Virginia Beach Education Foundation

06/08/2026

📣 Congratulations to another inspiring group of 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

Today’s featured grant projects include:
✨ Cleared for Takeoff: Elevating Code with Drones – Woodstock Elementary School
✨ Charting the Course: Walk the Graph – Glenwood ES PTA
✨ 4 Colored 100-Beaded Magnetic Numberline – Woodstock Elementary School
✨ Igniting the Spark: Tiny Robots, Limitless Possibilities: Transforming Learning with Ari – Creeds Elementary School

These innovative projects will spark student curiosity through coding, robotics, mathematics, and hands-on STEM exploration. 🚀

👏 Thank you to these incredible educators for empowering our students with future-ready skills and experiences!

Please visit vbef.org to learn how you can support the Virginia Beach Education Foundation!

06/05/2026

📣 The Virginia Beach Education Foundation is excited to continue celebrating our 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

Join us in celebrating today’s featured grant projects and the innovative educators bringing them to life:

✨ Cut, Create, Discover: Engineering Learning with Cardboard Design – John B. Dey Elementary School
✨ Harmonies without Barriers – Pembroke Elementary School
✨ One Fish, Two Fish, Green Fish Bluefish – Lynnhaven Middle School
✨ All Aboard the Living Lab: Investigating Our Urban Waters – Thalia Elementary School

These projects will provide students with engaging, hands-on opportunities in engineering, music accessibility, environmental science, and discovery learning. 👏

Congratulations to today’s grant recipients for creating meaningful and innovative learning experiences for our students!

👉 Help us celebrate these amazing schools by liking and sharing this post! To learn how you can support the Virginia Beach Education Foundation, visit vbef.org.

06/04/2026

📣 The Virginia Beach Education Foundation is proud to announce another incredible group of 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

By funding innovative, hands-on learning experiences, these grants empower educators to foster critical thinking, creativity, and real-world skills in our students.

Today, we are thrilled to feature these outstanding projects:
✨ The Fabric of Life – Virginia Beach Middle School
✨ Notes from the Silk Road In-House Field Trip – Woodstock Elementary School
✨ The Hook Studio – Lynnhaven Middle School
✨ Seeds of Discovery: Interactive Environmental Education Continued – Thalia Elementary School

From deep dives into environmental science and cultural history to immersive arts education, these educators are shaping a bright future for VBSchools students.

👏 Congratulations to today’s grant recipients, and thank you for your commitment to educational excellence!

🔗 Visit vbef.org to learn how you can partner with us to support innovative learning in our schools.

06/03/2026

📣 Congratulations to another inspiring group of 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

Today, we are thrilled to feature these innovative grant projects:
✨ Read, Imagine, Create: Cultivating Young Makers – Rosemont Elementary School
✨ Game Changers: Playing Fair & Solving Problems – Red Mill Elementary School
✨ Bluez Sound Lab – Lynnhaven Middle School
✨ The Living Lens: A Year in Biology – Bayside High School

From maker-centered literacy and collaborative problem-solving to digital music production and immersive biology exploration, these projects are shaping the future of education and creating dynamic, hands-on learning opportunities across VBSchools.

👏 Thank you to these incredible educators for bringing innovation, passion, and creativity into the classroom every day!

🔗 Visit vbef.org to learn how you can support the Virginia Beach Education Foundation and help fund future innovation.

06/02/2026

📣The Virginia Beach Education Foundation is thrilled to celebrate another group of 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients.🎉

From silk painting to bio-robotics, dynamic hands-on learning is coming to our classrooms!

Today’s featured projects include:
✨ Silk Fusion: A Study in Silk Painting
📍 Old Donation School

✨ Living Waters Learning Lab: Building Ecosystems, Building Minds
📍 Brandon Middle School

✨ The Tangible Commonwealth Collection: The Indigenous Peoples' Artifacts Lab Trunk
📍 Corporate Landing Elementary School

✨ BioBots: Computer Science in Life Science
📍 Independence Middle School

These innovative projects will immerse students across the division in art, environmental science, history, and computer science through engaging, real-world experiences.

👏 Congratulations to these outstanding educators for inspiring creativity and curiosity in our schools!

🔗 Visit vbef.org to learn how you can support our mission.

06/02/2026

A little over THREE WEEKS until we tee off for the students! It's not too late to grab your tickets. We have FIVE slots open in the morning and FIFTEEN open in the afternoon. And most importantly, we provide the food 😉

Get your best Happy Gilmore ready and join us on the green on June 25th at Heron Ridge Golf Club ⛳

06/01/2026

📣 The Virginia Beach Education Foundation is proud to spotlight another inspiring group of 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

Today’s featured grant projects include:
✨ Mic’d Up Minds: Empowering Elementary Learners Through Podcasting – Landstown Elementary School
✨ The Pollinator Project: Connecting Students, Gardens, and Community – Brandon Middle School
✨ Growing Together: A Collaborative Outdoor Learning Environment – Independence Middle School
✨ Science Without Walls – Independence Middle School

These innovative projects will expand student voice, environmental learning, collaboration, and hands-on science experiences both inside and outside the classroom.

👏 Congratulations to all of today’s grant recipients for inspiring the next generation of learners!

🔗 Head over to vbef.org to see the full list of impact projects and learn how you can support our schools!

05/29/2026

📣 Congratulations to another outstanding group of 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

Today’s featured grant projects include:
✨ The Curiosity Lab: Bridging the Gap Between ‘What’ and ‘How’
📍 Fairfield Elementary School

✨ Roots of the Past: A Living History Learning Lab
📍 Old Donation School

✨ When I Grow Up, I Want to Bark!
📍 Princess Anne Elementary School

✨ Integrating UV Laser Technology for Interdisciplinary Innovation
📍 Landstown High School

These grants provide students with immersive opportunities in history, career exploration, science, engineering, and advanced technology, fostering genuine curiosity and creativity in the classroom.

👏 Thank you to these incredible educators for preparing our students for a future full of possibilities!

🔗 Discover how you can support these projects and more at vbef.org

05/28/2026

📣 The Virginia Beach Education Foundation is excited to continue celebrating our 2026–2027 Future-Ready Grant recipients! 🎉

Today’s featured grant projects include:

✨ Framing the Future: Student Visual Storytelling Through Digital Photography
📍 Old Donation School

✨ Curtains Up: Mad Props for Performing Arts
📍 Pembroke Meadows Elementary School

✨ Ready for Work: A Structured Task Box Approach to Workforce Readiness
📍 Independence Middle School

✨ Sparking Student Engagement in our Spark Lab
📍 Princess Anne Elementary School

✨ Growing Strong: Renewing Outdoor Classroom Garden Beds
📍 Independence Middle School

These innovative projects will help students explore creativity, workforce readiness, STEM learning, and outdoor education through engaging hands-on experiences.

👏 Congratulations to all of today’s Future-Ready Grant recipients!

🔗 Please visit vbef.org to learn how you can support the Virginia Beach Education Foundation!

05/27/2026