News & Announcements for 12-3-2008

2008-12-03T08:32:13Z


Wed Dec 3, 2008		Vol 1 - Issue 4

In This Issue

Marketing Video - Celebrating 10 Years!!
Meredith Hatch Memorial Video
Knowledge Seekers Club - Grant in Action
Junior Jag Bank - Grant in Action
Solar Cars - Grant in Action
Bus Seat Covers - Grant in Action
Weatherbug - Grant in Action
Grant Application Deadline - 1-20-2009
Foundation Grant Awards Held!
Fancy Footwork - Grant in Action
New Foundation Board Members Photos
IMPORTANT - Foundation Grant Winners
How You Can Help!
Questions? - Contact Us

**ATTENTION** - Grant Application Deadline
January 20, 2009 - more details below!

Since 1998, The Mansfield ISD Education
Foundation has given back in excess of
$1,735,601 to MISD Schools, in the form of
Educator Grants made possible
by the common passion for excellence
in education that is shared by our community.

The Foundation serves as an investment vehicle
for those who support the vision of excellence in education for which Mansfield ISD is known. The Foundation provides an innovative source
of funding to support the school districts'
educational plan of excellence.

Marketing Video - Celebrating 10 Years!!

Happpy Anniversary Education Foundation!!

Annual Drive Chairman, Danny Wilson and Foundation Board Member, Tamara Hilliard hosts the 2009 Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Annual Drive Celebration, see new and innovative teaching grants in action.

The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation invites you to be a part of our 10th Anniversary by becoming a donor. The Foundation provides an innovative source of funding to support the school districts' educational plan of excellence. Our goal is to provide funds for those projects and activities that go beyond the normal classroom experience.

When you donate to the Mansfield ISD Education foundation you are helping to support the vision of excellence in education that Mansfield is known for.

Districts enhanced by resources beyond tax dollars are more likely to attract top teachers and administrators, demonstrate exceptional student performance and have a high level of community awareness and support.

Meredith Hatch Memorial Video

Photo by Allen J. Oliver

Produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions in Association with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation - This Special Video was created in honor and memory of Meredith Hatch! Meredith Hatch was a board member for the MISD Education Foundation for 6 years.

She brought enthusiasm to every board member and joy to every teacher she helped award a grant to. Meredith was tragically killed this past year. In a tribute to her, the Education Foundation has established the Meredith Hatch Memorial Grant.

Meredith was very passionate about the education of our young people. She owed and operated two Primrose Schools in Mansfield and in Grand Prairie, She also loved to run and compete in bike races. Therefore, her grant will be focused on elementary age children with an emphasis on health and fitness.

Knowledge Seekers Club - Grant in Action

At Willie Brown Elementary School students are encourage to become motivated learners by providing resources for students to investigate science and social studies topics. Each student from grades one through four were provided a folder with TEKS-based science and social studies questions from which they chose to investigate.

In our internet-driven world, students have fewer opportunities to investigate questions using resources such as an almanac, an atlas, and an encyclopedia. These resources will remind students there are many options for finding information.

By supplying students with interesting topic choices and research materials and encouraging them to discover fascinating information, we instill in them the enjoyment of learning for the sake of learning.

Junior Jag Bank - Grant in Action

At Roberta Tipps we wanted to create our own Jr. Jag Bank, we already had our own Safety Patrol and Jr. Jag Mail. Now thanks to the foundation we do. The bank allows our students to save their Jag Bucks and learn the value of long-term savings and real life banking.

It also allows them to understand how money functions in their lives. It helps students learn and identify examples of people wanting more than they can have. Explaining why wanting more than they can have requires that people make choices when buying food and services.

Students are also allowed to make deposits during lunch, use the ATM in the main hallway and later receive statements via the Jr. Jag mail system. The money they earn is used to purchase rewards and enter prize drawings. And finally the grant teaches our students free enterprise and ways of earning, spending and saving money while doing business.

Solar Cars - Grant in Action

At Mary Orr Intermediate School students design and assemble their own energy efficient and environmentally friendly car.
Construction of the solar powered cars explores the transformation that occurs from sunlight to electrical energy to mechanical energy. For fun the students race their cars against their classmates. It�s really a lot fun and students enjoy the experience.

Bus Seat Covers - Grant in Action

Thanks to a PTA Funded Grant each MISD school bus is equipped with a seatback slipcover that challenges bus riders to improve their academic vocabulary.

