Award: $750.00
School: BHS Social Studies Department

This grant supported the professional growth of social studies teachers at the 2023 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The teachers then incorporated innovative teaching practices around teaching controversial current events into their courses.

Award: $8,145.00
School: All BPS Elementary Schools

The purpose of this grant was to confirm our commitment to early literacy acquisition and instructional principles, to continue to foster alignment across all BPS Elementary Schools, and to establish a shared understanding of evidenced-based practices.

Award: $4,038
School: Chenery Middle School

A Rapid Response Gradnt: At the height of fully remote learning during the pandemic, the FBE purchased 380 Robot Crawler kits to provide every sixth grader at Chenery a project-based, hands-on learning, remote engineering class experience to explore friction, materials, mechanical energy, experiment with variables, testing, and redesign.

Amount awarded: $5550
School: Chenery Middle School

After returning to school in-person, the FBE funded a $5550 grant to the 8th grade ELA department to purchase each 8th Grade student new books to enable teachers to address and discuss mental health issues and offer information to help students understand mental illness.

Amount awarded: $1,690
School: Butler Elementary School

A Rapid Response Grant: During the pandemic students were required to social distance. This grant replaced worn out recess equipment such as balls, jump ropes, hula hoops, intended to maximize in-person recess time while hybrid students are at school, reduce social isolation that many students experience, and increase students' overall social emotional wellbeing.

Amount awarded: $661
School: Belmont High School

For Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy and Physiology Classes, the purchase of an Elmo camera to allow students to see demonstrations of labs and dissections given that students are currently unable to perform labs on their own or in groups because of the current remote and hybrid teaching schedules.

Amount Awarded: $432
School: Chenery Middle School

FBE purchased calligraphy materials to provide an enrichment experience for the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Chinese Language Program at CMS.

Award Totals: $63,000
A District-Wide Focus

Recognizing the importance and need for professional development in the area of Social-Emotional Learning for all staff district-wide to support the SEL for students, the FBE invested significant funds to support the training in the knowledge and practices of Social-Emotional Learning including instruction in facilitation skills.

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Award: $3,000
School: Belmont High School

This grant funded several speakers and workshops for Diversity week at the High School. The week included a number of guest speakers, workshops and panel discussions, including three workshop sessions with Urban Improv focused on providing students with tools and strategies for thinking about and discussing race.

Award: $2,720
School: Belmont High School

This grant supported books and materials for the Senior Capstone - a reinvention of the senior thesis for a new generation of learners in order to increase student choice and voice. Several senior teachers collaborated to develop the Senior Capstone, a year-long, multi-genre investigation of an inquiry question of the student’s choosing that is tangible, practical, intellectually challenging, and emotionally engaging.

Award: $3,995
School: Burbank Elementary School

“Be brave, be creative, never stop drawing, and use your talents to make the world a better place,” declared Peter H. Reynolds to the more than 450 students, community members, and staff at Burbank Elementary School on November 1st. Spearheaded by Burbank art teacher, Nicole Pond, and funded through a generous grant from the Foundation for Belmont Education, students were treated to a hands-on glimpse into the creative process of renowned local author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds is the creator of such works as ish and the dot and illustrator of the well-known Judy Moody series.

Amount Awarded: $10,575
School: Belmont High School

Before there was a new high school and a MAC lab, students enrolled in the the Media Arts Program relied on two iPads to create Digital Art until 2019 when the FBE funded a grant for five iMac computers, which provided students access to industry-standard technology and software; learning the tools and techniques that professionals use.

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Amount Awarded: $1,000
School: Burbank Elementary School

This project engaged the entire school community and involved collaboration with key partners in landscape/garden design, planning, and installation. Teachers and students use the Garden Classroom for activities directly related to their grade-level curriculum. The Garden Classroom formally opened in June 2015.

Amount Awarded: $95,805 + $17,700
School: Belmont High School

Purchase of technology-based learning tools (iPad technology), and training to staff in 11th grade and beyond in iPad related curriculum opportunities, and hiring of a consultant to provide teacher support during this transition.

Launched in January 2008, the T3 campaign was a multi-year $600,000 capital campaign to meet the technology needs of the Belmont Public Schools through the installation of SMART BoardTM technology in grades 4-12 and a new foreign language lab at the High School.

With SMART Boards in their classrooms, Belmont Public School students experience computer technology as a powerful tool for learning, a tool that they can manipulate to explore difficult concepts. In total, more than 100 SMART Boards were purchased installed in classrooms across the Belmont Public Schools.