Thanksgiving is next week. The year 2020 has both flown and dragged by for many people but the Forney Education Foundation has been busy all year. Even though the world changed drastically in March, FEF kept up with the wonderful teachers who had their grants funded as well as ways to continue getting funding for the next school year’s teacher grants and student reimbursements. The school district received great news from Dallas College this past September that all dual credit students at Forney and North Forney were going to receive a full scholarship for their classes so the only expense they faced were for the textbooks. Also, Forney ISD community and staff will receive in-district tuition rates for Dallas College courses taught at Forney ISD. This wonderful announcement meant that funds that FEF would have used for dual credit scholarships could be used to pay for the test all students have to take to see if they can take college classes.
The next event that the Foundation is hosting is the annual Antlers and Tutus fun run on Saturday, December 5. This year the event is being sponsored by the Devonshire Community and will take place in their community. This is a wonderful example of the Forney Community stepping up to help the students in Forney ISD. Since this event happens the first Saturday of December, it’s a great time to walk or run off those extra Thanksgiving desserts!
The Forney Education Foundation is truly thankful for all of the community members as well as businesses that have graciously stepped up to help them continue to help the teachers and students in Forney ISD be the very best they can be in the classroom and beyond. Through the help of the Forney Community, FEF has been able to continue to fund teacher-requested grants that are innovative in the ways that the grants help the students to learn. If you are interested in finding out how you can help as well, please go to www.forneyisdfoundation.org . Any amount is gladly accepted!
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