The seat has a trio of vocabulary words and defections screen printed on the area immediately in front of the seated student.
The words that are selected are academic words that students need to master to be successful at all grade levels. Students of the different age groups who ride buses thus will be exposed to important words each morning and afternoon.

As a result students will improve their vocabulary knowledge and skills. Every week the bus drivers rotate some 20 slipcovers thus allowing students to be exposed to other words and definitions.

Weatherbug - Grant in Action

At Alice Ponder Elementary students have access to the weather hub and one class per week will have the special honor of being our Ponder Meteorologist.

The students at the same time learning increased student self esteem and improved understanding in science and mathematics. The Weatherbug school sites are affiliated with local TV Stations in the DFW area and our school�s name and weather readings are used in the newscast. It�s very exciting.

Each child has the opportunity to be an Alice Ponder meteorologist at least one time per school year by forecasting through the daily morning announcements.

Grant Application Deadline - 1-20-2009

Signed applications are due to Linda Bacsik, Director of Foundation & Grant Development, at the MISD Administration office no later than Tuesday January 20, 2009 by 4:30pm.

Foundation Grant Awards Held!

Recently the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation awarded their Spring round of grants awards to teachers and staff from around the district. To view the complete list of winners - Click here!

See the Photos Gallery - Highlight Video Coming Soon!

Fancy Footwork - Grant in Action

Dear Ms. Bacsik,

Thank you so very much for the �Fancy Footwork� grant that you gave to us last Spring. The students have had a great time this Fall learning the basics of the piano keyboard and music staff by utilizing the floor keyboard and the floor staff. The kinesthetic approach utilized by standing on the keyboard and staff made it much more fun to learn as we played games and made music. The students then wrote on their own keyboard and staff printouts and even composed their own musical pieces that they played on various keyboards around the room.

The students� comments as they left the music class were: �Awesome!�, �That was fun!� and �I wish I could give something back to them (the Education Foundation)�. Perhaps they will remember this grant and will encourage their parents to contribute to the Education Foundation and, in turn, one day, as adults, they will contribute.

As the music teacher, I so enjoyed teaching this unit of study because of having such wonderful materials. Thank you for enhancing the music program at Alice Ponder Elementary School.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Debbie Brown
Alice Ponder Elementary School

New Foundation Board Members Photos

Thank you to our volunteer Board of Directors made up of business, community and education leaders who believe Great Schools are Everyones Business!!

IMPORTANT - Foundation Grant Winners

If you are a Mansfield ISD Education Foundation grant winner you are required to provide the foundation office a report of your grant in action. Please provide us with photos or video and a brief description of your grant in action.

Also include information on how the grant is progressing and the success of the students learning as a result of the grant funds. We will feature each grant on the foundation website. Photos and information can be e-mailed to the foundation office or by simply replying to this newsletter and you will be contacted by the foundation multi-media producer.

How You Can Help!

There are many different ways you can help the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation. Read and understand our funding priorities and the many investment option donor level packages. Learn why you should support the Foundation and be recognized in the community as a donor to the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation.

Also, be sure and check out our video library and learn more about these categories:

� Academic Banquet
� Grant Awards
� Grant Showcasing
� Marketing Videos
� Special Events
� Training & Promotional Videos

The mission of the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation is to generate and foster creative approaches and distribute resources to the educators and students of Mansfield Independent School District to enrich and to meet the District�s stated mission of a superior education for every student.

Questions? - Contact Us

Linda Bacsik, Director

If you have any news, ideas, comments or suggestions please let us know.

Linda Bacsik, Director
Foundation Address:
609 East Broad Street - Mansfield, TX 76063
Phone:(817) 299-6354 or fax:(817) 473-5645

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News & Announcements for 12-3-2008

2008-12-03T08:32:13Z


Wed Dec 3, 2008		Vol 1 - Issue 4

In This Issue

Marketing Video - Celebrating 10 Years!!
Meredith Hatch Memorial Video
Knowledge Seekers Club - Grant in Action
Junior Jag Bank - Grant in Action
Solar Cars - Grant in Action
Bus Seat Covers - Grant in Action
Weatherbug - Grant in Action
Grant Application Deadline - 1-20-2009
Foundation Grant Awards Held!
Fancy Footwork - Grant in Action
New Foundation Board Members Photos
IMPORTANT - Foundation Grant Winners
How You Can Help!
Questions? - Contact Us

News & Announcements for 12-3-2008

Marketing Video - Celebrating 10 Years!!

