BIG BEAR VALLEY EDUCATION CORPORATION DBA Big Bear Valley Education Trust

Your donation  to the Ed Trust in the Give Big campaign will help to support  our  educational, environmental, and stewardship programs that are designed to make a difference in our schools and in our community.

Our Mission: To create interactive and engaging educational opportunities to foster environmental stewardship and lifelong learning using the unique resources of Big Bear Valley. 

The Big Bear Valley Education Trust programs that need your support are:

• Bear Tech -  an alternative educational program whose concept includes science classrooms rooted in nature, place-based curriculum, and a collaborative teaching and learning environment.  There are pilot programs currently at Big Bear Elementary with future programs planned at North Shore and Baldwin.
• Trusted Volunteer Program – decreases student-adult ratio in the classroom by recruiting retirees, assessing their skills and interests, conducting background checks, and placing them with the classes that best match their talents. 
• Real World Program – inspires students to dream about advancing their education beyond high school and pursuing careers they have never imagined by introducing students to trades people, business owners, professionals, and politicians through interactive classroom engagements.
• Field trips – motivates underachieving students by getting them out of the classroom and into places of employment where science, technology, engineering, and mathematics come to life-destinations have included Mitsubishi Cement Corporation and the Big Bear Solar Observatory.
• Wildland Park – Pebble Plain Preserve and Education Center – the Park and Preserve is breathtaking acreage occupied by distinct habitats, including the rare and endangered Pebble Plain. Approximately 400 acres are being restored and preserved through the combined efforts of non-profit and governmental agencies.  Currently, BVUSD students and Bear Tech classes take field trips to observe the unique and one of a kind plants and insects that are found only on the Pebble Plain.