30 years of SHEF. One evening to anchor the next decade.
Join trustees, teachers, donors, and three decades of alumni at the Seney Drive Campus. One evening. $300,000 goal. Three years of classroom grants on the other side of it.
The clock is running.
Sept 26, 2026 · 6:00pm · Seney Drive Campus.
Built one teacher at a time.
SHEF was founded in 1996 by a small group of parents and trustees who noticed something simple: the most ambitious classroom ideas in Bernardsville were the ones the school budget could never quite reach.
30 years later, that observation has turned into more than a million dollars in grants — books, residencies, robots, microscopes, instruments, fields trips, and the kinds of moments students still remember when they show up at SHEF events as grown adults.
SHEF30 is a single evening to mark that arc — and to fund the next chapter.
Four ways in.
Funds a classroom mini-grant in your name. Recognition in the program and on /shef30.
Give →Underwrites a full grant cycle for one school. Reserved table at SHEF30 plus on-site recognition.
Give →Anchors the next decade of SHEF grants. Premier recognition across all SHEF30 materials.
Give →Local businesses. Local classrooms.
Sponsor packages include logo placement at SHEF30, recognition across print + digital, and reserved tickets.
Three stories. × 30 years.
BMS Artist-in-Residence brings a working painter into the studio
A six-week residency at Bernardsville Middle School gave 180 students one-on-one critique with a working New Jersey artist.
BHS robotics team gets a working soldering bench
Twelve students built their first competition robot from scratch after SHEF funded a full electronics workstation.
Bedwell teachers turn hallway nooks into reading corners
Six small grants funded leveled book sets and seating for K-2 classrooms after a teacher-led literacy push.