Celebration Express travels the District KISD Education Foundation sets $132,690 record – Your Houston News: News Celebration Express travels the District KISD Education Foundation sets $132,690 record Celebration Express travels the District KISD Education Foundation sets $132,690 record Celebration Express travels the District KISD Education Foundation sets $132,690 record

The Klein ISD Education Foundation (KEF) set a new record in its 15-year history by awarding $132,690 in grants for the 2014-2015 school year. To have a bus full of community members and Klein ISD supporters making lots of noise as they travel the hallways of campuses awarding well-deserved teacher grants is just so incredibly heartwarming,a said Cindy Doyle, director of community relations and KEF.

The first stop of the day for the Celebration Express was to award Eiland Elementary a grant for their aGot Code?a program sponsored by Joiner Architects.

Eiland Elementary was also awarded a grant for their aItas a New ERA (Eiland Reader Award).a The grant, sponsored by Durotech, Inc., will focus on having students learn about national book awards and then read, critically analyze, and vote on their favorite books.

After visiting Grace England, the Celebration Express bus stopped at Brill Elementary to award the biggest grant of the day, a Lead the Spark grant, for the schoolas aThe Partridge Family Moves One Direction: From a Library to an Active Learning Commonsa program.

The last stop for the day was to Zwink Elementary to award a grant, sponsored by Layer 3 Communications, for the schoolas aLEGO and Learn Ona program.

Since 2001, the Klein ISD Education Foundation has awarded more than $1.29 million in educator grants to teachers in the Klein ISD.