Awards

The Bedford Area Educational Foundation (BE), now in its sixth year of fundraising and offering support for programs in the Bedford area schools, is excited about the continued increase in number of grants awarded per year as well total monies handed out.

Michele Shaffer, Executive Director, is the point of contact for teachers, school administrators, and citizens who wish to become involved in promoting the Foundation’s goals. She can be reached at 540-587-8744. Or you may contact any board member by phone or email.

2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004

2002-2003

Date	School	Project	Amount
2008-2009 (back to top)
10/08	Big Island Elementary School	SMARTboard & LCD Projector	$1600
10/08	Goodview Elementary School	Language Arts Skills Kit	$528
10/08	New London Academy	SMARTboard	$1000
10/08	Goodview Elementary School	Physical Education Equipment	$508
10/08	Thaxton Elementary School	Accelerated Readers	$500
10/08	Stewartsville Elementary School	GPS Receivers	$545
10/08	Jefferson Forest High School	LCD Projector	$600
10/08	Forest Elementary School	SMARTboard	$1000
2007-2008 (back to top)
5/08	Forest Middle School	National Board Certification Award	$300
5/08	The Sedalia Center	Distinguished Artist Award	$1000
5/08	Forest Middle School	Physical Science Equipment	$876
5/08	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	SMARTboard	$1359
5/08	Forest Elementary School	Teacher Easels	$680
5/08	Goodview Elementary School	Phonics Program	$223
5/08	Goodview Elementary School	Puppet Theater	$481
5/08	Goodview Elementary School	World Map Rug	$300
5/08	Forest Middle School	Document Cameras & Projectors	$2420
5/08	Otter River Elementary School	SMARTboard	$1638
5/08	New London Academy	Math Manipulatives	$998
5/08	Stewartsville Elementary School	Keyboard Lab	$1224
5/08	Liberty High School	Teacher of the Year - Pre-AP English Books	$446
5/08	Forest Middle School	Teacher of the Year - Library Books	$1000
4/08	New London Academy	SMARTboard	$2000
1/08	Goodview Elementary School	Qwizdom Class Set	$2065
1/08	Staunton River High School	Interwrite Schoolpad	$370
1/08	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	LCD Projector	$666
1/08	Goodview Elementary School	Voice Output Equipment	$991
1/08	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Broadcast Studio Equipment	$1815
1/08	Goodview Elementary School	Leveled Readers	$945
1/08	New London Academy	Literacy Library Books	$966
1/08	Big Island Elementary/Otter River Elementary	Kiln	$2700
1/08	New London Academy	Literacy Work Stations	$500
1/08	Staunton River High School	Physics Lab Equipment	$1660
1/08	Stewartsville Elementary School	GPS Receivers	$600
1/08	Staunton River High School	Craft Kits	$172
1/08	Boonsboro Elementary School	Virginia Experience Class Set	$611
10/07	Thaxton Elementary School	Weekly Readers & Accelerated Readers	$600
10/07	Stewartsville Elementary School	World Map Rugs	$1060
2006-2007 (back to top)
6/07	Bedford Primary School	Ready Readers	$2300
6/07	Boonsboro Elementary School	1 LCD Projector	$650
6/07	Staunton River High School	Audio Books	$1000
6/07	New London Academy	Math Videotapes	$747
6/07	Moneta Elementary School	Math Manipulative Set	$1000
5/07	Bedford Middle School Teacher of the Year	Interactive Learning Tools	$500
3/07	Staunton River High School	Novels for Literacy Class	$400
1/07	Boonsboro Elementary School	3 LCD projectors	$1,913
1/07	Big Island Elementary School	Library Books	$920
1/07	Otter River Elementary School	SMARTboard	$1,075
1/07	New London Academy	SMARTboard	$500
1/07	Staunton River High School	Media equipment	$1,300
1/07	Stewartsville Elementary School	Jamestown Trip	$500
11/06	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Palm Pilots	$4,898
11/06	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Multimedia Cart	$1,400
11/06	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Digital Video Camera & Microphones	$700
11/06	Stewartsville Elementary School	Interwrite Personal Response System	$1,471
11/06	Forest Elementary School	Leveled Readers for Guided Reading	$1,517
11/06	Big Island Elementary School	Measurement Materials	$756
11/06	Staunton River High School Teacher of the Year	Video Camera Equipment	$500
11/06	New London Academy	Ready Readers	$1,405
9/06	Thaxton Elementary School	Weekly Readers	$400
9/06	Liberty High School	Interwrite Personal Response System	$1,760
9/06	Bedford Elementary School Teacher of the Year	Forest Study Site	$800
2005-2006 (back to top)
3/06	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Quikreads	$800
2/06	Forest Elementary School	Math videotapes	$679
2/06	Goodview Elementary School	Reading Safari magazine library	$900
11/05	Bedford Middle School Teacher of the Year	Reading incentive program	$500
11/05	Thaxton Elementary School	Weekly Readers	$300
11/05	Big Island Elementary School	Library books	$1,260
11/05	Staunton River High School	Mobile science lab	$1,300
11/05	Forest Elementary School	TV studio equipment	$2,550
10/05	Thaxton Elementary School	Physical education equipment	$1,000
10/05	Forest Elementary School	VCR/DVD expansion brackets	$631
10/05	Bedford Middle School	Computer software & headsets	$473
10/05	Thaxton Elementary School	After school reading program	$2,000
7/05	Big Island Elementary School	Leveled reading books	$1,000
2004-2005 (back to top)
5/05	Body Camp Elementary School	Magazines for Title I students	$601

