The experience and wisdom of an older generation can be so amazing and uplifting. The differences in available technology today versus the thirties, forties, and fifties is vast. And yet, many advances in science and medicine occurred in these decades as well as the groundwork for modern day advancements in technology. For example, Hedy Lamarr known primarily as an actress theorized the basis for WiFi technology that we employ today. Many harsh and sometimes fatal diseases were cured or at least slowed down, such as polio. The ‘human computer’, Katharine Johnson and her colleagues at NASA put man on the moon calculating with a slide rule and No. 2 pencil as our modern computers didn’t exist. And from Mendel’s observations of the humble pea plant to Franklin’s X-rays of Slide 51 to Watson and Crick’s work on the double helix structure, DNA was named and imagined. All of these wonderful ideas and realizations occurred prior to 1969.
So what do these have to do with the Forney Education Foundation? The next inventor, mathematician, engineer, or biologist could be walking the hallways of Forney ISD right now. Recognizing a particular student’s gifts and talents is one of the many areas Forney ISD teachers are really good about assessing their students. And many of the past grant recipients from the Forney Education Foundation have understood how much the ‘extra’ can be used to reveal those qualities. Since 2008, FEF has awarded over $1,000,000 to Forney ISD teachers and staff members to fund innovative programs for their classrooms and/or departments.
Won’t you join the journey with Forney ISD and Forney Education Foundation today for tomorrow’s stars? To see how to help light the way for teaching and learning, go to www. forneyisdfoundation.org and see where you can take those steps.
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