By BEF Staff
Could we scale out the excitement of hands-on making experiences to ALL of our Beaverton students? We transformed an old school bus into a time machine that will lead us to the better tomorrow of learning. A mobile makerspace where kids can MAKE and TAKE and BREAK. We need a little more help to get this project “on the road”.
The Future Ready team has been diligently working to create a mobile learning space where kids create and experiment with engineering and creative design. The vision is nearly complete thanks to generous donations from First Tech Federal Credit Union, Gallagher Designs, Beaverton School District and many others.
We are pleased to announce that Stumptown Coffee and another donor have combined resources to offer a generous fundraising challenge to GET the BUS Rolling. This means a donation to FutureBus is worth twice as much, and will have double the impact.
Stumptown Coffee and the donor will donate $10,000 to the FutureBus initiative, via the Beaverton Education Foundation. When we receive $10,000 of donations to underwrite the final details of the FutureBus this will ensure that students at 12 pilot schools (including all of our Camp Achieve summer schools) experience FutureBus this summer. Schools will be equipped and trained to continue the maker movement, students and families will have “Take and Make” home kits to promote STEAM learning and understand the Future Ready vision.
In total, if we meet the challenge, $20,000 will be available to ensure that our Beaverton students and their families can take, make and break things, while learning some STEAM fundamentals and keep on learning all summer long.
To learn more about BEF or donate to FutureBus project, please visit: www.beavertonEDfoundation.org
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