The Falcon Education Foundation presented $15,500 in grants to 24 teachers in School District 49 at the Nov. 8 D 49 board meeting.The Falcon Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization comprised of the business community, parents, teachers, school administrators and D 49 residents. The foundation was created nine years ago to raise money for projects that fall outside mainstream school funding.This year, the foundation received 50 grant applications totaling $39,000. With the funding they had, 21 applications were approved.Foundation members Dawn White and Kevin Ray presented the awards to the following:
| Amount | Project | Teacher | School | |
| $331.86 | Printing Me | Dana Orton | Falcon Elementary School | |
| $1000.00 | Archery in the Schools | Korina Lyons | Odyssey ElementarySchool | |
| $1,040.90 | Geocaching:Search and Rescue | Erik Russell | Odyssey ElementarySchool | |
| $944.15 | Exploring the Dynamics of Alternative Energy | Alyce Dalzell | Meridian Ranch ElementarySchool | |
| $550.00 | Tunes by the Foot | Bethany Holtrop | Falcon ElementarySchool | |
| $740.60 | A New Mt. Rushmore | Laurie Hildebrand | Stetson ElementarySchool | |
| $187.97 | “Snap it Up” and Apply Those and Apply Those Math Skills | Kassi Rebitski | Odyssey Elementary School | |
| $200.72 | Stacking Our Way to Better Grades! | Morreen Whitson | Odyssey Elementary School | |
| $1,000.00 | BrainPop! – A Multimedia Mega Source for Teaching Resources | Leah Ebel | Stetson Elementary School | |
| $1,000.00 | A “Golden” Opportunity | Holly Fitzpatrick, Gabe Hammel, Robyn Cerny | Stetson Elementary School | |
| $104.50 | DNA | Lura Moore | Skyview Middle School | |
| $958.81 | Interdisciplinary Archeological Dig | William Yerger | Skyview Middle School | |
| $714.62 | Interdisciplinary Space Unit | Cheryl DeGeorge | Skyview Middle School | |
| $1,000.00 | Greenhouse Solution | Kim Garcia | Horizon Middle School | |
| $406.00 | October Sky: Never Give Up on Your Dreams | Meagan Ivanov, Kristie Fried | Horizon Middle School | |
| $1,000.00 | STOMP Percussion Groups | Al Lawrence | Horizon Middle School | |
| $1,045.00 | Matching Space Camp Scholarship | Cheryl DeGeorge | Skyview Middle School | |
| $994.20 | ASL & Deaf Culture | Mary Katungu | Sand Creek High School | |
| $359.96 | Sewing machines for making costumes and teaching theater | Jennifer McDonald | Falcon High School | |
| $997.00 | Smart Fitness | Kristin Goeschl | Falcon High School | |
| $1,000.00 | How to Build a Computer From Scratch | Todd Matia | Sand Creek High School |
