Way to go Morse Pond School Tent Install team! A new record was set installing in 2 hours! Special thanks to all our volunteers including a power team from facilities and our supervisor John Vidal!
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Good morning from our 3rd install! Lawrence School Tent Install! We love our volunteers and community so much for getting it done!
Lawrence School Tent Install is now done! 3 down, 4 to go! Special thanks to a power facilities team and supervisor Christian Valle! Next weekend join us for Morse Pond School Tent Install! Thank you to the install volunteers!!!! A very big thank you to the North Falmouth Elementary Tent Install team this morning! The team came ready to work and got everything done in 2.5 hours!!! Special thanks to the facilities team and supervisor John Vidal! 2 tents down, 5 to go!!! Next up Lawrence School Tent Install!
Thank you to the amazing facilities team and volunteers along with Supervisor Bill Kerfoot on a great 1st install!
Second graders at North Falmouth Elementary having a snack break in the back garden today. Beautiful weather is on the way for tomorrow! Fourth grade outdoor literacy groups at North Falmouth Elementary on a gorgeous spring day!
Perfect morning for some field lining and preparing for sunsail installation at North Falmouth Elementary! We had to use some outdoor math skills for measurement and angles to get it right!
"Rotarians readying sunsail installation at N. Falmouth Elem. Nothing like a little trigonometry on a Sunday morning!" -Rotary Club of Falmouth A message from our committee
There might be snow on the ground, but that doesn't mean outdoor learning is on hiatus. Many teachers and classes are still outside enjoying the benefits of fresh air and open space, and the committee is still hard at work too. After months of research and discussions with the schools, WeatherPort tents are sturdy-enough for New England weather and appropriate for outdoor classroom use. We're making headway in raising enough money to purchase tents for all of Falmouth's public schools, but we still need community support. Purchasing these tents will cost over $100,000 and we are just about halfway. If you would like to make a donation please do so via the Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 organization via check or on their website. We are so close and it is with the support of our families, our businesses and our local partners we can achieve something special for our students. We are running a marathon and everyone is part of the team! Respectfully Your Leadership Team, Amy Leonardi, Liz Lerner, Kelly Blau, Corinne Minshall, Amy Wyman, Jackie Jepsen, Danielle Sabens, Laurel Smith & Garth Smelser Thank you Falmouth Road Race! We would like to thank the Falmouth Road Race for their extremely generous grant donation of $10,000 towards shelters for Outdoor Learning Classrooms! Their commitment to the overall health and well being of our community, our children and our teachers/staff is beyond compare. This brings us even closer to our goal to fund 15 shelters. We are humbled to have been selected as one of the recipients for this year. Volunteers Needed We will need many volunteers when we receive tents this spring. No firm commitment is needed, but please let us know if you wish to be on the list (and what school) so we can contact you when the time comes. We will need 5-10 volunteers per school. We are also looking for volunteer certified licensed contractors to oversee the anchoring process by the volunteers so please let us know if you are one. Please email: falmouthoutdoorlearning@gmail.com Another Collaborative Project! Falmouth Public Schools Math Coach Stacey Strong reached out with a request: 500 discs made from cut trees. Outdoor Learning volunteers cut and delivered hundreds of these discs to Stacey so she can create a fun outdoor math game for Falmouth school kids! https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/2e712fc3-84b4-4ec0-80dd-6a0bcd459a82 Thank you to Cape Cod 5 for awarding a $2500 grant to the Falmouth Outdoor Learning Committee to support our project!! We love our local community banks! "Defiantly Independent. Exceptionally Strong. Unquestionably Committed."
We would also like to thank the Falmouth Road Race for their extremely generous grant donation of $10,000 towards the shelters for the Outdoor Learning Classrooms! Their commitment to the overall health and well being of our community, our children and our teachers/staff is beyond compare. This brings us even closer to our goal to fund 15 of the shelters. We are humbled to have been selected as one of the recipients for this year! If you would like to make a donation please do so via Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 organization via check or their website! Please help us reach our goal and get these ordered asap! We are so close and it is with the support of our families, our businesses and our local partners that we can achieve something special for our students. We are running a marathon and everyone is part of the team! https://www.falmouthrotary.com/page/donate Recently one of the district math coaches, Stacey Strong, reached out to us with an innovative outdoor math idea requesting help getting the supplies. This past week we were able to deliver to her 500 tree discs that will be used to create an outdoor prime number math game for each of the 4 elementary schools and Morse Pond School. We were beyond pleased to help Ms. Strong with her incredibly creative idea and we cannot wait to see the kids using them!
Special thanks to David Chevrier and Brian Smith for helping get these cut quickly and delivered!!! As of 2021, donations are now being accepted via the Rotary Club of Falmouth, Cape Cod, a registered 501(c)(3) at their website via their DONATE Button. Please make sure you choose “Youth-Outdoor Classroom Fund.” You can also mail the check to alleviate credit card fees to Rotary Club of Falmouth: PO Box 293 Falmouth, MA 02541 and we ask that you add a memo to restrict the funds for the "Outdoor Learning Project".
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