Bay Village Education Foundation
Our Impact
🍎 2025-26
During the 2025–2026 school year, the Bay Village Education Foundation awarded more than $25,000 to support students and educators throughout Bay Village Schools. These grants and scholarships brought innovative classroom projects to life, expanded professional development opportunities, honored meaningful legacies, and recognized outstanding graduating seniors.
We are proud to celebrate the educators, students, families, and community partners who helped make this impact possible.
Grant Awarded
iPads for Film as Literature
$3,000 | Fully Funded
🚀 Emily Sorber, Normandy Elementary School
TouchChat App
$300 | Fully Funded
🚀 Melissa Wolf + Bridget McFarland, Bay Middle School + Bay High School
Fabric of Innovation Modern Printing
$2,035 | Matched by Bay High School PTA
🚀 Melissa Wolf, Brian Reynolds + Stephanie Kabert
ISTELive 26 Conference
$6,635 | Fully Funded | Gorman Family Fund
🚀 Andrew Novak, Bay Middle School
29th Annual Graduate Student Music Conference
$1,550 | Fully Funded | Gorman Family Fund
🚀 Mary Jo Mahall Memorial Fund
Flex Farm Hydroponic System | Westerly School
$5195 | Fully Funded
* Through the generosity of family, friends and community members, funds were raised for the Mary Jo Mahall Memorial Fund. These contributions will provide a hydroponic grow station at Westerly School, creating a meaningful, hands-on learning opportunity for students while honoring Mary Jo’s memory for years to come.
🚀 Luke Kieffer, Bay High School
The Rocket Project
$300 | Matched with The Class of 2025
Scholarships
🎓 Amy Mihaljevic Memorial Scholarship
Rocco Ereditario and Molly Keane
🎓 Trevor Walsh Memorial Scholarship
Grady Joyce and Rocco Ereditario
🎓 Dylan Veselic Memorial Scholarship
Inaugural scholarship(s) will be distributed during the 2026–2027 school year
* The Dylan Veselic Memorial Fund was established to honor Dylan’s life and preserve his legacy through scholarships for graduating Bay High School Seniors. The Play for Dylan event brought together friends, families, athletes and community members to raise funds for these meaningful awards. The first scholarships will be presented to the members of Dylan’s gradating class, the Bay High School Class of 2027.
🍎 2024-25
During the 2024–2025 school year, the Bay Village Education Foundation invested more than $32,000 in innovative educational projects, professional development, student leadership, early literacy, mental health advocacy, and hands-on learning throughout Bay Village Schools. In addition to supporting these meaningful initiatives, BVEF proudly awarded scholarships to graduating seniors who demonstrated academic achievement, leadership, and a commitment to their community.
Grant Awarded
$432 | fully funded
$5,768 | fully funded
🚀 Carlin Biondi, Ainsley Lesh & Jill Tennant
$3,250 | matched a private donation
🚀 Amanda Accavallo, Normandy Elementary
$9,976 | matched by the district
🚀 Dee Dunstan, Normandy Elementary (K – 1)
$2,805 | matched by the PTA
🚀 Cassy Hunt, Bay Middle School
$1,470 | matched by the district
🚀 Matt Spellman, Bay High School
$1,500 | Maynard Bauer Leadership Fund
🚀 Robert Hoon, Assistant Superintendent
$7,500 | Gorman Family Fund
Scholarships
🎓 Amy Mihaljevic Memorial Scholarship
Bianca Leon and Charlie Vatolin
🎓 Trevor Walsh Memorial Scholarship
