Founded in 1983 by concerned parents and community leaders of the South Bay, the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation raises money to improve Manhattan Beach public schools.
MBEF is playing a greater role in our school funding than at any time in our 28 year past. Here you can review everything that MBEF is covering for the upcoming 2011-12 school year.
On Saturday, February 4, 2012, ten students from Manhattan Beach Middle School participated in the Westside/South Bay Los Angeles Regional MathCounts competition held at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach.
MBMS is proud to announce its successful implementation of Chinese I for seventh graders this year. The school received a plaque from the Confucius Institute at San Diego State to celebrate this achievement. See the full story here!
The Vocal Ensemble has been selected as the featured choir at the “Festival at Carnegie” at Carnegie Hall in New York City to sing on a national stage. The VE and approximately 70 other members of the Mira Costa choirs are expected to make the trip on March 3-5, 2012. MBAF recently highlighted the trip on their home page at www.mbathleticfoundation.org and has made donating to the trip in any amount a simple online task. Please visit the page by clicking on the link and help contribute to this opportunity of lifetime for our students.
Your donation to MBEF makes a difference for your child every day. One key difference is class size. Where neighboring districts have average class sizes of 32-40 students, ours are much lower across all our schools. In elementary school, K-3 grade classes average 22 students. (more)
Mira Costa High School was recently named by US New and World Report as one of the Top 100 High Schools in Math and Science Instruction. Mira Costa continues to show the excellence our kids have to look forward to!
If we could grant just one wish to the students of MBUSD, what would it be? Hmmm. How about $4.6 million dollars to support a rich academic curriculum that includes music, science, writing, technology, teachers and more? Their wish is our command: Click to see a list of MBEF’s 2011-12 grants!
Our success is showing! Following recent research on 21st Century Education, MBUSD is conducting a districtwide pilot to understand how the use of iPads could enhance student learning. A grant from MBEF will provide MBUSD with the resources to keep your child’s curriculum at pace with the world.