Arlington School & Family Magazine April/May 2015 | Page 38

Nonprofit Organizations

The Foundation Prize Patrol recently made its visits to schools, including this check presentation at Gunn Junior High. Pictured left to right: Ann
Morris, AISD Education Foundation Board Secretary; Chad Bates, AISD Education Foundation Board Treasurer; David Wilbanks, AISD
Education Foundation Board; Katherine Stedman, Gunn Junior High; Brian White, AISD Education Foundation Executive Director; Dr. Diane
Patrick, AISD Education Foundation Board; Linda Dipert, AISD Education Foundation VP – Grants; and Kim Peach, Gunn Junior High.

Arlington ISD
Education
Foundation Awards
Teacher Grants
The Arlington ISD Education Foundation recently distributed
10 grants totaling $35,910.93 to 11 AISD campuses.Some of
the projects funded include a collaborative $5,000 Dipert
Family Fund Junior High Battle of the Books grant between
Gunn, Boles and Ousley junior highs; a $5,000 Covered in
Chrome: STEM in the Classroom grant at Ousley Junior
High; a Star-Telegram Digital Communications Center grant
at Dunn Elementary for $5,490.04; and an After-School
Photography Club for students at Johns Elementary. The
Arlington High School Alumni Association also sponsored
a $2,492.60 grant through the Foundation for AHS teacher
Kim Buchmeyer to receive funding for her project entitled
Creating Collegiality in the Math Classroom. Buchmeyer’s
intent is to utilize the money to create an aesthetic, more
spacious environment for her math students to learn. Other
named grant awards included a $2,000 Diane Patrick Grant
for Bailey Junior High and a $5,000 Harold Patterson grant
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for Wood Elementary’s Wildcat Listening Station.
“The Arlington ISD Education Foundation is delighted to
be able to help provide support for our outstanding teachers
and students,” said Brian White, executive director. “We
want to help our educators provide opportunities to our
students that are not covered through state funding.”
White noted that the foundation also plans on distributing
an additional $35,000 in grants to the Arlington ISD
educators in late April or May. Throughout its 20 years,
the Foundation has distributed more than $1.2 million in
grants to the AISD campuses. The mission of the Arlington
ISD Education Foundation is to serve the students of the
Arlington ISD by fulfilling extraordinary educational needs
and initiatives. “The foundation plans on recognizing those
who have left their legacy in the Arlington ISD throughout
the years and creating more named endowments,” White
stated. “We want broad-based community support, and to
let people know what we’re doing so we can give back even
more to our classrooms.” †