News from the BHS Innovation Fund
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Initiative raises awareness for sustainability
The composting initiative has significantly cut down Brookline High School’s carbon emissions The smallest actions sometimes have the...
Meet Roger Grande, Innovation Fellow
Roger Grande, the BHS Innovation Fund 2019-2020 Innovation Fellow is taking on climate change at BHS: Roger Grande has been teaching...
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...
Unique drawing class fuses art with science
After observing plant species in the Arnold Arboretum, students then choose a specimen to illustrate. The curvature of a bird’s beak. The...
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...
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...
Idea, Inspiration, Implementation Sparked by the Innovation Fund
A 2018 Planning Grant for the Math Department “The Innovation Fund provided the platform for the most inspiring experience of my teaching...
Genesis of the Fund
First, came a tragedy. In 1980, Andrew Warren Lurie, a Brookline High School graduate in his freshman year at the University of Chicago,...
BHS Innovation Fund Kicks off 20th Anniversary Celebration with Speaker Ted Dintersmith, Innovation Expert and Author of What School Could Be
On Thursday, September 20, 2018, the Brookline High School Innovation Fund kicked off its 20th anniversary celebration with innovation...