Happpy Anniversary Education Foundation!!

Meredith Hatch Memorial Video

Photo by Allen J. Oliver

Knowledge Seekers Club - Grant in Action

Junior Jag Bank - Grant in Action

Solar Cars - Grant in Action

Bus Seat Covers - Grant in Action

Weatherbug - Grant in Action

Grant Application Deadline - 1-20-2009

Signed applications are due to Linda Bacsik, Director of Foundation & Grant Development, at the MISD Administration office no later than Tuesday January 20, 2009 by 4:30pm.

Foundation Grant Awards Held!

Fancy Footwork - Grant in Action

New Foundation Board Members Photos

Thank you to our volunteer Board of Directors made up of business, community and education leaders who believe Great Schools are Everyones Business!!

IMPORTANT - Foundation Grant Winners

How You Can Help!

Questions? - Contact Us

Linda Bacsik, Director

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News & Announcements for 12-3-2008

2008-12-03T08:32:13Z


Wed Dec 3, 2008		Vol 1 - Issue 4

In This Issue

Marketing Video - Celebrating 10 Years!!
Meredith Hatch Memorial Video
Knowledge Seekers Club - Grant in Action
Junior Jag Bank - Grant in Action
Solar Cars - Grant in Action
Bus Seat Covers - Grant in Action
Weatherbug - Grant in Action
Grant Application Deadline - 1-20-2009
Foundation Grant Awards Held!
Fancy Footwork - Grant in Action
New Foundation Board Members Photos
IMPORTANT - Foundation Grant Winners
How You Can Help!
Questions? - Contact Us

News & Announcements for 12-3-2008

Marketing Video - Celebrating 10 Years!!

Happpy Anniversary Education Foundation!!

Meredith Hatch Memorial Video

Photo by Allen J. Oliver

Knowledge Seekers Club - Grant in Action

Junior Jag Bank - Grant in Action

Solar Cars - Grant in Action

Bus Seat Covers - Grant in Action

Weatherbug - Grant in Action

Grant Application Deadline - 1-20-2009

Signed applications are due to Linda Bacsik, Director of Foundation & Grant Development, at the MISD Administration office no later than Tuesday January 20, 2009 by 4:30pm.

Foundation Grant Awards Held!

Fancy Footwork - Grant in Action

New Foundation Board Members Photos

Thank you to our volunteer Board of Directors made up of business, community and education leaders who believe Great Schools are Everyones Business!!

IMPORTANT - Foundation Grant Winners

How You Can Help!

Questions? - Contact Us

Linda Bacsik, Director

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Mansfield ISD Education Foundation News and Announcements 2-6-2008

2008-02-06T13:31:14Z

The Harlem Ambassadors Are Coming! – Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Harlem Ambassadors vs. The Mansfield All-stars benefitting The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation at Legacy High School Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Get ready for dazzling ball-handling tricks, high-flying slam dunks and hilarious family comedy. Join the Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at Legacy High School, as they take on the Mansfield All-Stars. The Harlem Ambassadors…It’s not your grandfather’s basketball show!

See Deion Sanders, Spud Webb, Carlos Francis (Former NFL player), Mansfield ISD coaches and more stars. Jody Dean will be featured as our guest announcer.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at Frost Bank, Texas Trust Credit Union, Palio’s Pizza, Trios Pizza and the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation office or at the door.

All proceeds benefit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation. Tickets are $6 students / employees and $8 for adults. Groups of 20 or more get a $2 per ticket discount. At the door: Students / employees $8 and adults $10.00

For more information, contact the MISD Education Foundation at (817) 299-6354.

Ticket Locations:

Frost Bank
1000 Walnut Creek, Mansfield

Texas Trust Credit Union
1900 Country Club, Mansfield

Palio’s Pizza
Hwy 157, Mansfield

Trios Pizza
1301 E. Debbie Lane, Mansfield

MISD Education Foundation
609 E. Broad, Mansfield

TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT ALL MISD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES!!

