Brookline Education Foundation hosts Celebrating Teachers event
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The Brookline Education Foundation recently hosted its annual Celebrating Teachers event in person at the Florida Ruffin Ridley School’s multi-purpose room.
The event, which usually invites all teachers and acknowledges those who recently received grants and awards, consisted of a few guests and the current Caverly Award winners, (Elizabeth) Betsy Davis, BHS French teacher and international student advisor, and Francesca Stark, Driscoll fifth grade teacher.
Davis, who has been teaching in Brookline for 35 years, is known for her kindness, high standards and ability to get the most out of her students. Davis cares about all of her students and creates a sense of caring and community in her class. In addition to teaching French, Davis is the international student advisor and is often the first person new international students meet when they come to Brookline High School.
BEF award created in honor of late Brookline teacher
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The Brookline Education Foundation recently announced the creation of the David Pradell Award, in honor of a middle school teacher who taught at the Lawrence and Driscoll Schools for 30 years.
In the 1960s, Pradell taught several classes of a gifted and talented program, including his Driscoll School class of 1966, who conceived and initially funded the award. They remained in touch with him until his death in September 2020.
As well as teaching, Pradell served as a marine during the Korean War, founded and ran the Boston Film Center from 1961 to 1973, operated a theater that featured European cinema and puppet shows, travelled extensively and wrote a book about it, worked for FEMA disaster relief in his 80s, remodeled Victorian homes and was the father of six children.