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Attention 2010 MEF Scholarship Recipients: Your paperwork is due immediately!
If you missed the June 30th deadline, you must contact the MEF offices immediately or risk losing your scholarship! If you have not turned in the required paperwork here, you will receive a forfeiture notice in the mail shortly.
MEF thanks the following Dream Builders who provide the funding for our MEF Advisors:
Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies; Encore Wire; Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C.; Heritage Eye Center; Independent Bank; McKinney Education Foundation Board of Trustees; McKinney Independent School District; Medical Center of McKinney/Mr. Ernest Lynch; Minnis Family Endowment; Pogue, Inc.
John Valencia, MEF Emeritus Trustee, with 2010 Scholarship Awardees. Photo courtesy of Joe Ownbey - www.ownbeyphotography.com
Nissan of McKinney 2010 Scholarship Award Winners posing with Pam Sexton (MEF Emeritus Trustee): Benjamin Jarvis, Wayne Hall, William Huang, Shaymah Alikparah, Madeline Cloutier, Meredith Moorman, Brittan Schrameyer. Not pictured: Nicholas Belina-Skupienski
MEF 2010 Scholarship Recipients
At the annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on May 28th, MEF awarded $304,600 in scholarships to MISD graduating seniors. For a list of the recipients, please click here.
We are delighted to have been able to give so many awards, but there are still plenty of deserving students who did not get a scholarship this year. IT'S NOT TOO LATE! If you or your business would like to provide a scholarship for a graduate of MISD, please contact Melanie Perkins at 469-742-6314.
Bob Tomes, Doug Parker and Melanie Perkins make the car presentation to Tonna Evans.
MEF Raffle Car Goes to MISD Teacher!
MEF and Bob Tomes Ford Lincoln Mercury are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is Vega Kindergarten teacher, Tonna Evans! Ms. Evans won as a result of Doug Parker at RepairMyCreditNow.com purchasing a block of 50 tickets from MEF to be given away during the KLAK/MEF/Teacher Appreciation Week radio promotion. Read the article and view the video of the car presentation here!
Steering for Scholarships 2010
Thank you to all the drivers, volunteers, donors and sponsors who participated in the inaugural event, Steering for Scholarships! Special thanks to MEF Trustee Emeritus John Valencia, Independent Bank, Bob Tomes Ford Lincoln Mercury, Rick's Chophouse, Lynn & Neil Sperry and Sharla's Boutique for making this event possible!
Attention Students! Read the latest Scholarship Bulletin HERE
Make Your Teacher a Star!
Tell your favorite teacher they’re a Star! Tell us about that special teacher, and we will send them a Golden Star pin to put on their MISD badge so everyone will know how exceptional they are!
The McKinney Education Foundation (MEF) has created an award to help recognize the amazing difference a special teacher can make. For a tax-deductible donation of just $25 to MEF, we will deliver a note to your teacher saying why you think they are so special. Attached to the card is a Golden Star pin they can wear or put on their MISD badge to proclaim to all that they are pretty terrific! Click here to order online, or call the MEF Office at 469-742-6313 for more information.
MEF Partners with Ebby Halliday
Ebby Halliday, REALTORS will pay 20% of the referred side commission to each McKinney ISD employee at closing when they register for the Ebby Advantage Program. Ebby Halliday, REALTORS will also contribute 5% of the referred side commission to the McKinney Education Foundation. Click here for more information.
Who is MEF?
The McKinney Education Foundation is a non-profit education foundation created to centralize, simplify and enhance the process of raising money for and awarding scholarships to deserving graduates of the three McKinney high schools, as well as Serenity High and LINC. MEF also has advisors who specialize in higher education admissions at all of the McKinney high schools to help students apply for and find additional funding for college.
In addition, MEF offers Classroom and Professional Development grants for MISD staff members, honors the top 10 percent of MISD graduates through the Lambda Epsilon Rho honor society and helps keep alumni connected through the McKinney Ex-Students Association (MESA).
If you would like to help young people achieve their dreams of attending college by starting a scholarship for your PTA, PTO, booster club or business, please contact Melanie Perkins at 469-742-6314.