About BCE
Our Mission
BCE helps Burlingame School District (BSD) sustain and enhance an exceptional public education for all TK-8th grade students. Working together with parents, the school district, community members and local businesses, we provide BSD with financial resources to create a rich and inspiring education for our children beyond what is possible with public funds.​
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BCE is a volunteer-driven charitable organization incorporated in 1981. We are governed by an 20+ member volunteer Board of Directors and supported by staff. Parent volunteers from all seven school sites comprise the Board of Directors. Over 100 volunteers on the BCE VolunteerCorps and 100+ event volunteers plan and execute BCE’s annual fundraising campaign and events.
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We raise funds in one fiscal/school year (July 1-June 30). At the end of each school year, BCE provides a grant to the Burlingame School District for the immediate upcoming school year. The school district makes informed decisions about how the money will best serve our children’s educational needs.
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The majority of the BCE grant comes from our parent community donating during the Fall Drive. ​ We also have three flagship fundraising events each year:​
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Volunteers generously give their time and skills as board members, committee members, and event volunteers. We need your help! Please consider supporting BCE by volunteering.
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Other common questions are answered in our Frequently Asked Questions.
Why the Need for BCE?
What We Fund
2024-2025 Grant
$2.8M Grant
19 Teachers' Salaries
Including P.E., Music, and World Language at BIS
Music and Arts
Weekly choral instruction for elementary students, band and lesson support in fourth and fifth grade, music electives at BIS, before school classes like Jazz Band and choir, as well as funding for the Fall Play and Spring Musical
Health and Wellness
Credentialed PE teachers for TK - sixth grades
World Languages
Mandarin and Spanish electives at BIS
Additional Credentialed Specialists
Enabling smaller TK–3 class sizes, plus early intervention and support
STEM Teacher Training
Professional development in math for Kinder through second grade teachers
Read more in our annual report.
Feel free to email info@bcefoundation.org with any questions. We love to hear from you!
BCE & PTA
How Parent Organizations Support Your Child
What You Can Do
Together we build better Burlingame Schools.
And we can’t do it without you!
Unlike many states that have sufficient education funding to cover the costs of a well-rounded enriched primary education, California has one of the lowest rates of education funding per student. That’s why many cities across California have an education foundation (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation to help increase the amount of funding per student and maintain an academic experience comparable with other top schools.
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It is only with your support that we can take good public schools and make them into great public schools. Every donation is appreciated and it will make a difference to all of our students. So please consider making an annual donation every fall to BCE. Please also consider volunteering your time and talents with BCE.
BCE supports all seven schools in the Burlingame School District – Burlingame Intermediate, Franklin Elementary, Hoover Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, McKinley Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, and Washington Elementary. Without our collective support, our schools would look starkly different.
Donate to the fund.
Make a one-time or monthly donation through our online giving form. See all ways to give.
Our TK-8 Public Schools
Our community values strong public schools and our shares the commitment to provide funding to enrich the education of our children.
Your BCE donations make a positive impact every day on every TK-8th grade student and every school in our district:
