organization whose mission is to support academic excellence of the Bedford, New Hampshire public schools by raising and providing funds for the benefit of its students.

  Consistent with this mission, the BEF will raise monies from individuals and businesses through an annual appeal and community events, and it will then channel these funds back to the schools through a grants program.  Teachers, staff and administrators will be able to apply for grants from the BEF each year. 

 These grants will be awarded for programs that provide support for:  ongoing professional development and innovative projects that enhance the curriculum and refine teaching practices. 

 BEF will provide funds to schools beyond the normal operating budget and solely for programs and activities that will enhance the learning opportunities for students, and enable Bedford teachers to search for effective and creative strategies that ensure every child receives an excellent education.  The BEF will not use its funds to replace the taxpayer’s responsibilities for funding education.

 

BEF GALA RAISES

MORE THAN $75,000

FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

 

  Close to 400 Bedford residents attended the BEF's second annual gala at CR Sparks on November 2, 2007.  The gala was not only a lot of fun, it also raised more than $75,000 to support the Bedford public school system through ticket sales and a silent/live auction.

 

    Click on the following link to read about the gala in The Bedford Journal .

 

 

 


     Buy an engraved brick for the path to the Bedford High School and the Lurgio Middle School Campus.  Your engraved brick will not only memorialize a special person, group or event; it will also  support Bedford education.  A 4" X 8" brick with up to three lines of engraving is just $100. 

Click here to purchase a brick today!


2007 Development Grants

Have Been Awarded

  

     The BEF has awarded its 2007 Educator Development Grants.

 

    Andrea Campbell, a second grade teacher at the Memorial School will be attending a natural history drawing course at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine this summer.

 

  Denise Fournier, a first grade teacher at the Memorial School will attend the Columbia Writers Project At Columbia University in New York.  She will be joined by Kathy Effenberger and Jenifer Paguyo, both second grade teachers at Riddle Broook.

 

   BEF will hold an awards ceremony at the McKelvie School gymnasium on May 24, 2007 at 3:00 pm.

 

Bedford Education Foundation * P.O. Box 10121, Bedford, NH 03110 * info@befnh.org

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