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Beverly Education Foundation grants fund classroom projects; district honors retirees
Summary
The Beverly Education Foundation awarded grants to dozens of school projects across Beverly Public Schools and the school committee recognized longtime district staff for retirement during its June 11 meeting.
At its June 11 meeting the school committee joined representatives from the Beverly Education Foundation to announce dozens of grants to schools and teachers and to honor district retirees.
BevEd awards included grants across the district for classroom materials, sensory spaces, literacy initiatives, science and STEM equipment, Breakout EDU kits, hygiene and thrift programs, and a range of elementary enrichment activities. Notable grants included support for BHS Advanced Placement art visits to the Peabody Essex Museum, engineering-equipment funding for a lathe in the high-school engineering shop, summer literacy kits and sensory-room equipment at McEwen preschool, and a continuing grants program for the high-school 1:1 initiative.
BevEd board members said the foundation increased its grantmaking this year and praised teachers for program proposals. Committee members thanked BevEd and encouraged teacher applications for future rounds.
The committee also recognized a large group of retirees from classrooms, paraprofessionals and district leadership, including classroom teachers with decades of service, special-education paraprofessionals and administrators. Assistant Superintendent Dorothy Flaherty and Superintendent Sue Cheruchek received appreciation remarks for their years of service; Flaherty was specifically thanked for her six years as assistant superintendent, and Cheruchek was honored for nearly three decades in Beverly.
