Sharyland ISD Education Foundation

The Sharyland ISD Education Foundation was established in 2003. Our organization was designed to support the values of our district and community and to raise funds to build an educational environment for our teachers and students that will build bright young minds ready for the future. Over the years, we have grown and expanded on what the founders envisioned for this organization.

Sharyland ISD is one of the smaller school districts in the Rio Grande Valley with some of the highest property taxes. However, it is also one of the most underfunded districts because of the way we are zoned in the city of Mission. This is what has made the Sharyland community such a vital part of what we do as a non-profit organization. Our Sharyland Education Foundation has always been made up of parents and business leaders from our area, and we have always made it our mission to network within our community to bring the tools our teachers need to stay at the top of their game when it comes to preparing our students to go out and build bright futures.

Our two biggest fundraisers are the annual Denim & Diamonds concert and our annual Superintendent’s Golf Classic Tournament in partnership with Stars Scholarships. The Denim & Diamonds concert funds all of our teacher grants. These grants are available by application to every teacher or administrator in our district. We review anonymously and have very high expectations for creativity and attention to curriculum guidelines. These grants are to be used in the classrooms of the teachers that win them but must stay on the campus they are awarded to.

The Superintendent’s Golf Classic tournament, in partnership with Stars Scholarships Fund, is the event that raises all of the awarded scholarships for the year. Stars Scholarships Fund earmarks the dollars we raise for Sharyland students and teachers. Stars partners with universities that will match or triple those funds for students attending those universities. The Sharyland ISD Education Foundation also sets aside additional funds for non-traditional scholarships. Many times there are students that don’t fit into the conventional mold. We make it our mission to serve ALL of our Sharyland kids (I.e., CTE programs and online programs that don’t typically have scholarship applications available.). For teachers, it may be that last course of their higher education or a paraprofessional that is getting an online degree. We have a scholarship for them, too.

The Sharyland ISD Education Foundation is all about community. We are made up of community members serving community students and teachers with support from community leaders and businesses. We do it together. We do it because we love our school district, and we are proud of what our school district does for our kids.

1200 N Shary Rd, Mission TX 78582