Mansfield ISD Coaches playing in the Basketball Game:

Richie Alfred - MHS
Natasha Stewart - MHS
Kenni Patton - MHS
Chalisa Branch - THS
Eric McDade - THS
Marchie Murdock - LHS
Amy Tennison - LHS
Jason Mutterer - SHS
Nick Garrett - Worley
Christian Garippa - Wester
Jeff Russell - Danny Jones
Cedric Shelby - James Coble
Jason Pounds - T A Howard

Other Players:

Brian Hernalsteen - Mansfield News Mirror
Samantha Morrow - UTA Women’s Basketball Coach
Michael Evans - Pastor Bethlehem Baptist Church
Bob Morrison - Deputy Superintendent MISD
Mansfield Fire Department Representative
Hobey Strawn - MISD Foundation Member

Sponsors for the Mansfield ISD - Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show:

Bethlehem Baptist Church
Frost Bank
Mansfield Janitorial Supply
Healthy Body Chiropractic
Texas Trust Credit Union
Nationwide Insurance
Ride N Zone
Summit Security
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP
Comet Cleaners
FastSigns
Westlake Hardware
Terry Moore
Raymond Meeks
Denton Wilson
Hobey Strawn
Michael Williams
Division 1 Sports
Arlington Star Telegram
Karma Medical Supply
Trio’s Pizza
Mansfield Chiropractic

**Reminder – Video Library Update – New Grants in Action!
Please visit the video library section of the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website and see new innovative teaching grants in action. Including Cowboys Count with Winning Numbers, Explore!! (Improving Science Skills through Hands-On Laboratory Experiments), More Summit High School Fish Fest, Outdoor Learning Center - National Semiconductor Math & Science Grant, Welcome to Glass Class and Lights Fantastic at Summit High School. Produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions in Association with the Mansfield ISD
Education Foundation.

Planned Giving to the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation!
Want a way to support your community’s teachers and students? Charitable giving to the MISD Education Foundation is a great way to help Mansfield ISD retain excellent teachers and develop well-educated students. What if something happens to you? Would you want to leave anything to any charitable organization? The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation could be your charity of choice. Gift planning can help you make charitable gifts from your estate while receiving financial benefits for yourself. You can do this either through a charitable remainder trust, charitable lead trust, or gift annuity. To learn more please visit the "How You Can Help" section on Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

We want to feature YOUR Grant on our Website!
If you are a Mansfield ISD Education Foundation grant winner and have fully implemented your grant idea please let us know. We want to feature your grant on the website complete with a detailed description of your grant, photo gallery and chance to be featured in the foundation annual marketing video. Please send us photos in the jpeg format and a word document explaining your grant.

Please encourage anyone in the district and the community to become a subscriber of the MISD Education Foundation's newsletter and they will receive foundation news relevant to their needs.

Allen J. Oliver is the media coordinator to Foundation Director, Linda Bacsik. All foundation video material is produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions, since 1998.

Please let us know you stopped by and don't forget to save us in your favorites. Visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Website at:
www.mansfieldisdfoundation.org

Stay tuned to the news and announcement ticker at the top of our homepage for all the latest information happening with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation.

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Mansfield ISD Education Foundation News and Announcements 1-7-2008

2008-01-07T12:35:59Z

MISD Education Foundation 2nd Round Grant Application Deadline
Signed applications are due to Linda Bacsik, Director of Foundation & Grant Development, at the MISD Administration office no later than Tuesday Jan. 22 by 4:30pm.

REMEMBER - If you are applying for a grant with technology equipment you must have your TTCC certification or be signed up for an upcoming class. Please send your grants to Ray Jaksa for approval.

The Harlem Ambassadors Are Coming! – Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Harlem Ambassadors vs. The Mansfield All-stars benefitting The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation at Legacy High School Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Get ready for dazzling ball-handling tricks, high-flying slam dunks and hilarious family comedy. Join the Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at Legacy High School, as they take on the Mansfield All-Stars. The Harlem Ambassadors…It’s not your grandfather’s basketball show!

See Deion Sanders, Spud Webb, Carlos Francis (Former NFL player), Mansfield ISD coaches and more stars. Jody Dean will be featured as our guest announcer.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at Frost Bank, Texas Trust Credit Union, Palio’s Pizza, Trios Pizza and the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation office or at the door.

