On January 8, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Educational Foundation surprised teachers and staff with grants to support innovative classroom projects ranging from sustainable gardens to career exploration. Members of the foundation joined by CFBISD administrators, community partners, donors and superintendent Dr. Wendy Eldredge delivered 14 innovative grants totaling $34,534.
“The Educational Foundation is thrilled to fund these fantastic initiatives and programs that our CFBISD teachers are doing to help their students,” said Donna Wald, Executive Director of the Educational Foundation. “We want to congratulate all of this year’s recipients and send a special thank you to all of our donors and community partners who helped fund these grants.”
This year’s innovative grant recipients were located at a variety of campuses and district offices including Blalack MS, Creekview HS, Good ES, Freeman ES, McCoy ES, Polk MS, Ranchview HS, Turner HS and the fine arts, college career and military readiness and health services departments.
“It brings tears to my eyes to see our kids loving these programs that our teachers have created for them,” said Dr. Wendy Eldredge. “These teachers have found something that our kids love and have asked the Educational Foundation to help grow those initiatives. It’s great to see the way these grants make learning fun and engaging for our students.”
The innovative grants provide funding up to $1000 for individual initiated programs or funding up to $5000 to campus teams and departments. The number of awards depends on funds available to the CFBISD Educational Foundation. All employees of the CFBISD are eligible to apply.
The foundation would like to thank the following donors and community partners for helping fund these grants to our deserving CFBISD teachers and staff.
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Credit Union of Texas
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Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott Attorneys At Law
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Candi and Mel Brekhus – Kacie Brekhus Memorial Endowment
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TEXPRESS
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Indeco
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TXU
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CoServ
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CBS Roofing
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EMA Engineering and Consulting
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Linenmeyr Munroe
2023-24 Innovative Grant Award Winners:
School/Dept |
Recipient |
Project |
Total |
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CCMR |
Aurora St Laurent |
Improving Outcomes and Confidence of Bilingual Students - Sponsored by the Law Offices of Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collin and Mott |
5,000 |
Polk |
Carla Trammel |
Learning for All - Sponsored by CoServ |
2,000 |
Good ES - Grant I |
Betsy Gould, Stephanie Quiles, Nydia Chavarria, Sarah Rahimi, Anyela Alonso |
IB Ambassador - Sponsored by Credit Union of Texas |
5,256 |
Good ES - Grant II |
Diana Lacy; Joanna Martinez and Lyanne Miller; Tarah Jones; Thuy Doan; Soo Bin Lee |
Elementary Athletics |
1,553 |
McCoy I |
Ashten Ordmandy, LaShandralyn Harrison and Susie Beetem |
The BEAR Initiative |
4,997 |
McCoy II |
Katie Cannon and Jessica Petrie |
Tower Garden Hydroponics - Sponsored by CoServ |
1,209 |
Blalack |
Jessica Steele |
School Garden Bed - Sponsored by CoServ |
934 |
Creekview I |
Ronnell Eddings |
Black Hist. Thru Eyes of Dancer - Sponsored by Credit Union of Texas |
977 |
Creekview II |
Carlos Fuentes |
Transportation Technology Service Initiative |
1,000 |
RLT |
Ivonne Canterbury and Natalia Flores |
Bee Bots - Sponsored by the Kacie Brekhus Memorial Endowment |
750 |
Fine Arts |
Mark Rowher |
Mariachi Ensemble Teacher Training - Sponsored by Credit Union of Texas |
2,200 |
Ranchview |
Madison Wynne |
Farm to Table Project - Sponsored by the Law Offices of Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collin and Mott |
4,999 |
Freeman |
Leslie Halencak; Evelyn Lucas; Mallory Nolen |
Sensory Square - sponsored by the Kacie Brekhus Memorial Endowment |
2,500 |
Nursing |
Sandra Lieck |
Leadership and Quality Promotion Project |
1,160 |
To view a video recap of the foundation delivering innovative grants, please click on this video link.
For more information about innovative grants or to learn about the application process, please visit the CFBISD Educational Foundation website.