Education Foundation News - Grants for Inspiration & Innovation, Rocking the Foundation for Education, and more!

AUGUST 2022

Education Foundation of Odessa E-News

Grants for Inspiration & Innovation

We are excited to announce that the Grants for Inspiration & Innovation Committee have awarded $79,798.66 to Ector County ISD teachers for the 2022-2023 school year through its innovative grant program!

The Grants Committee approved the funding of:

11 - Elementary Classroom requests totaling $31,022.32;

10 - Secondary Classroom requests totaling $44,285.74;

6 - Secondary Fine Arts requests totaling $17,050.00 in partnership with Odessa Arts who contributed $5,000 towards this special allocation.

You may view a complete list of grant awards on our website.

Additionally, the Education Foundation allocated $10,000 to be awarded during the 2022-2023 school year to ECISD teachers through DonorsChoose, an online platform that allows teachers to seek funding for special projects throughout the school year.

Grant in Action

ECISD Harp Director, Francesca Florance, didn't waste anytime getting her grant money spent! While the Education Foundation Grants for Inspiration & Innovation Program is intended for "innovative" ideas, we've partnered with Odessa Arts to help create a pool of money to support the incredible Fine Arts program in ECISD. Through this allocation, we are able to support fine arts students through the purchase of new equipment and other needed items to help their program flourish.

Ms. Florance received a grant titled Covering Our Bases in Harp Education in the amount of $2,075.00 for the replacement of one full harp cover set and six harp cover bases. These covers will ensure these beautiful instruments are protected when moved from one location to another for student performances.

We received the photo below with a note from Ms. Florance that read,

"My students and I are thrilled to have new cases, which will be so helpful as we travel this year. A huge "thank you" from all of us to the Education Foundation!"

Rockin' the Foundation for Education!

Are you ready for the return of the concert event of the year? We are excited that this years fundraiser will feature one of the finest acclaimed rock bands working today, Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real (POTR)! The concert will take place at the Ector County Coliseum on Thursday, September 22, 2022.

Sponsorship tables for this event are available by calling the Education Foundation Office at (432) 456-7059 or email EducationFoundation .Odessa@outlook.com. Reserved seating tickets may be purchased from the Ector County Coliseum box office or online at at this link. Ticket prices are $35, $50, and $65 plus a handling charge.

When you shop AmazonSmile and link your Amazon account to the Ector County ISD Education Foundation, Inc., Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchase price back to us to support our students...the future in ECISD!

Go to smile.amazon.com/ch/75-2862209. Shop and enjoy giving to support the Education Foundation, your charitable organization of choice.

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The Education Foundation's mission is to create opportunities for education in Ector County ISD. Our vision is that every child in Ector County will be school-ready, college-ready, work-ready...WORLD-READY!

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