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2025 Duck Adoptions

We are thrilled to announce that our beloved Navarro Education Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! We invite the community to celebrate our birthday with us at Duck Fest – a milestone event filled with fun, community spirit and support for education! The Navarro Education Foundation is asking our Navarro ISD families to be a supporting of our annual Duck Fest fundraiser. Your support of Duck Fest is an investment to continue the quality education provided by Navarro ISD located in the triangle of New Braunfels, Seguin and San Marcos.

What is Duck Fest?

Our spring fundraiser, Duck Fest, is scheduled for Friday, May 2nd, 2025. Our ducks have done many things over the years from a race in the creek to skydiving from a helicopter! This year will be a duck drop at an NISD campus. To provide the community with access to the event, a live feed of the activities will be available. All proceeds from the event will go toward classroom grants in the fall.


How Can You Participate?

We offer a variety of duck adoption packages for you to partner with us. The flyer describes these opportunities and what is included with each option.  For your convenience, you can easily adopt ducks online directly through our Paypal checkout below, or complete the form to pay by check or cash and return to your campus front office.

Duck Fest 2025 Options (See form for description of package)
Principals Challenge -My Ducks want to help a campus win a grant
T Shirt Size
Additional T Shirt Size
Student Name/Grade/Teacher
Phone #, Address, Email
 

Hold the Ctrl button while clicking “Add to Cart” to access the payment page. 

 

To pay by cash or check, download and complete the form in the button below and return to your child’s campus front office.

Download the 2025 Duck Adoption Form

A flyer for the Navarro Education Foundation's Duck Fest, a fundraiser with a duck drop, prizes, and music.

Celebrating 20 Years!

About NEF

The Navarro Education Foundation was established in 2005 to assist and support educational programs in the Navarro Independent School District. The Board of Directors represents a diverse combination of community members, former students, educators, business leaders, and parents.

The objective of the NEF Board is simple: to raise funds through community activities and place those funds into the school district through a grant process. Teachers are encouraged to submit grant applications to enhance their classroom setting. Each year in the Fall, NISD Administration and NEF Board of Directors review each grant request to ensure that all applications are within the guidelines of NISD and NEF. It is a great moment each year to notify recipients of funding approval. All funds raised by NEF go directly into the classrooms of NISD for educational purposes. Since 2005, NEF has held several fundraising events, including Homecoming Tailgate Parties, brick drives, 5K runs, cookbook sales, Clay Fest and Duck Fest.

Due to the generous support of many, as of the Fall of 2023 the Navarro Education Foundation has funded over $742,000 in grants awarded to NISD classrooms. Through the years the list of grants has been very diverse, affecting literally every campus in the district.

The Navarro Education Foundation purpose is clear - the classrooms at NISD are being enhanced and enriched through its efforts. Our hope is to continue to transform NISD classrooms by providing the greatest opportunity for the kids of Navarro ISD to succeed in life through innovative teaching. This is made possible by you!

Grant Day - November 1, 2024

Grant Opportunities

Grant Goal

The goal of the Navarro Education Foundation Grant is to focus on creative and innovative opportunities for student learning beyond what is available. It is to provide additional enrichment for students and elevate education experiences.

Persons Eligible
Persons eligible are individuals or teams of individuals employed by Navarro ISD who are involved in the instruction of students or related support services benefiting students.

Award of Funds
Grants awarded are up to $3,000 for an individual grant or up to $10,000 for a collaborative grant across classes, grades, schools or district.  The number of grants awarded will be determined by the funds available and the NEF Board of Directors.

2024-2025 Grant Process and Timeline

2024-2025 NEF Grant Application  

Scoring Rubric (Use for Reference)

A graphic outlining the grant process for the Navarro Education Foundation, including the mission, goal, application requirements, and contact information.

2024-25 Board of Directors

Katie Clark – President, Corner Post Real Estate Broker/Owner

Holly Hagan – Secretary, NISD Parent

Melissa Walls – Treasurer, Corner Post Real Estate, Associate Broker

Nancy Perryman – Treasurer, Billy J. Perryman, INC

Claudia Loera – Guadalupe Regional Medical Foundation, Executive Assistant

Kasie Tankersley – GVEC, Community Relations

Elizabeth Mundine – LCRA, Governmental & Regional Affairs | Grants Program Administrator

Donna Grobe – NHS Alumni, Parent Volunteer

Jose Castillo – NISD Parent & Community Voluntter

 

Non Voting Members

Christy McCaig – NISD Teacher Representative

Donna Gilliam – NISD School Board Representative

Clay Scarborough – NISD Principal Representative

Mandy Epley – NISD Superintendent

Chelsea Ormond – NISD Liaison

R.J. Shanafelt – CMS Steel

 

Contact Us

Navarro Education Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 2702
Seguin, TX 78156
Email: navarroeducationfoundation@gmail.com