A CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Founded in 2000, the Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation is an independent, non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation that is governed by a board of directors. It is established to generate and distribute funds for Mart Independent School District programs and projects that enrich, enhance, and maximize the excellence of education for all Mart ISD students. 

The goals of the Foundation are:

• To encourage academic excellence in the Mart ISD by providing funding not available through local, state, or federal education funds.
  
  
• To obtain contributions to benefit the Mart ISD.
  
  
• To work with other civic organizations to enhance public awareness and confidence in the Mart ISD.

For the 2008-2009 school year, the Foundation awarded over $3,500 in Innovative Teaching Grants to Mart ISD teachers to fund special programs and projects for their students.  These included incentives for physical education students, classroom games, rhythm band instruments, and funds for a summer library program for Mart Elementary. Middle School teachers supplemented theatre arts, language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science with audio books, novel units, field trips, DVDs, and practical math activities.  The high school used grant funds to provide incentives for students as part of the Proud Panther Program.