5/05	Liberty High School	Computers for Credit Recovery Program	$1,036
2/05	Jefferson Forest High	Writing books	$308
2/05	Staunton River High	Art computer	$960
1/05	Forest Elementary	Site license	$550

1/05	Goodview Elementary	Jeopardy	$1,245
11/04	Boonsboro Elementary	Music centers	$1,100

11/04

Staunton River Middle

Read program

$500

11/04

Forest Elementary

Map skill sets

$180

11/04

Goodview Elementary

Math manipulatives

$982

11/04

Bedford Elementary

Study Buddy

$500

11/04

Staunton River Middle

Pond restoration

$1,493

11/04

Stewartsville Elementary

Loft

$2,000

11/04	Bedford Science & Technology Teacher of the Year	Nailers	$500.
11/04	Bedford Middle Teacher of the Year	Sound mixer	$800
10/04	New London Academy Teacher of the Year	Literacy Library	$500

10/04

Thaxton Elementary

Weekly Reader subscription

$400

2003-2004 (back to top)
5/04	Liberty High	Odyssey of the Mind	$221

5/04

Bedford Primary

Math manipulatives

$626

4/04

Moneta Elementary

Pearson Learning Group

$757

3/04

Staunton River Middle

Video microscopy

$1,453

2/04

Big Island Elementary

Miss Virginia appearance

$250

1/04

Forest Elementary

Match Word

$159

1/04

Forest Elementary

Digi-Blocks

$990

12/03

Stewartsville Elementary

Art supplies

$500

12/03

Staunton River High

Rehabilitation equipment

$500

12/03

New London Academy

TV production equipment

$2,294

12/03

Jefferson Forest High

Maps

$225

12/03

Goodview Elementary

Leveled reading books

$1,000

12/03

Forest Elementary

Hands On Equations

$300

12/03

Forest Elementary

Planetarium

$220

7/03

Big Island Elementary

Leveled reading books

$1,000

2002-2003 (back to top)

5/03	Staunton River Middle School Teacher of the Year	Storyteller assembly;digital camera, software, and accessories	$1,000
4/03	Staunton River High	Microphones	$696

3/03

Thaxton Elementary

Weekly Reader subscription

$420

3/03

Huddleston Elementary

Greenhouse

$1,600

Special thanks to The Greater Lynchburg Community Trust and First National Bank (formerly Bedford Federal) for their ongoing generous support of the Bedford Area Educational Foundation!!

If you have a group that would like to learn more about the Foundation, please contact Michele Shaffer at 540-587-8744 or by email at info@BedfordEducation.com to schedule a presentation. Let's be proud of the Bedford area's commitment to Better Education...the foundation of our future!
Phone: 540-587-8744	110 Vista Centre Dr. Suite 4, Forest, VA 24551	Email: info@BedfordEducation.com
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