Congratulations, 2025 QISD Fish for Education Team Bass Tournament Cash Winners!
Thank you extends to all 29 boat entries in the 2025 annual Memorial Weekend Team Bass Tournament participants. This is one of the three largest fundraisers for the QISD Education Foundation. We could not provide student grants and scholarships without the support of our fishermen and event sponsors, who make the event possible by offering cash-winning payouts to fishermen.
Our 2024 Winners
1st Place - Kris and Sarah Chitty, 5 Bass Weighing: 18.54 Pounds
2nd Place - Landon Edwards and Brett Rider, 5 Bass Weighing: 17.76 Pounds
3rd Place - David and Connor Harwell, 5 Bass Weighing: 16.15 Pounds
4th Place - Chad Cannon and Jonathan Weber, 5 Bass Weighing: 15.74 Pounds
5th Place - Charlie Nasser and Bryce Mumby, 5 Bass Weighing: 15.69 Pounds
Big Bass - Connor Harwell with his bass weighing 6.75 pounds
Our Sponsors
Gold
Linebarger Attorneys at Law
Claycomb Associates & Architects
Crossland Construction Company
QISD Alumni Alliance
Silver
Alliance Bank
Charter Plumbing
EMA - Design, Save, Enhance
West Tawakoni Economic Development Board
Farmer Electric Co-op
John Cook & Associates
Team North Texas
Bronze
American National Bank of Texas - Quinlan
Cynergy Technology
Fix & Feed of Quinlan
Graham International
Lakeside Tax Service - West Tawakoni
Your support is greatly appreciated, and we have some very deserving students who will benefit significantly from the grant donation received by our foundation!M
Amy Melton, on behalf of the F.L. Young Foundation, presented the Quinlan ISO Education Foundation with a $3,000 Student Enrichment Grant earmarked to support students to enrich their passion for the arts through attending summer fine art camps on Monday, May 12, 2025.
Dr. F.L. Young established his foundation in 1970. Dr. Young loved bringing the arts to Hunt County and is the founder of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in the Greenville Series. For this reason, the QISD Education Foundation wrote a grant to help specifically with providing students in the arts with grant opportunities to fine-tune their love for the arts through student enrichment grants.
The QISD Education Foundation is extremely honored and proud to be a recipient of the F.L. Young Foundation's grant programs for a third time.
In the photo are QISD Education Foundation Board Member Tina Young, F.L. Young Foundation Board Member Amy Melton, and QISD Foundation Board Members Donna Hopson, President Rusty Case, and Pam Fite.
The QISD Education Foundation presented $43,825.00 in instructional enhancement or student enrichment grants to QISD teachers and students on Monday, May 12, 2025.
14 individual or teacher teams wrote and won full or partial funding for instructional enhancement grants to be used in their classrooms this next school year. These grants enable teachers to think outside the box and creatively bring innovative learning to their students through resources, software, programs, and more, which are not covered in the district’s operating budget. Grants ranged from Reading English Language Learner Intervention to math and Reading Language Arts resources to Fly Away Drone Kits, Reading Pins, STEM curriculum, social and sensory tools for special needs education, and more. “The needs of our teachers are enormous, and our goal in the Education Foundation is to provide teachers with an avenue to bring the extraordinary learning and programs to our students that the district cannot purchase. We ensure the grants will meet the district’s curriculum needs and that the grants will enhance existing programs,” said QISD Education Foundation President Rusty Case.
17 students wrote and won full or partial funding for the foundation’s student enrichment grant program. This year, the winners will attend an athletic or fine arts camp over the summer to fine-tune their work outside the basketball court or classroom. One student was partially funded to participate in a summer basketball camp. Three students will attend the East Texas A&M Lions Theater Camp. Three students were partially financed to participate in a theater camp at Baylor University. Three students were mainly funded to attend a band major camp at Stephen F. Austin State University. Finally, seven qualifying students are fully or partially funded to attend the National Thespian Festival in Indiana.
The QISD Education Foundation acknowledges each QISD staff member who donates through payroll deduction, which has increased to nearly $22,000 annually, as well as each sponsor of the annual golf tournament and fishing tournament for their significant contributions to this increase in giving. Thank you to every individual business and organization donor. The annual growth in giving would not have been made possible without your steadfast support.
2025 Quinlan ISD Education Foundation Board Members include:
Rusty Case, President
Dr. Debra Crosby, Vice President of Programs and Administration
Chad Case, Vice President of Public Relations
Billie Miller, Treasurer
Julie Allen, Treasurer
Board Members: Ray Allen, Pam Fite, Mayor Jackie Goleman, Donna Hopson, Joy Tadlock, and Tina Young.
Find What's Right for You!
Need some ideas to get you started? Here are just a few:
1. Help kids learn and grow. Volunteer your time to help with an after-school program.
2. Lend a hand at an upcoming Quinlan Education Foundation event. Learn about upcoming events.
3. Give back over the holidays. Serve Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless, volunteer at your local food bank, or distribute toys to kids. Your church, or other place of worship also may be able to use your help.
