Mission Statement
The mission of the Mt. Pleasant ISD School Foundation is to acquire funds and provide resources to inspire learning, enrich teaching and offer extended educational opportunities to students and teachers in the Mt. Pleasant Independent School District.
Grant Application
Grant Applications should be hand delivered to Judi Saxton at the MPISD Foundation
office at the administration building by April 4, 2016 for grants to be awarded in May 2016.
Foundation News
Local Banks Donate to MPISD Foundation
Guaranty Bank and Trust and Pilgrim Bank have each donated $2500 to the Mt. Pleasant ISD School Foundation. The funds will be used to help fund Educator Grants. “We thank Guaranty and Pilgrims for these [...]
Local Banks Donate to MPISD Foundation
Guaranty Bank and Trust and Pilgrim Bank have each donated $2500 to the Mt. Pleasant ISD School Foundation. The funds will be used to help fund Educator Grants. “We thank Guaranty and Pilgrims for these [...]
MPISD Foundation Awards Educator Grants
The Mt. Pleasant ISD School Foundation awarded its first Educator Grants Wednesday, January 6. The grants, totaling $8,719.65, were presented personally by Foundation Board members to 17 teachers on six campuses. The presentations were made [...]
Grants Awarded January 2016
E.C. Brice Elementary: Kindergarten teacher Misti Sloan for ReKenrick Classroom Kits to aid in teaching math concepts
Pictured: Foundation Board members Sandy McCauley and Vikki Goates, grant recipient Misti Sloan and Foundation Board member Becca Bell
Annie Sims Elementary: P.E. teacher Jerry Ballard for wireless microphones to use during class and visiting programs in the gym
Pictured: Foundation Board President Brad Lowry, grant recipient P.E. teacher Jerry Ballard and Foundation Board member Danny Muskrat
Frances Corprew Elementary: Reading Interventionist Melanie Falkner for her Genius Hour Enrichment Group creating Butterfly and Vegetable Gardens
Pictured: Foundation Board member Danny Muskrat, grant recipient Melanie Falkner, Foundation Board member Sandy McCauley and Foundation Board President Brad Lowry
Vivian Fowler Elementary: GT Coordinator Sheila Eddy for GT students to attend Sky Ranch Retreat in Van, Texas this spring
Pictured: Foundation Board members Danny Muskrat and Becca Bell, grant recipient Sheila Eddy and Foundation Board President Brad Lowry
P.E. Wallace Middle School: 5th Grade Reading/English Language Arts Teachers (Leslie Amerson, Dori Beasley, Kristi Dupriest, Darlene Greenlee, Douglas Little, Rhonda Newman, Karen Sisk and Deyanira Torres) for books to create classroom libraries
Pictured: Standing: Foundation Board members Sandy McCauley, Danny Muskrat, Becca Bell, President Brad Lowry and Amy Hinton, and Grant Recipient Douglas Little; Seated: Grant recipients Kristi Dupriest, Rhonda Newman, Deyanira Torres, Leslie Amerson, Karen Sisk, Darlene Greenlee and Dori Beasley
P.E. Wallace Middle School: 6th Grade English teacher Jana Jenkins for Vocabulary Games such as Scrabble to provide a creative way to increase students’ vocabulary
Pictured: Back Row: Foundation Board members Sandy McCauley, Danny Muskrat and President Brad Lowry; Front Row: Board member Amy Hinton, grant recipient Jana Jenkins and Board member Becca Bell
P.E. Wallace Middle School: 6th Grade Math teachers Tammy Davis, Cathleen Fender and Sandra Wright for classroom supplies (dry erase boards, markers and erasers; a magnetic coordinate grid; student seating; small group tables; and storage units)
Pictured: Front Row: Grant recipients Tammy Davis, Sandra Wright and Cathleen Fender; Back Row: Foundation Board members Sandy McCauley, Danny Muskrat, President Brad Lowry, Becca Bell and Amy Hinton
Mount Pleasant High School: Spanish teacher Maryna Svirska-Otero for students to attend a Hispanic Flamenco Ballet Performance in Mesquite as part of their study of Spanish & Hispanic Culture
Pictured: Foundation Board members Amy Hinton, Danny Muskrat, Sandy McCauley, grant recipient Maryna Svirska-Otera, Board members President Brad Lowry, Becca Bell and Vikki Goates