Lower Dauphin Falcon Foundation

Thank you to all our golfers and sponsors who are supporting our 13th Annual Charity Golf Outing today!! Braving 20mph plus winds, rain earlier...we couldn't be more grateful for just showing up!! Thank you for your support...funds raised will benefit Lower Dauphin students in the form of grants funded for approved programs and projects.

Show us your Falcon Pride! What makes you LD proud? Post a photo or a comment that demonstrates what you love about Lower Dauphin. Did you move here for this school district? Did your child have an experience or play a sport that helped them enter college or choose a career? Do you have a favorite teacher? Great memory of how being an LD student helped YOU in your current role? Favorite place to hang out? Share a story. Post a picture. When you post a reply, encourage your F...B followers to like or share your post. Share it with your first and last name #LDProud (SallySmith#LDProud). Ready, set . .. GO! You can print out the sign from our events page (http://ldfalconfoundation.org/index.php/events/) and hold standing next to your favorite LD spot or use the mini version on your phone and have someone else take the pic! We can't wait to see your responses!

Happy Monday . . . sun is shining . . . spring has sprung (finally) . . . our golf outing is Friday (yeah!) . . . just wanted to share a reminder on how valuable TIME is.

Cassandra Berry, 4th grade (elearning), used her STEAM grant from last January to purchase materials for Take-Home Magnetisim Science Kits. As a virtual teacher this year, it was a challenge to put together meaningful science curriculum without hands on labs . . . so she used her grant money and assembled and sent home to her students all the materials they would need for 6 weeks of lessons. Each Friday, her students explored magnetic properties, attraction vs. repulsion, the idea of polls and their relation to the Earth and how magnetism is used in our everyday lives. Her students enjoyed the hands-on experience while doing at-home learning! Thank you Mrs. Berry for helping our elearning students get excited about science!

We have extended our registration/sponsorship deadline to April 12 . . . 13th Annual LDFF Charity Golf Outing at Manada Golf Club on April 30. Gather up a foursome, sponsor a hole . . . we would LOVE to have you join us! Forms and more information available online: http://ldfalconfoundation.org/index.php/events/ Please share! Funds raised help provide grants benefiting Lower Dauphin students.

Ashley Bowser used her STEAM grant from last year to purchase circuit kits for her 4th grade students to create circuit greeting cards . . . who wouldn't love to receive "light up" snail mail? Prior to creating the cards, her students learned about circuits in science which helped them problem solve creating their own circuit with copper tape, a lithium battery and an LED light sticker. The students collaborated to help each other solve issues with their circuits. What a bright idea and fun way for students to put knowledge to practice! Thank you for allowing LDFF to help bring your project to light . . .

We are excited to announce our Title Sponsor for LDFF's 13th Annual Golf Outing . . . Rohrer Bus Service! We are thankful for their support and looking forward to our golf outing on April 30! In addition, Highmark has agreed to be our Eagle Sponsor (both spots). We are thrilled to have their support as they usually sponsor our Falcon Fling in January, which had to be canceled due to Covid concerns. Proceeds from our golf outing will go towards grants that benefit Lower Dauphin students. Thank you again to our local business sponsors!

We're giving a shout out to Weis Markets for their Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) support of $1,000. We are excited to use those funds for the new Falcon Foundation Camp benefiting LD Middle School students this coming summer . . . when things are hopefully back to normal! More information to come on the Falcon Foundation Camp . . . stay tuned!

LDFF grant funds are helping students at the MS! Shannon Engle, MS Reading and 21st Century Skills teacher, is using Membean, an online vocabulary program, to help her students improve their reading and vocabulary skills. The students find the program to be engaging and the data/analytics Mrs. Engle is provided helps her streamline their learning. Just another example of the awesome things teachers are doing this year . . . if YOU have an idea and would like to seek the Found...ation's help, visit our website http://ldfalconfoundation.org/in/educational-opportunities/ and send in your application--round 2 applications are due 12/21. Just a reminder, you don't have to be a teacher to submit an application--students and community members are eligible as well, as long as the grant request benefits LD students and complies with our guidelines. See more

Deadline to submit grant requests (round 2) is December 21. If you need more information or the forms, please visit our website http://ldfalconfoundation.org/in/educational-opportunities/ There are several teachers who can assist you with the process (past grant recipients) if you need help. Simply email LDFF at [email protected] and we'll connect you with the help you need. Have a terrific Tuesday everyone

With a grateful heart, we'd like to give a shout out to The Hershey Company and Mid Penn Bank for their Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) combined support of $9,000. We are excited to use those funds for the new Falcon Foundation Camp benefiting LD Middle School students this coming summer . . . when things are hopefully back to normal! More information to come on the Falcon Foundation Camp . . . stay tuned!