we are The lion foundation

​As a 501(c)3 non-profit educational foundation—we help execute the Camp Hill School District's commitment to quality public education. Thanks to you, our donors, The Lion Foundation supports academic, athletic, and cultural programs that are beyond the reach of the regular school district budget. 

We are a trusted community partner, effectively using your dollars to make a difference for “Our Children, Our Community, and Our Future.” ​ Thank you for your support!

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WE ARE having an impact in our schools!

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What we do...

Bringing Great Ideas to Light

Ensuring Access to Top Notch Visual & Performing Arts
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Serving Students Facing Economic Uncertainty

Enhancing the Athletic Experience for Students & Community

Introducing
the lion pride society

We are pleased to announce a new giving circle for our annual business supporters.

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More than $131,000 awarded in grants so far in 2021-2022

From timpani drums that will make music for 30 years, to yard signs celebrating our teachers and our graduates, to field trips, robotic kits, MAC computers and more, The Lion Foundation is proud to support Great Ideas of all shapes and sizes!​

CONGRATULATIONS to our TEACHERS & LEADERS FOR THEir grant-winning
​GREAT IDEAS!

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In their own words...

teacher spotlight

​Camp Hill senior Emma Chaplin, The Lion Foundation’s intern during the 2021-22 school year, recently interviewed Scott Barrows, the Math Foundations teacher at the Camp Hill Middle School. Mr. Barrows recently received one of our grants to purchase Lego Robotics Kits.

​CHAPLIN: Hi Mr. Barrows, thank you for meeting with me today. First, I’d love to know: what is your favorite thing about your job?

BARROWS: I like the interactions with the kids the best! It keeps me interested, because every day is a new day. Every day, you see a different kid pick something up. And maybe you can connect with a different kid in a way that might not be of the greatest interest for you, but it is for that kid. And it kind of draws them in and gets them more interested in what they are doing. 

CHAPLIN: Great! Can you tell me what getting the Lego Robotics Kits will mean for your classroom?

BARROWS: We are working with Lego robotics on coding projects that we do every year with the 8th grade students. It’s the basic skills that they need to introduce the project. It’s not an in-depth, going-into-coding yet, but hopefully we can take them and increase that. And maybe push the 8th grade project down to maybe the 6th grade level, and then do some more advanced coding with them by 7th grade and 8th grade. 

CHAPLIN: And how many students are in your classrooms are currently using the Lego Robotics Kits?

BARROWS: They are on the wheel cycle, so I see them for about 7 weeks. There’s about 20 kids in each wheel. It’s about 120 kids. 

CHAPLIN: How has the funding from The Lion Foundation made your classroom better?

BARROWS: I’ve gotten a lot of funding from The Lion Foundation, so I’m very appreciative of them. We had iPads that we got in here, and they were really helpful for differentiating instruction to the kids. My classroom is a little bit different from other classes in that we’re trying to address each individual kid and not necessarily the group as a whole. With Lego Robotics, it can do the same thing — each group of two or three kids gets their own robot, and they code differently, and you see how they can accomplish the same tasks. 

**This interview was lightly edited for space.

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student spotlight

Camp Hill high school teacher, Mrs. Crane asked his senior Theatre Arts class to share their thoughts about the experience of seeing live theatrical productions. These trips are funded by a grant from The Lion Foundation. Hear what they have to say in their own words!

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