News from the BHS Innovation Fund
Browse through our past communications to find out more about the Fund.
Coding Update – An Interview with Math Chair Josh Paris
Last summer, the BHS Innovation Fund provided a grant to enable coding to become integrated into the 9th grade math and science curriculum. Josh Paris (JP) is the Math Department Chair who, along with Ed Wiser, Chair of the Science Department, and Britt...
Great News from Gala-Rama (Goes Virtual!)
We did it! Thanks to generous participation from the Brookline High School community, we raised $98,000 of our $100,000 goal for Gala-Rama (Goes Virtual!). This support for academic innovation is truly inspiring, and the volunteers of the BHS Innovation Fund are...
Engineering Update – An Interview with Teacher Aubrey Love
Engineering Innovation & Design is a popular elective providing a student-centered, project-based curriculum that challenges students to interpret real-world engineering and design problems. Mr. Aubrey Love has been involved with this class, and building the...
Social Justice Update – An Interview with Teacher Kate Leslie
Kate Leslie, who teaches Social Justice, updated the BHS Innovation Fund recently about the course. First launched over fifteen years ago with a grant from the Fund, the Social Justice elective explores issues of equality and discrimination with regard to race...
Your Support for BHS Teachers Matters Now
This winter, the BHS Innovation Fund is raising $50,000 to support the next phase of our COVID-19 Teaching & Learning Response Grant program in 2021. We can respond to these kinds of emergency requests from our school leadership and teachers thanks to your...
Student Voices: How Fund Classes Impact My Experience at BHS
Brookline High School alumna Maya Rozen interviewed current students about their experiences participating in BHS Innovation Fund courses. Hear the impact of the Innovation Fund at BHS in the students’ own voices. Many of the courses offered at BHS revolve around a...
BHS Faculty Innovate to Launch the 2020-21 School Year
In Spring 2020, the BHS Innovation Fund awarded a special COVID-19 Teaching and Learning Response Grant to Brookline High School educators, led by the Curriculum Coordinators, to support their work in preparing for the current school year with the goal of rethinking...
2020-2021 Funded Programs
The BHS Innovation Fund is pleased to announce the investment of nearly $300,000 for curriculum innovation at Brookline High School in the 2020-21 school year in the following program areas: Pandemic Response and Faculty Support Reacting with urgency to the...
2020-21 Grant Announcements: Nearly $250,000 Invested in New Programs
COVID-19 Teaching and Learning Response Grant $55,000 investment The BHS Innovation Fund is excited to award a special COVID-19 Teaching and Learning Response Grant to Brookline High School educators in Summer 2020. Reacting with urgency to the unprecedented change in...
A Special Grant Announcement for Brookline High School
The BHS Innovation Fund is excited to award a special COVID-19 Teaching and Learning Response Grant to Brookline High School educators in Summer 2020. Reacting with urgency to the unprecedented change in the educational environment due to the coronavirus pandemic, the...
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