Old Rochester expands disc golf course with awarded grants
An Old Rochester Regional High School students plays on the camous disc golf course. Image source: Old Rochester Regional School District 
Students from the Old Rochester Disc Golf Club play a round of disc golf. Image source: Old Rochester Regional School District 
Students from Old Rochester helped clean up the disc golf course earlier in the fall. Image source: Old Rochester Regional School District
An Old Rochester Regional High School students plays on the camous disc golf course. Image source: Old Rochester Regional School District
Students from the Old Rochester Disc Golf Club play a round of disc golf. Image source: Old Rochester Regional School District
Students from Old Rochester helped clean up the disc golf course earlier in the fall. Image source: Old Rochester Regional School District
MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School has expanded its disc golf course on campus.
During the 2024-25 school year, the Old Rochester Regional Tri-Town Education Foundation awarded a $2,000 grant to support the continued development of the disc golf course at Old Rochester Regional High School.
The grant was awarded to Old Rochester Regional High School’s social studies teacher Andrew Apperson to support the school's Disc Golf Club as it seeks to enhance and improve the on-campus disc golf course.
The grant will enable the school to continue the work of improving the course and expanding it into a full 18-hole experience, providing an inclusive recreational activity for students.
The Old Rochester Regional Tri-Town Education Foundation Fund is a growing endowment under the umbrella of the SouthCoast Community Foundation.
Supported by community donors, the fund helps educators pursue innovative learning experiences for students throughout Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester.
Apperson applied for a Tri-Town Education Foundation Fund grant last year to advance the work of the school’s Disc Golf Club, which has been developing a course on the high school campus since 2022. The Disc Golf Club hopes to expand the course beyond its current nine-hole layout into a full 18-hole course on campus.
Initial development of the course began through fundraising efforts and a mini grant, which allowed the club to purchase nine simple baskets that have been temporarily used as targets, or holes.
The new funding will help the club continue its progress toward installing permanent high-quality baskets and other course features, including tee pads, signage and additional equipment.
The disc golf course supports both competitive club play and informal use during and after school hours.
Students have personally contributed to the maintenance and enhancement of the disc golf course, including in November during the school's Community Service Day, when several volunteers teamed up to remove overgrown vegetation.
To support future grant-funded programs like this one, community members are encouraged to donate to the Old Rochester Regional Tri-Town Education Foundation Fund.
Go directly to the Old Rochester Regional Tri-Town Education Foundation Fund donation page at www.cfsema.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1304.
