Many people do not realize that the Christmas song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, starts on Christmas Day and ends on January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. The parable of the gifts bestowed upon the true love mirrors the gifts that the donors to the Forney Education Foundation bestow upon the district as a whole. The various items really reflect all the different areas that the district has put into motion with all of the career pathways that are available to the students in Forney. So in that spirit (and still on-time!) I offer you this: On the twelfth day of Christmas, My true love gave to me Twelve readers reading, Eleven pipers piping (in the band room!), Ten bakers baking, Nine actors acting, Eight welders welding, Seven ceramists a-kilning Six robotics teams competing, Five Founders Believing!
Four VPs leading, Three degrees for earning, Two Grant Trains rolling, And the Forney fam-i-ly. So this might seem a little silly, but each of these “days” in the song represents a grant or other project that the Foundation has funded. From books to musical instruments to kilns and ovens, and even the opportunity to receive college degrees here at home, FEF has worked since 2004 to help the FISD students receive those extra gifts that can make a real difference.
Join the chorus at www. forneyisdfoundation.org and write your own verse!
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