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Community Spotlight
Keep up with our latest announcements, events, and more.
Mark Your Calendars!
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Welcome Back Event - Sep 6, 2025
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Leadership Circle Fall Reception - Sep 25, 2025
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Distinguished Service Awards & Donor Reception - Nov 16, 2025
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Giving Tuesday - Dec 2nd, 2025
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Leadership Circle Spring Reception - April 2026
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Scholars Circle Parties - May 2026
The Mystery Artist Revealed!
Meet Our 2025 Fall Drive Lawn Sign Winner Paige Bird. This year’s winning design was one of around 50 total submissions from students at...
Superheroes Take Center Stage at BCE’s First Back-to-School Celebration
Parents, teachers, donors, and local businesses gather to honor Burlingame’s everyday champions. Capes, masks, and plenty of laughter...
Curtains Up on a New Year of BIS Theater
Community support makes it possible for students to be the stars of two unforgettable productions in 2025-26. The stage is set for...
BCE Welcomes New President-Elect after Milestone Year
President Jen Faber welcomes Pooja Shah as incoming President Elect to help her lead the organization forward. BCE President Jen Faber...
BCE Grants $3.035 Million to BSD for the 2025–26 School Year
The Foundation’s largest-ever grant will fund 20 key teaching positions and enrich every TK–8 classroom in BSD. The Burlingame Community...
Music that Brings Us Together
Burlingame’s elementary spring concerts highlight the power of music education, and the community that makes it all possible. Each...
BIS Students ROCK the Spring Musical
The electric, student-driven production of We Will Rock You, with music by Queen, was made possible by BCE donors. Each spring, the...
A Sparkling Spring Soirée Raises over $275,000 for Burlingame Schools
Student performers, community partners, and a crew of dedicated volunteers made the night shine, and brought in the bids! “A Night Among...
BCE Celebrates the 2024 Distinguished Service Awards
A hearty congratulations to honorees Angela and David Dubovsky, Vanessa and Jonathan Bass, and Fabiola and Dan Price, as they receive our...
BCE Funds the Performing Arts at BIS
The grant has long supported our middle school’s Spring Musical, and this year BCE donors are also making the fall play, Treasure Island,...
Congratulations to Elyse Mann!
Elyse earned an honorable mention in this year's Fall Drive Lawn Sign design competition. Few things inspire our feelings of school...
BCE Funds Music Education in Burlingame Schools
This year, the BCE grant included $900,000 to support music education in our public schools, and BIS teachers are making it count! The...
Announcing the New BCE Endowment Donor Recognition Plaza at BIS!
The Plaza commemorates the creation of the BCE Endowment Fund and the major donors who made it possible. We are thrilled to announce that...
Ten Ways that You Can Support Measure GG
Did you know the Burlingame School District is among the lowest funded in San Mateo County, on a per student basis? And, did you know...
Meet BCE's newest supporters!
We’re excited to introduce and celebrate some of the Burlingame families who are stepping up to become donors and support our strong...
Congratulations to Maya Alsanjak!
Maya earned an honorable mention in this year's Fall Drive Lawn Sign design competition. We launched the Fall Drive Lawn Sign design...
BCE Launches Leadership Circle
The kick-off reception featured a Q&A with elected leaders, focused on the challenges of public school funding in Burlingame. On the...
Announcing our 2024 BCE Fall Drive Lawn Sign Winner!
Paige Hsieh, a fifth grader at Lincoln Elementary, drew the winning design of our second annual student art contest. We are excited to...
Thank you 2023-24 Business Partners!
This year, the Burlingame schools experienced an unprecedented level of support from the local business community, marking a significant...
SF Giants + BCE = WIN
Support Burlingame schools by joining the Giants at Oracle Park for one of the available fundraising games.
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