Partner Spotlight
Congratulations Golden Achievement Award Winners!
The Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) is pleased to announce that 79 community partners earned the Golden Achievement Award for Partnership Excellence for the 2008-2009 school year. Employees from these partnerships have given their time, talent and resources to support strategic activities and programs for students and teachers in the district.
The award was established to give recognition to the partners who made significant contributions to the education of students or the support of teachers. Award winners include businesses, faith-based organizations, higher education, financial institutions, non-profit organizations, and government entities. This is the sixth year that it has been awarded.
1st Hour Communications
Aerospace Optimist Club
Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry
American National Bank
Andrews Institute of Mathematics,
Science & Technology—TCU
AXA Advisors
Bank of America
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Broadway Baptist Church
Celebration Community Church
Chesapeake Energy
Christ Chapel Bible Church
Colonial Savings, FA
Cook Children's Medical Center
Crescent Real Estate Equities
Dispute Resolution Services
Eastland Street Baptist Church
Edge Park United Methodist Church
EECU—7th Street
EECU—Hulen
EECU—N.W. 28th Street
First Congregational Church
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Goff Family Foundation
Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors
Holy Family Catholic Church
IBM
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank
Johnston Legal Group, PC
JPS Health Network
Kohl's
Law Offices of William K. Berenson
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
McMillan United Methodist Church
MJ Thomas Engineering, LLC
Molyneaux Foundation
Moritz Kia
Moritz of Fort Worth
Mrs. Baird's Bakeries
OmniAmerican Bank
Outreach Communications
Perdue, Brackett, Flores, Utt & Burns
Performing Arts Fort Worth
Pier 1 Imports
Poly Wesleyan Kiwanis Club
Polytechnic Alumni Association
Pro Verbs Youth Services, Inc.
RadioShack Corporation
Red Oak Books
Renaissance Worthington Hotel
Ridgmar Mall
Rosen Heights Baptist Church
Rotary Club of Fort Worth
Safe City Commission, Inc.
Sewell Lexus of Fort Worth
Speed-Fab-Crete
St. Andrews United
Methodist Church
State Farm Insurance—Darryl Jones
State Farm Insurance—Veronica Mendoza
Tarleton State University
Tarrant County College—Northwest
Tarrant County College—Trinity River
Texas Ballet Theater
Texas Wesleyan University
The Luther Family—Patsy Cantrell and Jan Johnson
Thomson Reuters
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
United States Army Corps of
Engineers—Fort Worth
United Way of Tarrant County
Unity One Federal Credit Union
University of North Texas Health
Science Center
Wells Fargo Foundation
Wells Fargo—Mc Cart
Women's Policy Forum
XTO Energy, Inc.
Adopt-A-School
Purpose: To engage businesses, community organizations and faith-based organizations in strategic activities with schools to improve student achievement.
Highlights: There are over 270 Adopt-A-School partners matched with schools. Partners support student achievement by their sharing of business/community resources, perspectives and innovative ideas. The steadfast devotion of Adopt-A-School partners positively affects the lives of Fort Worth ISD students, teachers and families.
>> Learn more about this rewarding partnership.