Over $100,000 in grants funded—and counting! > A heartfelt thank you to our community for supporting Brockport Central School students through our BEST Annual Dinners. We couldn’t achieve this incredible milestone without your generosity and dedication!
Here is a breakdown of every single grant funded by the BEST Foundation, celebrating all the incredible ways student learning has been enhanced! 🚀✨
🎨 Arts, Music & Performance
🎭 BHS Drama Club Theater Ticket Scholarships: Ticket funding to support high school drama students (awarded multiple times, including Feb 2023, Feb 2024, Oct 2024, Mar 2025, and Sep 2025)!
🎵 French Canadian Musical Group (Educorock): Brought the French-Canadian group Educorock to perform for 336 high schoolers in Feb 2019!
🎭 French Club "Phantom of the Opera": Supported 59 BHS students attending a French production of Phantom of the Opera in Jan 2018!
🎶 OMS Music Commission Projects: Funded special music composition projects for middle schoolers in Aug 2024 ($2,000) and Nov 2025 ($2,500)!
🥁 Percussion Ensemble Music Commission: Commissioned an original piece for 25 BHS percussionists in Dec 2025!
🎺 BHS Band & Orchestra Boston Trip: Provided $8,400 to support 84 music students traveling to Boston in Dec 2025!
🎟️ Museum of Broadway Ticket Subsidy: Subsidized Broadway museum tickets for 90 high schoolers in Nov 2024!
🌟 Thespian Society Membership Scholarships: Covered society memberships for BHS drama students in Mar 2024!
📚 Reading, Literacy & Language Arts
📖 Kindergarten Book-of-the-Month Home Libraries: A massive $13,000 grant in July 2026 providing home libraries to 230 kindergarteners!
🚌 Bookmobile Support: Kept the community reading with ongoing funding in Jun 2018, Jul 2018, May 2019, Jan 2020, Sep 2021, Feb 2023, Jan 2024, and Apr 2025!
🔖 School-Wide Reading Event Books: Purchased a book for all 467 Ginther students in Mar 2022!
👨👩👧 Ginther "Pick a Reading Partner" Family Night: Funded PreK–1st grade literacy family night in Mar 2025!
🔬 STEM, Science & Outdoor Discovery
🚀 STEAM Ukulele Kits: Combined music and science exploration with ukulele kits for 30 BHS students in Jul 2019!
🧱 Brick Lab Field Trip: Sent two 4th-grade classrooms on a Brick Lab hands-on STEM trip in Nov 2021!
🧪 NYS Science Olympiad Competition: Covered travel expenses for 16 BHS competitors in Feb 2019!
🐟 Fresh Water Trout Conservation Project: Funded a student conservation and fish-rearing project for 42 Hill School students in Oct 2022!
🧱 3D Gingerbread Trees & Cookie Math: Combining geometry and sweet treats for Ginther kindergarteners in Nov 2021, Dec 2024, and Dec 2025!
🌱 Barclay Garden Composting, Rain Barrels & Supplies: Sponsored garden projects and eco-supplies in Apr 2023, May 2024, and Apr 2025!
🌲 Ellis Nature Trail Learning Stations: Supported the Environmental Club in creating outdoor learning stations in Feb 2017!
🏛️ Travel, Trips & Big Experiences
🏛️ 8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip Scholarships: Helped middle schoolers head to D.C. every year (Jan 2018, Mar 2019, Jan 2020, Oct 2022, Nov 2023, Nov 2024, and Nov 2025)!
🏛️ RIT Campus Visit Dining Experience: Gave 40 high schoolers a full college campus & dining hall experience in Jan 2025!
🖼️ Strong Museum Research Project: Supported 75 BHS students visiting the Strong Museum in Sep 2021!
🛡️ 6th Grade Middle Ages Day: Brought history to life for 257 6th graders in June 2026!
🎓 Academic Support & Senior Celebrations
📝 AP Exam Fee Subsidies: Provided financial support to reduce AP test costs for high schoolers almost every year (Jul 2020, Mar 2021, Feb 2022, Jan 2023, Dec 2023, Nov 2024, and Nov 2025)!
🎓 Project Graduation: Sponsored safe, fun graduation celebrations for seniors in Mar 2024 ($1,000), Mar 2025 ($1,000), and Mar 2026 ($1,000)!
💙 Wellness, Care & Community Spirit
🛒 BHS NHS Food Shelf Start-Up: Provided $2,000 in Dec 2021 to help the National Honor Society launch a school food shelf!
🧥 OMS Supply, Food & Clothing Closet: Helped build a dedicated essentials closet for middle schoolers in Oct 2022!
🕯️ Creating & Crafting for Calm: Funded mental health relaxation crafting kits for 150 BHS students and staff in Dec 2024!
💺 Flexible & Alternate Classroom Seating: Bouncy bands and ball chairs for Barclay classrooms in Jan 2017!
🤝 Students in Action Acts of Kindness: Provided supplies for high school students to do acts of kindness across the district in Nov 2021!
🎧 At-Home Learning Headsets: Provided headsets for students during remote learning in Feb 2021!
📣 PBIS Speaker Brandon Lee White: Brought an inspirational speaker to Hill School in Mar 2023!
🏈 Girls Varsity Flag Football Booster Startup: Helped kickstart the inaugural girls' flag football team in Apr 2024!
🍦 5th Grade Camping Trip Ice Cream: Spent $1,788.15 to treat 245 students and staff to ice cream on their camp trip in June 2024!
💃 Junior Prom Support: Contributed funding toward Junior Prom in May 2021!
🎨 Bottles to Books Brockport Arts Festival Fee: Sponsored community literacy outreach in Jan 2017!