2021 LCEF Scholarship Recipients

Formed in 2000, the Lake Cities Education Foundation’s mission is to assist the students and teachers of Lake Dallas Independent School District through the awarding of innovative teaching grants to educators and scholarships to graduating seniors of Lake Dallas High School.

These grants and scholarships are funded through our annual fundraisers, the Gala and Auction, held each fall, and the Memorial Golf Tournament, held each summer.  In addition, permanent endowments, established by friends and family members who have chosen to memorialize their loved ones, provide annual awards. The first LCEF scholarships, totaling $4500, were awarded 21 years ago to 9 students. Currently, over $560,000 has been awarded to 382 deserving seniors.

To select the 2021 scholarship recipients, we again utilized a blind selection process:  the LCEF traded scholarship applications with the Aubrey Education Foundation to provide an objective and unbiased evaluation process. The applications were then scored by established criteria and ranked according to the total score.  

Continuing the tradition started in 2018, we presented each recipient with an honor cord. The cords, comprised of green and white satin strands to represent the school colors of Lake Dallas High School, are intertwined with blue strands to signify the Lake Cities communities’ support for our students.

Unfortunately, Lake Dallas High School was unable to hold their annual Rosecutting and Scholarship Award ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, LCEF representatives were able to present the students with their scholarships and honor cords the day before graduation in time for the students to include their cords with their graduation regalia.  The 2021 recipients are:

Nicholas Hibberd Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Allie Robinson

CWII Christopher Chabot Martin Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Gillian Stinson

Louis B. Drozd Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Victoria Marinova

Tyler Morse Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Jason Ballard

LCEF Golf Tournament Directors’ Endowed Scholarship: Garrett Henderson

Tonya Lyons Monden Future Educator Scholarship: Marvis Moreno

Kent Gladen Memorial Scholarship: Delanie Schantz

LCEF Directors’ Scholarship: Michael Brown

Jason Powell Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Aidan Wooldridge

DATCU Scholarship: Addison Buesing

Coach Cosper Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Fabricio Salas

CoServ Charitable Foundation Scholarship: Alyssa Beaty

LCEF Directors’ Scholarship: Brennan Thiessen

Sawko and Burroughs Endowed Scholarship: Casee Harl

Oakmont Men’s Golf Association Endowed Scholarship: Jaya Dhadda

LCEF Directors’ Scholarship: Baylea Ortiz

Matthew Webb Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Gabriela Martinez

CenturyLink Endowed Scholarship: Trevor Moon

CoServ Endowed Scholarshiop: Carson Kinser

Lake Cities Chamber of Commerce Endowed Scholarship: Emma Harrison

CenturyLink Endowed Scholarship: Zachary Kunkle

Gene Halley Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Katy Crain

Heather Weyer Greaves Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Alton Goldfield

We want to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has generously supported the Lake Cities Education Foundation and allowed us to award these scholarships to these deserving students. We are looking forward to watching them succeed in these newest educational endeavors and cannot wait to see the bright futures we know they will have.

Your support enriches the lives and future of our students. Let us continue to partner together to create change and opportunities for the students and staff of Lake Dallas ISD!

Amidst a Pandemic, Our Prize Patrol Awards Recipients

It’s that time of year again. We are thrilled to announce the Lake Dallas teachers and staff that were awarded educational grants by our “Prize Patrol” for innovative and enrichment project proposals. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we had to get creative and transitioned this year’s award presentations to an online format. While district leaders and donors were on video chat with teachers, campus administrators provided them with their oversized checks. 

This year Lake Cities Education Foundation awarded nearly $36,000 in grants to Lake Dallas ISD educators. Each district campus earned at least one grant. 

Project Title: I Can See the Ideas in Me

Funds made possible in part through the Walmart Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $938

Grant Director: India Morris, Corinth Elementary Teacher

Project Title: Pre-K Exploration Center

Funds made possible in part through the T.W. Hicks Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $930

Grant Director: Ashley Campbell, Corinth Elementary Pre-K Teacher

Project Title: Tools of the Trade

Funds made possible in part through the CoServ Charitable Foundation Grant

Grant Amount Received: $400

Grant Director: Michelle Richey, Corinth Elementary Technology Integration Specialist 

Project Title: Body Mass Index and Healthy Lifestyles

Funds made possible in part through the Lora McCarty Henderson Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $4,859.29

Grant Director: Debby Winder, Lake Dallas High School Athletic Trainer

Project Title: Responding to Student Social-Emotional and Academic Advising Needs During a Pandemic

Funds made possible through the DATCU Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $4,000

Grant Director: London Hall Bendani, Lake Dallas High School Counselor/Academic Advisor

Project Title: Rod Oven for Welding Certifications

Funds made possible in part through the Boeing Teacher Grant 

Grant Amount Received: $2,056.10

Grant Director: Jerry Crow, Lake Dallas High School Welding Teacher

Project Title: Hocus Pocus, Help us Focus

Funds made possible in part through the LCEF Directors Teachers Grant

Grant Amount Received: $1,411,50

Grant Director: Sabrina Chapman, Dana Dunn, and Amy Rios; Lake Dallas Elementary Special Ed. Dept. 

