Enhance Staycations with Themed Fun Days

Staycations are an option for budget-conscious vacationers or people who simply do not want to travel too far from home due to mobility issues or other restrictions. Enhancing staycations with entertaining themes can improve the fun factor.

How to Backyard Big, Even in Small Spaces

Backyarding is the practice of taking everyday activities – think entertaining, eating, working, and working out to name a few – into the green space around us.

Charles Butt Foundation Selects Crandall ISD School Leader for Harvard Institute

Matthew Besherse, Principal at Martin Elementary, is among the 50 school leaders from across Texas selected as the 2023 cohort of educators to attend summer institutes at the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education sponsored by the Charles Butt Foundation, a non-profit...

Forney ISD School Board Appoints Dr. Idemudia; Green Steps Down after Years of Service

Barbara Jo Green has served the students, staff, and families of Forney ISD since 2015 as a school board member. After years of dedicated service to the Forney Family, she has decided to step down for personal reasons. The Forney ISD school board accepted her resignation at the May 16 board meeting.

News from area colleges. . .

The University of Texas at Tyler announced students who were named to the spring 2023 President’s Honor Roll. To qualify for the President’s Honor Roll, a student must have completed, in one semester, 12 or more semester hours of undergraduate college-level credit with an “A” in all courses.

Dreaming the Big Dream

…To sleep, perchance to dream… Hamlet The big dream that George Brown had many years ago about helping graduates in Forney ISD achieve their dreams came to fruition in the form of the Forney Education Foundation.

Forney Chamber Ribbon Cutting

Forney Chamber Ribbon Cutting

News from area colleges. . .

Kently Northcutt, a native of Crandall, was recently initiated into the Stephen F. Austin State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The Society welcomed 1,869 new initiates from 78 universities during April 2023.

Forney Chamber Ribbon Cutting