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Lakes Area Home Tour Sponsorship Opportunities Available

By 549 Family | LAKES AREA HOME TOUR | Comments are Closed | 7 September, 2017 | 0

The date of the 3rd Annual Lakes Area Home Tour is SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH! The tour will run from 9am-6pm. We bumped up the date this year to better accommodate for the weather. Not to mention how beautiful fall is with pretty pumpkins, corn stalks, fall leaves, and more! Our goal is to bring people intoRead more

Grant #2 – BrainPOP Approved

By 549 Family | PROJECTS | Comments are Closed | 7 September, 2017 | 0

Our second grant of the year is a repeat grant. We are renewing a membership to a website that allows students from kindergarten through 8th grade to utilize applications online. BrainPOP is an educational website/app that has three divisions: BrainPOP Jr. for grades K-3, BrainPOP for grades 4-8, and BrainPOP ESL for our non-English speaking students.Read more

Grant #1 – Tegu Blocks Approved

By 549 Family | PROJECTS | Comments are Closed | 7 September, 2017 | 0

Our first grant of the year has been approved! The Heart of the Lakes Elementary School’s kindergarten classes have requested sets of Tegu Blocks for their students to use. These magnetic wooden blocks bring open-ended imaginative play to the classroom with the feel of all natural wood and the powerful wonder of magnets. The Classroom KitRead more

Makey Makey Kits Make Bananas a Piano

By 549 Family | PROJECTS | Comments are Closed | 23 May, 2017 | 0

We recently helped purchase Makey Makey, which is an invention kit for the 21st century. Using ordinary, everyday objects as touchpads and then connecting them to a Chromebook and the internet, students are able to play the piano, video games, or manipulate computers. The students love learning how to use circuit boards to turn bananasRead more

KEVA Planks Teaching Students STEM Principles

By 549 Family | PROJECTS | Comments are Closed | 24 October, 2016 | 0

Kindergarten students enjoying KEVA Planks & MagSnaps purchased by 549 funds! We worked on shapes with the MagSnaps and patterns with the KEVA Planks for STEM day today.Read more

Become a 549 Family Foundation Member!

By 549 Family | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 19 September, 2016 | 0

Become a member of the 549 Family today, and get a chance to win a YETI Cooler filled with Yellowjacket gear. Sign up by October 19th to qualify. To sign up, visit the WCI Fund website here. They help us take membership payments, so don’t be surprised when you wind up on their website! Cooler donated byRead more

BACK TO SCHOOL BASH

By 549 Family | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 19 September, 2016 | 0

Save the date for our Back to School Bash to celebrate Perham Yellowjacket Homecoming! We’ll have fun and festivities going on before the Homecoming Football Game on Friday, September 30th from 4-7pm. Join us for this fun, family-friendly event! Read more

Rib Cook Off

2016 Rib Cook Off

By 549 Family | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 1 June, 2016 | 0

Save the Date for the Annual Rib Cook Off – Saturday, June 25th! This year, it will be hosted by the coaching staff at Perham Schools and all of the proceeds will go towards their activities programs. The menu will be Ribs, Chicken, Baked Potatoes, and Baked Beans. Come on down to the Arvig Parking LotRead more

Steamroller Deluxe

Steamroller Deluxe

By 549 Family | PROJECTS | Comments are Closed | 24 May, 2016 | 0

This amazing piece of equipment is actually a squeeze machine, or as some call it, a hug machine. It provides deep pressure sensory to autistic and special needs students. This machine provides just the right input that can’t be simulated by human interaction. The machine is a safe piece of equipment to help stabilize specialRead more

PWMS Percussion Equipment

PWMS Percussion Equipment

By 549 Family | PROJECTS | Comments are Closed | 24 May, 2016 | 0

The Prairie Wind Middle School Band Director, Kevin Kosiak, requested funds for percussion equipment for his middle school marching band. Before, the percussion equipment owned by the school is designed for high school and adult size percussionists. They are very heavy, and too large for our 7th grade drummers. The 549 Family Foundation Grant hasRead more

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