Join us in our mission...
...to secure funding for innovative educational projects and programs with support from both communities.
Raider Recognition Awards
2024 Halloween 5K participants
2024 Halloween 5K participants
2024 Halloween 5K participants
2024 Halloween 5K Sponsors.
BCS held a summer event where 116 students collectively read 1,416 books.
2024 Falmouth Road Race volunteer runners Michelle Graca, Jennifer Gaw, Mike Vincent, and Keegan LaRue.
THANK YOU!
2023 Halloween 5K Sponsors
BCS Coding Mice
BMS Windows and Mirrors Literacy Project
BPS Roger Williams Park Zoomobile
BPS Roger Williams Park Zoomobile
BPS Wampanoag presentation
BPS Wampanoag presentation
Spirit of Somerset
2023 Musictown Parade
Our Mission
Through fundraising events and donations from individuals and businesses, the Foundation seeks to provide grants that further creativity, innovation, and excellence in Somerset and Berkley schools.
The Foundation aims to enhance and enrich the education experience for all students by empowering and supporting teachers and staff and their projects and programs.
About Us
The Foundation is dedicated to securing funding for innovative educational projects and programs with support from both communities, partnering with each district, and funding initiatives falling outside school budgets.
The purpose is to enrich the commitments of both communities to quality education. We aim to fund projects and initiatives that enrich and bring the curriculum alive, supplement educators’ work, and inspire our students to inquire, adapt, persevere, and innovate.
Our Responsibility
The Foundation recognizes that Somerset Public Schools, Somerset Berkley Regional High School, and the Berkley Public Schools are the responsible overseers of public education in their communities and will work collaboratively with each district and community to meet their goals.
The Foundation may cooperate or contract with Somerset Public Schools, Somerset Berkley Regional High School, and the Berkley Public Schools, other nonprofit or for-profit agencies, organizations, and entities to perform, promote, or otherwise advance our educational and charitable purposes.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Foundation is to enrich the commitment to quality education in both communities.
We aim to fund projects and initiatives that enrich and bring the curriculum alive, supplement educators’ work, and inspire our students to inquire, adapt, persevere, and innovate.
Contact Us
Executive Board
Jason Fazzina, President
Peter Mis, Vice President
Ann Ramos Desrosiers, Treasurer
Shannon Martin, Secretary
Members
Jennifer Gaw, Stephanie Mello, Patricia Shaker,
Kimberly Michaud, Sharon Sullivan-Puccini, James Nasto
Ex officio
Melissa Ryan, Superintendent Berkley Public Schools
Jeffrey Schoonover, Superintendent, Somerset Public Schools and Somerset Berkley Regional School District
Somerset Berkley Education Foundation
580 Whetstone Hill Somerset, Massachusetts 02726
