2013 Texas Education Partnership Awards
Winners of the Texas Education Partnership Awards were honored at the TAPE Awards Luncheon and Annual Meeting on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Click here to see photos from the Luncheon.
2013 Partner of the Year Award (tie)
Houston Food Bank and Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas
2013 Crystal Award Winners
Business Partnership Career Education: Fluor — Building Futures Project, Irving ISD
Business Partnership STEM: Comcast/Internet Essentials, Houston ISD
Community Partnership Academic Impact: BAK-PAK Critters Reading Program, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Community Partnership Career Education: The YES! Expo, Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas
Community Partnership Health: Houston Food Bank, Houston ISD
Community Partnership STEM: Texas Tech University, IDEAL, Lubbock ISD
Individual Partnership Advocate: Barb Suiter, HEB ISD
Individual Partnership Wisdom: Dave Burns, HEB ISD
Partnership Program Innovation (tie): Cypress-Fairbanks Bus Buddies Program and Valero Refining-On Site Career Mentoring, Hammons Education Leadership Programs (HELP)
Partnership Program Service Learning: Irving ISD High Schools Student Councils’ Homeless for a Night Service Learning Project
Partnership Program Volunteer: Target Volunteer Program, Houston ISD
Special Event: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
2013 Gold Award Winners
Business Partnership Academic Impact: CAGE Cares, Inc., Irving ISD
Business Partnership Career Education: Port of Houston Maritime Academy at Austin & Yates HS, Houston ISD
Community Partnership Academic Impact (tie): Prepared 4 Life, Houston ISD and Hill Country Bible Church–Northwest and Leander Literacy Partners, Leander ISD
Community Partnership Art: Houston Ballet Education Outreach, Houston ISD
Community Partnership Career Education (tie): Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend/Career Ready Workforce Certification, Calallen ISD and City of Houston Grow Your Own Workforce/Find Your Path, Houston ISD
Community Partnership Health: Harris County MUD #167 Partnership with Community Schools, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Community Partnership STEM (tie): Bernard Harris Foundation/Dare to Dream, Houston ISD and Mid-Cities (TX) Chapter of The Links, Inc., Irving ISD
Individual Partnership Advocate (tie): Mary Dee Stricklin, HEB ISD and Tamra McGaughy, Irving ISD
Individual Partnership Role Model (tie): Carolina Rodriguez, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and Gary Rademacher, HEB ISD
Individual Partnership Wisdom (tie): George W. Black, Houston ISD and Margie Stipes, Irving ISD
Partnership Program Innovation: Trinity High School Angel Fund, HEB ISD
Partnership Program Mentor (tie): Frances Snipes and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Communities In Schools Houston and Steed Media Group (dba Rolling Out)/The Jr. Youth Initiative Mentoring Program, Houston ISD
Partnership Program Volunteer: Golden Circle Sunday School Class-First Baptist Church: Moore’s Lane, Texarkana ISD
Special Event: Houston ISD 2012 State of the Schools
Winners and finalists will be profiled in the 5th edition of Soaring to New Heights in Education: Powerful Partnership Practices Across Texas, sponsored by Chevron.
