Solanco Education Foundation Approved for Educational

Improvement Tax Credit Program

Generating increased community support for Solanco students and teachers, creating and sustaining educational excellence in Solanco classrooms and enabling students and tearchers to achieve greatness.

• Teacher Venture Grant Application (word)
• Student Scholarship Application (pdf)
• Brochure of Foundation (pdf)
• 2007-2008 Annual Report (pdf)
• Solanco Education Foundation "Fall Shoot-Out" Golf Tournament 2008 (pdf)

Inspiring Academic Achievement at Solanco, the Solanco Education Foundation:

• Awards scholarships to students and grants to teachers.
• Provides Solanco teachers with the valuable resources they need to create wonderful new learning experiences in their classrooms.
• Removes budget restrictions which often thwart inventive ideas and quash innovations in teaching.
• Creates learning environments that come alive with exciting challenges and fascinating discoveries—with the focus on enriching the academic performance of Solanco students.

Community and business leaders of southern Lancaster County have joined forces to create the Solanco Education Foundation. The Foundation develops, plans and conducts various programs that raise funds to directly benefit Solanco students. The funds are used to award scholarships to students and grants to teachers. The Academic Venture grants will enable teachers to implement creative and effective educational programs in their classrooms.

The top priority of the Solanco Education Foundation is to encourage educational excellence and academic enrichment for all students, kindergarten through 12th grade, in the Solanco School District, by:

• Creating initiatives which support imaginative teachers and other school personnel.
• Increasing public involvement in each of Solanco’s four elementary and two middle schools, and the high school.
• Encouraging alumni and the community to support the Solanco Education Foundation through annual pledges, planned contributions and memorial gifts.

Recently, the Solanco School District has forged numerous "partnerships" with area businesses, resulting in the sponsorship of the District calendar and other initiatives. Now, the Solanco Education Foundation is a vehicle for businesses and individuals to:

• Fund innovative education projects that normally would not have been considered.* Provide a way for alumni to support the Solanco School District.
• Give donors an opportunity to make tax-deductible gifts to the school that directly benefit students.
• Enable Solanco students to gain donations from other foundations and non-profit groups.

One of the most exciting programs administered by the Solanco Education Foundation is a grant program for teachers. Twice yearly, educators will be allowed to propose innovative, curriculum-related projects. The scope of the project, along with its expected benefits and costs, must be submitted in detail for review by the Board of Directors of the Solanco Education Foundation. Those projects deemed most beneficial to the full spectrum of students will be awarded financial grants. The number and amounts of the grants will be dependent upon the fundraising abilities of the Foundation and of the project merits.

The Solanco Education Foundation welcomes memorial contributions. All donors receive a thank-you letter. The family for whom the memorial contribution was made receives an acknowledgement from the Foundation. As with all contributions to the Solanco Education Foundation, memorial gifts are tax-deductible. For more information, contact:

The Solanco Education Foundation

121 South Hess Street

Quarryville, PA 17566

( 717) 786-8401

All donations to the Solanco Education Foundation are tax-deductable.

The non-profit Solanco Education Foundation supports educational excellence and innovation by raising money to fund scholarships to students, and venture grants to teachers, athletes and Solanco sports teams.

The Solanco Education Foundation has received 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. All donations to the Foundation are tax-deductible.

Board of Directors

D.P. Smith, President

William Musser, Vice President

Terry Becker, Treasurer

Kathy Eberly, Secretary

William Coble

Cindy Coble

Cindy Derr

Karen Miller

Shirley Risk

Ann Zemsky

Sandy Tucker*

Keith Kaufman, Executive Director*

* - non-voting member