All proceeds benefit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation. Tickets are $6 students / employees and $8 for adults. Groups of 20 or more get a $2 per ticket discount. At the door: Students / employees $8 and adults $10.00

For more information, contact the MISD Education Foundation at
(817) 299-6354

Ticket Locations:

Frost Bank
1000 Walnut Creek, Mansfield

Texas Trust Credit Union
1900 Country Club, Mansfield

Palio’s Pizza
Hwy 157, Mansfield

Trios Pizza
1301 E. Debbie Lane, Mansfield

MISD Education Foundation
609 E. Broad, Mansfield

Mansfield ISD Coaches playing in the Basketball Game:

Richie Alfred - MHS
Natasha Stewart - MHS
Kenni Patton - MHS
Chalisa Branch - THS
Eric McDade - THS
Marchie Murdock - LHS
Amy Tennison - LHS
Jason Mutterer - SHS
Nick Garrett - Worley
Christina Garippa - Wester
Jeff Russell - Danny Jones
Ryan Young - James Coble
Jason Pounds - T A Howard

Other Players:

Brian Hernalsteen - Mansfield News Mirror
Samantha Morrow - UTA Women’s Basketball Coach
Michael Evans - Pastor Bethlehem Baptist Church
Bob Morrison - Deputy Superintendent MISD
Mansfield Fire Department Representative
Hobey Strawn – MISD Foundation Member

Sponsors for the Mansfield ISD Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show:

Bethlehem Baptist Church
Frost Bank
Mansfield Janitorial Supply
Healthy Body Chiropractic
Texas Trust Credit Union
Nationwide Insurance
Ride N Zone
Summit Security
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller LLP
Comet Cleaners
FastSigns
Westlake Hardware
Terry Moore
Raymond Meeks
Denton Wilson
Hobey Strawn
Michael Williams
Division 1 Sports

** Reminder – 2007 Fall Round Grant Awards Video
Come along and join the fun and excitement of awarding grant funds to teachers and students. Community members, donors and foundation board members deliver those big checks to many MISD campuses. Watch highlights from the Fall Round of grant awards. To watch the video please visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

** Reminder – More Donors See Benefits of Giving Securities Over Cash
More donors are choosing to give charitable gifts in the form of securities — such as stock, mutual funds, and other investments — instead of cash, reports The Wall Street Journal. The current strong stock market and the benefits of efficiency and tax savings for the donor and the recipient charity seem to be driving this trend, the newspaper says. Visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website for the complete article.

**Reminder – MISD Education Foundation 2008 Marketing Video!
Produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions in Association with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation. Annual Drive Chairman, Mark Matula and Foundation Board Member, Tamara Hilliard hosts the 2008 Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Annual Drive Celebration, see new and innovative teaching grants in action. Also, special guest appearances by Superintendent Vernon Newsom and a host of grant recipients. For behind the scenes photos and to watch the video please visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

**Reminder – Video Library Update – New Grants in Action!
Please visit the video library section of the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website and see new innovative teaching grants in action. Including Cowboys Count with Winning Numbers, Explore!! (Improving Science Skills through Hands-On Laboratory Experiments), More Summit High School Fish Fest, Outdoor Learning Center - National Semiconductor Math & Science Grant, Welcome to Glass Class and Lights Fantastic at Summit High School. Produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions in Association with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation.

Planned Giving to the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation!
Want a way to support your community’s teachers and students? Charitable giving to the MISD Education Foundation is a great way to help Mansfield ISD retain excellent teachers and develop well-educated students. What if something happens to you? Would you want to leave anything to any charitable organization? The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation could be your charity of choice. Gift planning can help you make charitable gifts from your estate while receiving financial benefits for yourself. You can do this either through a charitable remainder trust, charitable lead trust, or gift annuity. To learn more please visit the "How You Can Help" section on Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

We want to feature YOUR Grant on our Website!
If you are a Mansfield ISD Education Foundation grant winner and have fully implemented your grant idea please let us know. We want to feature your grant on the website complete with a detailed description of your grant, photo gallery and chance to be featured in the foundation annual marketing video. Please send us photos in the jpeg format and a word document explaining your grant.

Please encourage anyone in the district and the community to become a subscriber of the MISD Education Foundation's newsletter and they will receive foundation news relevant to their needs.

Allen J. Oliver is the media coordinator to Foundation Director, Linda Bacsik. All foundation video material is produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions, since 1998.

Please let us know you stopped by and don't forget to save us in your favorites. Visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Website at: www.mansfieldisdfoundation.org

Stay tuned to the news and announcement ticker at the top of our homepage for all the latest information happening with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation.

