News from the BHS Innovation Fund
Browse through our past communications to find out more about the Fund.
June 2024 End of Year
What a (25th) year it's been! A few highlights... Fund-supported Rethinking the Restaurant continued to engage the BHS community with innovative programs like Top Chef. See this year's winning menu and chefs. 200+ people registered for the 2nd Annual 5K for...
Tappan Green encourages students to tap-in to their leadership skills
Whether a frequent patron, a one-time visitor, or merely a passerby catching a delicious scent of cookies in the halls, most students have heard about the Tappan Green Restaurant. But do they know how the restaurant really operates? The student-run restaurant opened...
Climate Education Now – Grief, Resilience and Empowerment – Facing Climate Change in the Classroom
How do kids reckon with climate change and activate to meet the challenges it poses? Roger Grande speaks with WBUR's Barbara Moran about the transformative power of placing climate justice at the center of education. We invite you to participate in this community...
Mid-year Program Updates
Social Emotional Learning Tutorial (SEL-T): A representative from the Kevin Love Foundation, which created some of the curricula that inspired SEL-T, came to watch BHS teachers and students in action. Rethinking Restaurant: Student chefs at Tappan Green...
Don’t miss this student art
To help celebrate the Fund's 25th anniversary, BHS Senior Stella Charbonneau created this series, featuring several Fund-supported courses and programs. Do they look familiar? We've showcased them as lawn signs around campus and town, and displayed them at the 25th...
OUTstanding Speaker Series welcomes poet Jill McDonough
A poet, a prison teacher and the third OUTstanding Speaker Series presenter, Jill McDonough shared her poetry and stories to a crowd of students in the MLK room on Wednesday, Nov. 1 during T and X-block. Lively students filled every chair in the MLK room when Jill...
25th Anniversary
With a milestone of 25 years funding faculty-led initiatives and courses under its belt, the Brookline High School Innovation Fund hosted a gala on Thursday, Oct. 28. The gala included student a cappella performances, an art gallery and keynote speakers. As moonlight...
OUTstanding Speaker Series debuts
The first OUTstanding Speakers Series session provides an enriching exchange of ideas and experiences as “Portraits of Pride” curator Jean Dolin speaks about his life, queerness, identity and self-expression. The event took place in the MLK room on Thursday, Sept. 28...
BOSTON GLOBE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW Brookline’s new high school design makes the honor roll
With a lot going on locally in high school construction, William Rawn Associates has crafted an exemplary education complex. When Brookline High School students returned to class on Sept. 5, they did so to grounds transformed. The new buildings and renovations have...
Sharing Innovation Fund courses, programs, and efforts as we conclude 22-23…
Dear BHS Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers, I have pledged further communication as we end the year and am trying my darndest to follow through and share more information as we end the 2022-23 school year. One point of pride for me as I end another year at Brookline...
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