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In 2024 the Foundation Board had the privilege of awarding $500 grants to first and second year teachers from across the Beaufort County...

BEAUFORT CO., S.C.  – The Foundation for Educational Excellence announced funding for 16 grants to teachers and schools throughout the...

Amy Trask, the Librarian at Beaufort Middle School, dreamed of a creative way to teach the valuable skill of coding to her students. Her...

Teaching sewing skills to children has the ability to spark a love of sewing that can last a lifetime. Aimee Wieler, Art teacher at St....

Kids LOVE Lego! And Steam Lab Teacher at Mossy Oaks Elementary School, Amanda Freeman wanted to use this love of Lego in a learning...

Everyone knows that making music is fun, but music education also provides a myriad of benefits to your brain, physical and mental...

Rhonda Doherty, Media Specialist at Robert Smalls Leadership Academy, was looking for a fun and creative way to enhance story time for...

The Foundation started a new initiative in 2022 with a desire to see a personal finance course in the Beaufort County schools. And that’s...

Students at Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts are going “Gaga for Fitness” thanks to a grant from the Foundation funded in...

Lisabeth Webber has enjoyed teaching Computer Science for the past 3 years at Okatie Elementary School. But she has noticed something in...

Instilling a sense of pride in students for their local history, art, and culture is best accomplished through hands-on learning! And...

Did you know that each year in Beaufort County there are hundreds of first and second year teachers across the district? It’s tough...

Springtime Friday nights on Hilton Head are best spent listening to LIVE music. If you are local then you have probably heard of the...

The Foundation for Educational Excellence would love for you to join us for an evening of great music and fun at the “Let’s Rock! For...

One of the highlights of 2023 for the Foundation Board was awarding $500 grants to (10) first and second year teachers across Beaufort...

BEAUFORT CO., S.C. – The Foundation for Educational Excellence awarded 12 Innovative Teacher Grants and 7 School Resource Grants this...

On October 25, members of The Foundation for Educational Excellence Board presented the 2023 Beaufort County School District Teacher of...

Opinion BY DAVID LAUDERDALE Originally printed in The Island Packet on OCTOBER 22, 2023 Laura Bush of Bluffton quite literally got her...

One of the Beaufort County School District’s Core Beliefs is that “Early childhood learning experiences form the foundation of future...

Students in Irma Rameizl’s Spanish classes at Hilton Head Island Middle School had the opportunity to enhance their Spanish skills...

Bree Lauffer’s third and fourth grade students at Okatie Elementary have always been excited to learn about electricity. But studying...

The grants provided by the Foundation to the schools of Beaufort County wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of so many...

With technology infiltrating every part of our daily lives, it is a valuable skill to teach students what the building blocks of this...

Through the generosity of the Bargain Box of Hilton Head and a grant from the Foundation, Eve Weaver’s fourth grade students at Robert...

Peace and tranquility were achieved in the second grade classroom of Ms. Kendra Coffey at Whale Branch Elementary School thanks to a...

“I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific discoveries couldn’t have happened without imagination. Art, music,...

How do you take a seemingly “old fashioned” mode of transportation and incorporate it with modern day technology to create a hands-on...

“We often think of computer science as just using computers, but computer science involves much more than that,” explains Lizabeth...

Live music. Community. A great cause. An anniversary celebration. What more could one event offer? The upcoming “Let’s Rock!” concert is...

SURPRISE! The Board of Directors for the Foundation for Educational Excellence recently had the distinct pleasure of presenting $500...

The Foundation For Educational Excellence launched a new initiative in late 2021 titled “Helping Build A Teacher’s Toolkit.” It was...

In November, the Foundation for Educational Excellence was honored to present the Dr. Wayne Carbiener "Above & Beyond" Award to Dr....

The Foundation for Educational Excellence awarded 20 Innovative Teacher Grants and 4 School Resource Grants this week to teachers across...

In addition to many individual donors, the Foundation for Educational Excellence partners with various local organizations to obtain the...

The Bargain Box of Hilton Head has been a valued and dedicated longtime supporter of the Foundation for Educational Excellence. Through...

Students in pre-K through fifth grade at Okatie Elementary got hands on experience developing their scientific inquiry skills through a...

From the Bluffton Sun - Foundation for Educational Excellence Honors Veteran Newsman With Peggy May Inspiration Award By: Barry Kaufman...

One of the Foundation’s newest initiatives involves preparing high school students for lifelong financial freedom. Through a program...

Writing your ABC’s is a fundamental skill that many students master in their first year of school. But doing so in a way that keeps their...

Bluffton Middle School teacher, Heidi McAllister, along with her students were able to create a Carolina Fence Garden at the school this...

LEGOS - one of the most popular toys for children of all ages worldwide. So when trying to solve the challenge of making learning fun…why...

Bluffton Elementary relaunched the school’s Garden Based Learning (GBL) program this past school year under the direction of Laura...

The Foundation is SO THANKFUL for our generous contributors…many have been supporting the Foundation for numerous years. Recently, the...

Red Cedar Elementary School students got an exciting new addition to their art room this year thanks to the vision of their teachers,...

The Foundation for Educational Excellence is thrilled to award grant money to a variety of projects with varying goals. But the recent...

The fastest growing sport in America is now available to the students at Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts...

One of the greatest joys of the grant giving process is hearing the results of the projects that impact the students of the Beaufort...

The Foundation For Educational Excellence is pleased to announce that the Bargain Box of Hilton Head Island recently gave a new financial...

This year, perhaps more than ever, teachers are looking for creative and innovative ways to bring learning to LIFE in their schools and...

The Foundation for Educational Excellence recently teamed up with The Peirce Group with Keller Williams of the Lowcountry which resulted in