This month, course registration opens for 2021-22 and everyone is excited about the possibilities. Curriculum innovation, faculty support, and student inspiration are at the heart of the BHS Innovation Fund, as embodied in the two courses spotlighted below. Visit our website for a full list of classes and school-wide initiatives that originated with grant funding, and learn more about how the we positively impact learning for all students at BHS. Look for our logo next to all the beloved classes that were launched by the Innovation Fund in the new BHS Course Catalog.

Kate Leslie, who teaches Social Justice, updated the BHS Innovation Fund recently about the course. First launched over 15 years ago with a grant from the Fund, the Social Justice elective explores issues of equality and discrimination with regard to race and sexuality - and prepares students to become social justice activists.

Engineering by Design is a popular elective providing a student-centered, project-based curriculum that challenges students to interpret real-world engineering and design problems. Aubrey Love has been involved with this class, as well as Engineering Innovation & Design, and building the Engineering elective pathway, over the past 15 years.

The BHS Innovation Fund thanks The Herb Chambers Companies for their Platinum Level Sponsorship. All sponsors at this level are given the opportunity to be featured in an Innovation Fund newsletter. For sponsorship information, please contact Chris Noe at BHSIFSponsorships@gmail.com or visit our Sponsors webpage.

Herb Chambers, entrepreneur and U.S. Navy veteran, is the February/March 2021 Friend of the Fund Sponsor. With 60 car dealership franchises within a 50 mile radius of Boston, including the newly renovated Audi dealership in Brookline on Route 9, Herb Chambers is committed to local neighborhoods. Dedicated to the motto: “We don’t sell cars. We help people buy them,” he is intimately involved in all his franchises and cultivates a close knit family community. Personal attention to employees and customers, and devotion to collaboration and inspiration, earned The Herb Chambers Companies the honor of “Top Places to Work” by the Boston Globe for 11 consecutive years since 2009.

Working closely with first time drivers and their families, Herb Chambers is a proud supporter of Brookline High School. Just as the Innovation Fund is committed to helping school leadership and faculty continue to deliver excellence and prepare students in an ever-changing world, employees of Herb Chambers are committed to excellence in their work and to their youngest customers. “First time car owners are a huge client base for us and purchasing that first car is so exciting. Many of us are parents, and so it becomes a very special experience for all,” shares Nicole Martin, Executive Assistant to the President. Read the full spotlight here.