Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation

05/29/2026

🌟 WE ARE HIRING: Special Events & Marketing Coordinator 🌟

The Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation (GCEF) is seeking a creative, high-initiative team member for our onsite role in Grapevine, TX!

Core Role: Lead fundraising events , design marketing collateral , and build local community relationships.

Ready to make a difference in the GCISD community? All details, full job requirements, benefits and how to apply are available on our website.

👉 Get Full Details Here:

Join Our Team Explore employment opportunities to join our team and be part of something meaningful. Special Events & Marketing Coordinator Location: Grapevine, TX (Onsite) Salary: $50,000 – $60,000 Status: Full-time, Exempt The Special Events and Marketing Coordinator is a high-initiative role re...

05/26/2026

🎉 THE FINAL ROLL CALL! 🎉

After celebrating our incredible students from Grapevine HS and Colleyville Heritage HS over the last few weeks, we have one last, special round of congratulations to share! 🌟

Please join us in celebrating our final scholarship recipients:
✨ Adisyn Golden (Colleyville Heritage High School ) – Recipient of the Jim Ormsby Memorial Scholarship
✨ Emma Martinez – Recipient of the Bridges Scholarship
✨ Kairi Brown – Recipient of the Bridges Scholarship

💖 A Massive Thank You to Our Donors: None of this would be possible without the incredible generosity of our scholarship donors. Thank you for investing in the futures of Adisyn, Emma, Kairi, and all of our previous winners. Your support changes lives and fuels big dreams!

Adisyn, Emma, and Kairi—we are so incredibly proud of you. We can't wait to see the amazing things you achieve next! 🎓🚀

05/19/2026

Dinner that makes a difference! ✨

We are incredibly grateful to our amazing community partners at Loveria Caffe! From May 15th through August 15th, you can enjoy authentic Italian cuisine while supporting the Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation.

Loveria Caffe is generously donating 5% of every order directly to GCEF to help us fund innovative teacher grants, scholarships, professional development and district programs. Whether you are hosting a graduation party, planning a Memorial Day gathering, ordering a family carryout dinner, or grabbing gift cards, your meal makes an impact.

Let’s come together to support a local business that does so much to support our schools! 🍷🍝

👉 Head over to Loveria Caffe in Colleyville and make your next dinner count.

At Loveria Caffe, we believe life’s best moments deserve something irresistible.

From and gatherings to business events, family celebrations, and everything in between, let Loveria help make your occasion memorable with authentic Italian cuisine, impeccable service, and an experience worth savoring.

Every order placed between May 15 – August 15 will help support our local community, as 5% of each order will be donated to the Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation !!!

LARGE PARTY HOSTING • PROFESSIONAL CATERING • FAMILY CARRYOUT DINNERS • GIFT CARDS

Here’s to making your Dinner Make a Difference. ❤️

05/15/2026

🎉 THE PRIZE PATROL HAS DELIVERED! 🎉

The Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation is absolutely thrilled to announce our Spring 2026 Teacher Star Grant winners! 🌟 Thanks to our incredible donors and community partners, we just awarded 18 grants totaling over $34,000 directly to Grapevine-Colleyville ISD classrooms!

From high-tech physics labs and library revitalization to BBQ teams and turf spaces, these innovative projects are going to inspire our students in amazing ways.

Swipe through to see the pure joy on our educators' faces when we surprised them with those big checks! 📸👇

Help us congratulate our incredible Spring 2026 Grant Recipients:

📚 District-Wide Literacy & Library Revitalizations

Grapevine Middle School: Revitalizing Library Collections to Support Student Literacy ($3,000.00)

Colleyville Middle School: Revitalizing Library Collections to Support Student Literacy ($3,000.00)

Glenhope Elementary School: Revitalizing Library Collections to Support Student Literacy ($3,000.00)

Bear Creek Elementary School: Refreshing and Reviving Library Collections ($3,000.00)

🎨 Cannon Elementary School

Cutting our way into Innovation! ($3,000.00)

Failing Fast, Learning Faster: Building Risk-Takers & Problem Solvers ($1,347.00)

🐾 Bear Creek Elementary School

The Hands-On Alphabet ($288.00)

Science Life Cycle Manipulatives ($200.00)

🐊 Glenhope Elementary School

Little Gators Turf Cove ($3,200.00)

🚀 Heritage Elementary School

Tiny Bots, Big Thinking: Mini Ozobots on the Move ($802.67)

Classroom Kits for Hands-On Math Enrichment ($334.99)

🐅 Heritage Middle School

Mapping Our Nation: Bringing U.S. History to Life in the 8th Grade Hallway ($265.30)

🎯 Timberline Elementary School

Attendance H.E.R.O.E.S. ($2,000.00)

The 4th Grade Math "Discovery Lab" ($328.94)

🔥 Colleyville Heritage High School

Multipurpose Room Sound System ($4,970.00)

Physics Lab Equipment ($3,500.00)

CHHS Panthers BBQ Team ($1,500.00)

Laptop Stands for ASL Students ($750.00)

Thank you to all the teachers who applied, and a massive thank you to our principals for helping us pull off these amazing end-of-year surprises! Our GCISD educators truly are superstars. 💫

05/13/2026

On Monday, we honored GCISD’s top-ranking seniors alongside the teachers who inspired them most. Congratulations to them and their families for years of hard work, dedication and commitment to success!

This is what community impact looks like! ❤️

Thanks to our amazing supporters, the Education Foundation was able to provide the medals and yard signs to honor GCISD’s top-ranking seniors. It was a beautiful celebration of academic excellence and the incredible teachers who inspire our students daily.

Thank you for helping us celebrate the bright future of GCISD! 🎓🏅

05/07/2026

Celebrating Excellence at Colleyville Heritage! 🐾✨

The Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation was honored to be part of the CHHS Senior Awards night to celebrate the incredible talent of the Class of 2026!

Please join us in congratulating our 2026 CHHS Scholarship Recipients:
🏆 Tara Jacobs – Jason Ridley Agency - Future Educator Scholarship
🏆 David Mathew Varghese – Colleyville Executive Organization Scholarship
🏆 Adisyn Golden – Jim Ormsby Memorial Scholarship
🏆 Melissa Kemp – Paul Pardo Memorial Culinary Scholarship
🏆 Rihanna Abas – Leon Leal Wrestling Scholarship

From future educators and nurses to nutritionists and healthcare advocates, these students represent the bright future of our community.

Thank you to our generous donors for making these investments possible!

04/30/2026

Big Wins for GCISD’s Top Educators! 🏆

Congratulations to the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD District Employees of the Year! These incredible educators were honored today at a special luncheon hosted by the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce and Colleyville Chamber of Commerce.

A huge shoutout to the winners:
🍎 Elementary Teacher of the Year: Britt McDougal (Timberline Elementary P.E.)
📚 Secondary Teacher of the Year: Stephanie Maupin (Cross Timbers Middle School Social Studies)
🤝 Carolyn Frank Paraprofessional of the Year: Mike Sode (Timberline Elementary School P.E. Assistant)

Grapevine Colleyville Education Foundation gifted Mike Sode a $1,000 gift, and our Teachers of the Year received the Helen Harbison Lucas and John T. Eubanks Awards for $2,500 each!

The rewards didn't stop there—our Teachers of the Year are also driving in style this summer thanks to Park Place Dealerships receiving:
🚗 3 months in a Lexus (with free gas!)
⚾ Rangers tickets + Lexus Lounge access
🌸 Dallas Arboretum passes
🛍️ $100 Southlake Town Square gift card

We are so proud of the impact you make on our students every day!
Read more about their stories: www.gcisd.net/article/2857512