WISDEF IN THE NEWS
2023 Fall Grant: Empowered Wardrobe
The Career & Technical Education department at Whitehouse High School was awarded a grant to provide students with access to professional clothing. With this support, students can concentrate on showcasing their talents, knowing they have the attire they need.
Click here to watch the KLTV special segment.
2023 Fall Grant: Duckingham Palace
Cain Elementary teachers Ally Willborn, Alyson Thompson, and Kelly Bonnette were awarded $2,766.45 to expand their annual egg hatching program, which included bringing a rescued tortoise to their campus. Click here to check out the KLTV7 special segment!
2023 Fall Grants:
Our Surprise Patrol visited all 7 campuses awarding $74,599.88 to 31 projects!
CBS19 News article: https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/whitehouse-isd-education-foundation-provides-over-74000-in-grants-for-teachers-in/501-964c22f5-7019-4916-8a5f-9579825567a7
KLTV News story: https://www.kltv.com/video/2023/09/30/whitehouse-isd-teachers-surprised-with-grant-checks/
Tyler Morning Telegraph article: https://tylerpaper.com/news/whitehouse-isd-awards-over-74-000-worth-of-grants-to-its-educators/article_d16addbe-5f05-11ee-9fcb-17287f004dd6.html
2023 Wildcat Den Grant
Our district ESL coordinator, Pedro Tamez, was awarded $18,772.04 for district-wide technology to help students and parents communicate in their native language.
Click here to check out the CBS 19 story!
2022 East Texas Giving Day:
2022 Wildcat Den:
2021 Wildcat Den:
https://www.ketk.com/news/education/whitehouse-isd-to-award-up-to-50000-in-grant-contest/
2021 Wildcat Den:
https://tylerpaper.com/news/education/whitehouse-isd-education-foundation-awards-over-50-000-during-shark-tank-style-grant-event/article_ed8a10b6-a6e1-11eb-88a8-e3d84ae76acb.html
https://www.ketk.com/news/education/whitehouse-isd-awards-up-to-36000-with-annual-wildcat-den-shark-tank-style-event/
2020 Fall Grants:
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/whitehouse-isd-education-foundation-awards-100-000-in-grants/article_49292360-e15b-11e9-b716-235173ec34aa.html
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/whitehouse-isd-education-foundation-to-award-100-000-in-grants-friday/article_42f87564-de0d-11e9-9eef-eb96fc379dd1.html
2018 WISDEF Receives Northwestern Mutual Grant:
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/whitehouse-isd-education-foundation-president-receives-northwestern-mutual-2018-community-service-award/article_7b05177a-5216-11e8-aed7-df499be70d84.html
2017 Innovators of the Year:
https://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/news/whitehouse-isd-innovators-of-the-year-announced/article_4f1e3b42-d741-553b-b8e0-5ba5e5b286b4.html
https://www.sfasu.edu/9274.asp
2017 Holocaust Survivor Speaker:
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/holocaust-survivor-edith-eger-spreads-message-of-hope-and-encouragement-with-whitehouse-junior-high-school/article_2e860fd9-b6a4-5144-a285-eb99eab31475.html
2015 Fall Grants:
https://www.kltv.com/story/30476828/whitehouse-isd-receives-44000-to-provide-more-than-24-teaching-grants/
2014 Foundation Formation:
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/whitehouse-isd-discloses-formation-of-new-foundation/article_1dcc3f6f-a22a-5aa0-8cbf-a1af94e3d1d6.html
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/whitehouse-putting-pieces-together-for-foundation/article_86701316-0401-5579-841d-1bf219104047.html