News from the BHS Innovation Fund
Browse through our past communications to find out more about the Fund.
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...
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...
Brookline Lens: a New Student-Run Production House Serving the BHS Community
Brookline Lens, a BHS student-run photo and video production house, serves clients outside of Brookline High School, in addition to accepting in-house project requests. The ultimate goal is for Brookline Lens students to graduate with a strong portfolio...
An Update from the Chair of our Board of Directors, Ellen Rizika
Dear BHS Parents, Caregivers and Community Members, I hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe and well. I am writing to provide an update on the BHS Innovation Fund and how we as an organization are working to support BHS leadership, faculty...
9th Grade Physics Reimagined: A Spotlight on Experiential Physics
This school year, BHS launched Experiential Physics, a three-year pilot program to develop a new curriculum for 9th grade Physics, supported by a grant from the BHS Innovation Fund. The redesigned course develops scientific, engineering, and...
We’re Seeking New Board Members to Join the BHS Innovation Fund Team
The BHS Innovation Fund, a nonprofit organization within BHS, is actively seeking new members to join the Board of Directors and Board of Overseers. The Innovation Fund provides grant funding for faculty to develop new courses and programs that are innovative,...
Meet Roger Grande, Innovation Fellow
Meet Roger Grande, the BHS Innovation Fund 2019-2020 Innovation Fellow who is taking on climate change at BHS: Roger Grande has been teaching social studies for 20 years at BHS and was named the BHS Innovation Fund Innovation Fellow for 2019-2020. The Innovation...
2019-2020 Funded Programs
In the 2019-2020 academic year, the BHS Innovation Fund launches these new programs that foster the culture of innovation throughout the school: Experiential Physics for 9th grade, a robust, new physics course that develops scientific, engineering, and entrepreneurial...
Q&A: Drawing for Understanding in Field Science
BHS Visual Arts teacher Donna Sartanowicz describes the evolution of the Innovation Fund Class, “Drawing for Understanding in Field Science.” How did you come up with the idea for the course?It came from a workshop that Jill Sifantus, a since retired biology teacher...
Pathways to Success
BHS 2013 alum Siena Fried describes the impact of Innovation Fund class, “Drawing for Understanding in Field Science,” on her career. In 2012, Siena Fried was a student in the pilot class of “Drawing for Understanding in Field Science,” supported by the BHS Innovation...
E-Newsletters from the 2019-2020 School Year
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