Solanco EducationFoundation

Keith Kaufman, Solanco Director of Community

Relations,presentation to Solanco School Board,

Monday, August 3, 2015

Solanco Education Foundation

The Solanco Education Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization.

Mission Statement:The mission of the Solanco Education Foundation is to inspire greater academic achievement in the Solanco School District by working with the community to generate funding which provides students and teachers with innovative, exciting and creative educational programs and opportunities.

Solanco Education Foundation

“Re-established” by Superintendent Dr. Jon Rednak in 2002.

Foundation received contributions of $180,000 through the district’s contract with Pepsi.

Major fundraising activities: ** annual Fall Shoot-Out Golf Outing ** Pennsylvania’s EITC program (Educational Improvement Tax Credit program)

** Solanco School Spirit Night at the Lancaster Barnstormers

Solanco Education Foundation

Provides scholarships to graduating Solanco seniors, and academic venture grants to Solanco teachers

Provides funding for important educational programs and initiatives in the district:** College Advising Corps at high school

** Leadership Camp for students ** FFA student trip to Scotland** Financial support for Smith student Aidan McBride and family to attend national MathCON Exam in Chicago.

Solanco Education FoundationBoard of Directors

President: Bill CobleVice President: Susan BroomellTreasurer: Terry BeckerSecretary: Kathy EberlyExecutive Director: Keith Kaufman (non-voting member)

Fan Bender Cindy Coble Joanne Diedrich

Julie Duvall Cathy Kaschak Jane Martin

Steve Mitchell Bill Musser Brenda Roark

Sandy Tucker (non-voting member)

Their commitment to enhancing education at Solanco includes volunteering their time to review grant and scholarship applications, attending meetings, and planning and conducting fundraising events.

Student ScholarshipsEach spring at Senior Awards Night, the SEF awards $1,000 scholarships to Solanco seniors who will continue their education beyond high school.

2015 scholarship recipients:Front row: Brooke McCardell, Morgan Myer, Maribeth Ault, Amanda Herr, Alyse Crandall

Back row: Gabrielle Redcay, James Howell, JoshuaWolf, Cole Boxleitner, Travis Hoover. (not in photo: Anna Shillenn)

Teacher GrantsEach year, the SEF awards $500 grants to Solanco teachers to fund educational programs and tools in their classrooms.

2014 teacher grant recipients:

Leslie McRobbie, High School English teacher  Project:  Hear, Hear! Supporting Differentiated Reading Instruction with Listening

Caley Roark, High School gifted support teacherProject: Classroom tools for use in "Odyssey of the Mind”

Cindy Willman-Kinsey, Swift science teacherProject: Transitions from Matter to Energy for a Sustainable Future

Alison McPherson and Jennifer Pearson, Swift teacher and counselor Project: We Challenge Swift – “Rachel’s Challenge” to create safe school environment.

Sandy Lee, Smith 6th grade LEAD teacherProject: Just Dance –physical fitness through dancing.

Emily Miller, Quarryville kindergarten teacherProject: Differentiated Center - including Syllable Count Instant Learning Center, Beginning and Ending Sounds Match-Ups, Build-A-Word Magnet Board, and others.

 

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2014 teacher grant recipients:(continued from previ0us slide)

Janet Braightmeyer, Quarryville music teacherProject: Recorders - A plastic soprano recorder for each 3rd grader that they will use in a step-by-step program through fifth grade during which they learn nine songs; each song introduces something new and progressively more challenging.

Allison Lane, Providence 4th grade teacherProject: Reading Olympics

Karen Kopp, Kara Phipps, Courtney Wagner, special education teachers at ClermontProject: Equipping the Clermont Sensory Room

Karen Huber, Bart-Colerain music teacherProject: FootNOTES Music Rug

Judy Argue, Bart-Colerain 2nd grade teacherProject: At Their Fingertips - chair pockets for student chairs.

Student Scholarships and Teacher Grants:

Since 2003, the foundation has provided

$300,000

in student scholarships, teacher grants

and EITC programs.

EITC(Educational Improvement Tax Credit program)

Each year, the Solanco Education Foundation applies and is approved to participate in Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program.

Businesses that make donations to the SEF through the EITC program receive a 75% tax credit for the amount they have donated. Businesses that donate for two consecutive years or more receive a 90% tax credit.

Who is eligible to participate in EITC?Businesses that pay PA Corporate Net Income Tax, Capital Stock / Foreign Franchise Tax, Bank and Trust Company Shares Tax, Title Insurance and Trust Company Shares,Insurance Premium Tax, Mutual Thrift Institution Tax, Malt Beverage Tax, and Personal Income Tax.

EITC(Educational Improvement Tax Credit program)

Armstrong World IndustriesConestoga Title Insurance

Direct EnergyEschbach Bus Service

Frontier CommunicationsFulton Bank

Giant Foods / Martin MarketsRhoads Energy

Susquehanna Bank

EITC(Educational Improvement Tax Credit program)

EITC funds at work in Solanco:

Interactive Science Probe Ware with Mobile Computing –

Brett Miller, High School Science Teacher

Countdown to KindergartenSandra Haines, Bart-Colerain Principal

Connecting Parent Knowledge with Student Achievement

Susan Fitzgerald, Quarryville Teachers

Elementary Vocabulary InitiativeSusan Fitzgerald, Barbara Walker and Carol Gibson,

Quarryville Teachers

Fall Shoot-Out Golf Tournament

Sponsorship Opportunities

Platinum: $1,000 Golf Cart: $750Gold: $500 Silver: $250Hole: $150

Fall Shoot-Out Golf Tournament

A few sponsors includePlatinum: GR Mitchell

Camp Conquest (Ed Balderston)

Kegel, Kelin, Almy & Lord Eschbach Bus ServiceMurray Securus Ferguson & HasslerFrey Bros. Hostetter & HostetterPaul and Shirley Risk Hummer TurfgrassDr. Elizabeth Logan McGowan InsuranceVic Leininger Solanco AdministratorsRBC Capital Markets PTO’s – Bart-Colerain,Dr. Thomas Regan Clermont, Providence,Patrick Kline – State Farm Ins. and SwiftQuarryville Presbyterian Retirement CommunityRetired Solanco Teachers Breakfast Group

Fall Shoot-Out Golf Tournament

Friday, September 1112 noon

Meadia Heights Golf ClubLunch before golfSeafood Raw Bar

Dinner and prizes following golf