Official website of the Beaverton Friends of Music, a coalition for the advancement of music education in Beaverton, Oregon
Beaverton Friends of Music has created a public petition to ask BSD Superintendent Grotting, School Board Members, and District Administrators to do the following: Immediately reinstate the cut music positions at Cedar Park, Five Oaks & Whitford, and offer choir curriculum at all middle schools by September 2019. Guarantee daily band and choir curriculum and more
BFoM’s July 2019 petition includes background and history to explain where the BSD’s music program has been, what BFoM has been doing to advocate, and how that relates to what’s happening right now. The following expands on those points for those who wish to have a deeper understanding. We’re constantly learning more
Una forma imprimible de la petición está vinculada a continuación con instrucciones sobre dónde entregarla. Los estudiantes pueden ayudar a reunir firmas mediante el escrutinio de sus vecinos o negocios locales. http://www.musiceducationmatters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BFoM-Petition-2019-SPANISH.pdf Printable paper & pencil petition in Spanish.
Traducción al español de BFoM Petition on Change.Org – BSD: Garantía de instrucción de música de calidad para todos los estudiantes, todos los días. Robin Carr inició esta petición al Superintendente Grotting, a los miembros de la Junta Escolar y a los Administradores del Distrito. Le invitamos a unirse a nosotros more
*** Please post and circulate widely *** ACTION MEETING To Save Music in Our Schools Hosted by Beaverton Friends of Music *Monday* July 1st & July 8th • 7-8:30pm Fire Station 65 (3425 SW 103rd Ave, 97007) This week Beaverton School District announced severe and unexpected cuts to music programs at more
On Saturday May 7th, we’ll be hosting the Oregon Crusaders annual dinner and auction at the beautiful MAC Club in Portland. We’ll have a wonderful meal, great entertainment, awesome auction items, and of course every penny goes to OC, one of the largest youth performing arts organizations in the region. more
The members of BFoM, and the MVMS parents we are working with, view *all* district educators and administrators as our allies in ensuring Beaverton students receive a complete education. It has come to our attention that there is a story circulating about comments supposedly made by “BFoM” to people in more
Dear Friends of Music, As we mentioned the other day, the administration at Mountain View Middle School is planning to cut band and choir by half next school year. Students at Mountain View Middle School in Beaverton started a petition to keep daily band and choir at their school. Their parents more
Dear Friends of Music, Music has been ringing through the halls of Beaverton schools more bountifully this year than anyone can remember, and we’ve been truly energized by this great progress. We hate to be the bearers of bad news at a time like this, but we feel it’s our more
On Sunday, April 19th, Beaverton Friends of Music sponsored its first BSD School Board Candidate Forum. The event was well-attended by BFoM members young and old from every corner of the city, including Oregon House District 34 Representative Ken Helm. We were very pleased that all seven candidates for the more