Project Title: LDE Geniuses

Funds made possible through the CoServ Charitable Foundation Grant

Grant Amount Received: $3,600

Grant Director: Katie Landaverde, Technology Integration Specialist; and Cari Houser, Lake Dallas Elementary Teacher

Project Title: Improving Student Achievement Through the Implementation of Social Emotional Learning by Bringing WHO to the Classrooms and Campuses 

Funds made possible through the LCEF Directors Teachers Grant

Grant Amount Received: $4,450

Grant Director: Counselors/Academic Advisors: Monica Gonzales-Carrido, Corinth Elementary; and London Hall Bendani, Lake Dallas High School

Project Title: Magnifying Science Experiences

Funds made possible in part through the CoServ Teacher Assistance Grant

Grant Amount Received: $2,474.31

Grant Director: Kathryn Holland, Lake Dallas Middle School Science Teacher

Project Title: Calm, Cool, Collected

Funds made possible in part through the Carole Heidmann Memorial Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $2,083

Grant Director: Kendra Black, Lake Dallas Middle School Teacher

Project Title: Leveling Out Literacy

Funds made possible through the Robin Hasserd Memorial Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $5,000

Grant Director: Ashley Fay, Shady Shores Elementary Instructional Coach

Project Title: How Now Brown Cow

Funds made possible through the Drozd Family Teacher Grant

Grant Amount Received: $3,797

Lake Dallas Middle School

Project Title: Genius Hour

Funds made possible through the CoServ Charitable Foundation STEM Grant

Grant Amount Received: $3,600

Lake Dallas Elementary

“We’re so excited that these funds will once again go to Lake Dallas ISD’s excellent teachers so they can continue to make learning exciting and engaging for students,” Don Glockel, president of the LCEF Board of Directors, said. “Hearing these educators talk about their projects was exciting, and I speak for the entire foundation in saying we eagerly await seeing their plans come to fruition.” 

These grants are not available without your support. Donations are currently being accepted here, or mailed to LCEF, PO Box 1294, Lake Dallas, TX  75065. Your financial support makes teachers’ dreams come true and enriches the lives and futures of our students. We look forward to partnering with you to continue creating opportunities for our students and teachers. 

2019 CoServ STEM Grant Awarded to Lake Dallas Middle School

We are excited to announce the 2019 CoServ STEM Grant recipient. The CoServ STEM Grant was awarded to Lake Dallas Middle School on May 9, 2019. The funds were made available through the CoServ Charitable Foundation. The focus of the grant is to be awarded to teachers with a project focus on science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Awarded in the amount of $4,000, the CoServ STEM Grant is titled “Hometown Globalization.” Charlie Lockey, Tyler Hardin, and Olivia Stalnaker serve as grant directors.

Lake Dallas Middle School chose to focus on building a greenhouse facility in research partnerships with TAMU AgriLife. By constructing the greenhouse students at Lake Dallas Middle School will be able to develop a global understanding of the research and logistics in our food suppliers as well as impact research in future space travel. This project will meet the research abilities for all Lake Dallas Middle School students.

In partnership with TAMU AgriLife the 8th grade advanced science students will travel to their research facility to learn about plant genetics and growing plants in zero-gravity. In addition, 8th grade students who have already taken the Lake Dallas Middle School AgriLife class will have an opportunity to earn high school credit by taking the Principles in Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition course.

We are thrilled to be able to support such an enriching and hands-on project at Lake Dallas Middle School. We know their students will deeply benefit from this exciting greenhouse experience. We are thankful to be able to do our part while continuing to fund grants and scholarships for many others Lake Dallas Independent School District students and teachers.

Formed in 2000, the Lake Cities Education Foundation was created to assist the students and teachers of the Lake Dallas Independent School District through the awarding of innovative teaching grants and scholarships to graduating seniors of Lake Dallas High School.