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Mansfield ISD Education Foundation News and Announcements 12-12-2007

2007-12-12T09:58:17Z

The Education Foundation board of directors would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The board would also like to thank all of our donors who have generously given to the foundation for the benefit of teachers and students in Mansfield ISD. Thank you to the teachers who have spent their days, nights and weekends writing their grant proposals. We applaud the dedication you have to your profession and your dedication to the students that you educate every day.

**NEW** – November Grant Awards Video
Come along and join the fun and excitement of awarding grant funds to teachers and students. Community members, donors and foundation board members deliver those big checks to many MISD campuses. Watch highlights from the November 2007 Fall Round of grant awards. To watch the video please visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

**NEW** - More Donors See Benefits of Giving Securities Over Cash
More donors are choosing to give charitable gifts in the form of securities — such as stock, mutual funds, and other investments — instead of cash, reports The Wall Street Journal. The current strong stock market and the benefits of efficiency and tax savings for the donor and the recipient charity seem to be driving this trend, the newspaper says. Visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website for the complete article.

Foundation 2nd Round Grant Application Deadline
Signed applications are due to Linda Bacsik, Director of Foundation & Grant Development, at the MISD Administration office no later than Tuesday Jan. 22 by 4:30pm.

REMEMBER - If you are applying for a grant with technology equipment you must have your TTCC certification or be signed up for an upcoming class. Please send your grants to Ray Jaksa for approval.

Reminder - MISD Education Foundation NEW 2008 Marketing Video!
Produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions in Association with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation. Annual Drive Chairman, Mark Matula and Foundation Board Member, Tamara Hilliard hosts the 2008 Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Annual Drive Celebration, see new and innovative teaching grants in action. Also, special guest appearances by Superintendent Vernon Newsom and a host of grant recipients. For behind the scenes photos and to watch the video please visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

Reminder - Video Library Update – New Grants in Action!
Please visit the video library section of the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website and see new innovative teaching grants in action. Including:
· Cowboys Count with Winning Numbers
· Explore!! (Improving Science Skills through Hands-On Laboratory Experiments)
· More Summit High School Fish Fest
· Outdoor Learning Center - National Semiconductor Math & Science Grant
· Welcome to Glass Class
· Lights Fantastic – Summit High School
Produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions in Association with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation.

The Harlem Ambassadors
Coming February 7, 2008 to Legacy High School - The Harlem Ambassadors vs. the Mansfield All-Stars benefiting the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation at Legacy High School, Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Come see the Harlem Ambassadors Show with guest appearances by Deion Sanders, Spud Webb, Ken Hill (former Texas Ranger), Carlos Francis (Oakland Raiders), Kevin Mathis (Atlanta Falcons), Mike Williams (Former Detroit Piston) and many more. For more information please visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website or call (817) 299-6354.

Planned Giving to the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation!
Want a way to support your community’s teachers and students? Charitable giving to the MISD Education Foundation is a great way to help Mansfield ISD retain excellent teachers and develop well-educated students. What if something happens to you? Would you want to leave anything to any charitable organization? The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation could be your charity of choice. Gift planning can help you make charitable gifts from your estate while receiving financial benefits for yourself. You can do this either through a charitable remainder trust, charitable lead trust, or gift annuity. To learn more please visit the "How You Can Help" section on Mansfield ISD Education Foundation website.

Have a question about the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation?
Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions and about our programs as well as information on becoming a volunteer or a foundation board member. Links throughout the answers to your questions will guide you to further information on our website. To learn more please visit us at www.mansfieldisdfoundation.org

If you are a Mansfield ISD Education Foundation grant winner and have fully implemented your grant idea please let us know. We want to feature your grant on the website complete with a detailed description of your grant, photo gallery and chance to be featured in the foundation annual marketing video. Please send us photos in the jpeg format and a word document explaining your grant.

Please encourage anyone in the district and the community to become a subscriber of the MISD Education Foundation's newsletter and they will receive foundation news relevant to their needs.

Allen J. Oliver is the media coordinator to Foundation Director, Linda Bacsik. All foundation video material is produced by Allen J. Oliver Productions, since 1998.

Please let us know you stopped by and don't forget to save us in your favorites. Visit the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Website at: www.mansfieldisdfoundation.org

Stay tuned to the news and announcement ticker at the top of our homepage for all the latest information happening with the Mansfield ISD Education Foundation.

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