2026

Todd School:

A Simple Seed of Growth, Gratitude and Giggles $4,206.55 (Gillian O'Connell 4th Grade)

Continuation of previous years grant. This includes journals for the 4th grade students as well as a prestation by the author.

Seat Sacks for 3rd Grade: $2,611.25 (Nicole Hesari - 3rd grade)

A chair pocket storage system for all 3rd grade classrooms, for students to organize their materials.

Chompsaws: $1,286 (Ana Correia - STEAM Program)

High quality cardboard cutting tool used for Engineering and Design Project.

Middle School:

Entrepreneurship Curriculum: $3,000 (Maggie White Instructional Coach & Sarah Piersons Guidance Counselor)

Project ECHO’s Middle School CEO program is a semester-long, hands-on introduction to business and entrepreneurship designed specifically for middle school students. This innovative course helps students turn ideas into action — guiding them through brainstorming, planning, and launching real-world business concepts.

High School:

Fitness Center Equipment Upgrade: $9,185 (Coach Brendan Coxen, PE)

Two new treadmills for the fitness center

Improvements to the BHS Counseling Suite: $2,500 (Erin Ryan, Briarcliff High School Guidance Counselor)

Furniture and decor to enhance the counseling suite.

Book Binding Machine for Student Publishing: $866.90 - (Karen McCarthy - Collage Write Out Loud Course)

Binding machine to allow students to publish thier own writing into professionaly bound books.

Science Research Program Grants

Awarded two grants to fund science research program equippment.  Grants funded and Automated Drowning Detection Device, $282.84 and Underwater Headphones, $711.15.

Academic Challenge Nationals: $750.00

Grant helped to fund registration expenses for the Acedemic Challenge Team.