06-05-2025
WFISD Foundation awards $500 grants to teachers for classroom needs
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Five WFISD teachers received quite the surprise on Tuesday morning of May 6, as they were awarded five hundred dollars each as part of the WFISD Foundation Teacher Appreciation Grant funded by board president and school board member Susan Grisel.
'Hello are you Ms. McDoorman?'
'I am Ms. McDoorman'
'I'm Nikki Davis I'm the Executive Director of WFISD Foundation and we are here to present you with a teacher appreciation grant on behalf of Mrs. Grisel who is our board president.'
'I'm just so excited that I have some money to buy a new instrument. We've been needing a new cello for a while. We have one full-size cello that it's in great condition, but we need more. So I can't wait to buy a second cello for my classroom. I'm so excited,' McDoorman said.
'Here's your extra-large check for $500.'
'What does it mean to me? It means some extra snacks for my kiddos or my classroom,' Lisa Aranda said.
'Hi Ms. DeFour how are you? We've got a surprise for you'
'On behalf of the foundation I would like to congratulate you as the recipient of the teacher appreciation grant.'
'It's such an honor, there's so many amazing educators in the district and at Fowler and so that I was nominated and selected. I just feel so honored,' Meagan DuFour said.
'Can we borrow you for a minute?'
'Say cheese!'
'I'm here to surprise you. I'm with the WFISD Foundation, and on behalf of the foundation and our generous donors, Mrs. Grisel and her husband you have been awarded the teacher appreciation grant of $500, here's your massive check, I just appreciate you so much.'
'I just never thought this would ever be given to me and I'm very thankful and gracious and its a great gift,' Skylar Bavousett said.
'We wanted to do something for our teachers, to let them know how much we appreciate them. And this was just a small token, a gift that we could give them to show them, that they're important to us,' Susan Grisel said.
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