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Schools in the Fort Dodge Community School District are collecting pennies 685,000 of them, to be exact.
Through April 16, the FDCSD is hosting its annual Miles of Pennies fundraiser at the five elementary schools and the middle school. The effort started Tuesday.
Each school has a different goal and a different use for the funds raised.
Pennies or any loose change, really might not mean a lot to a person’s bank account, but to the school district, they can lead to new educational resources.
Miles of Pennies challenges students and staff at each school to collect loose change in order to meet their fundraising goal. Each school building keeps 100% of the funds raised, and the Fort Dodge Community Schools Foundation has committed to giving a $100 bonus to each building that reaches its goal.
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The Fort Dodge Community Schools Foundation is doing what it can to invest in the leaders of tomorrow through fundraising efforts to support the Leader in Me initiative in the schools.
Leader in Me is a K-12 curriculum that aims to empower students with the leadership and life skills they need to thrive in the 21st century. The model provides a character-building framework based on Franklin Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.”
School staff will reflect on how they use the seven habits and then model them for students by integrating the social-emotional learning around them into other lessons. Leader in Me aligns to the Iowa Department of Education’s social-emotional learning competencies released in December 2019.