April 2011 -

Brown Teacher of the Year: Congratulations to 4th Grade Teacher, Monica Abrams!

March 2011 -

The MISD Education Foundation presented a grant of $1,542.50 to fund a program called "You Read, I Read, We All
Read iBooks," submitted by Cindy Gray.

Additionally, two district-wide elementary grant programs were announced:

• $4,299.00 to fund "Boom, Pow, Poof: Future Engineers Creating Chain Reactions," submitted by Andrea Bond, Charlotte Coker, Yvette Jones and Amy Senato

• $2,799.64 to fund "Ooey, Gooey Squishy Fun," submitted by Amy Senato

Click here to view the complete list of winners and the photo gallery.

March 2011 -

Our school-wide "Pennies for Patients" fundraiser was a huge success! We raised $3,050.93 to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with cancer research!

Check out the full story on the MISD Blog!

March 2011 -

Willie Brown Elementary celebrated Grandparent's Day on March 11. Grandparents and "Grandfriends" were invited to visit the school to accompany their grandchildren at lunch. The special guests also had a chance to take part in some fun classroom activities.

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January 2011 -

Congratulations to the winner of the 2011 Willie Brown Spelling Bee, Zachary Curtis (pictured below), and runner-up John Lewis. Great job!

Our spelling bee champion will next compete among all K-8 campus winners around the district at the District Spelling Bee on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Legacy High School. Good luck to Zachary!

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This Fall, the MISD Education Foundation awarded 24 mini grants to individual classroom teachers for projects up to $250. The mini grant funds will directly benefit students in the Mansfield Independent School District and will make a positive difference for them.  

• ESL Teacher Scott Schmidt received $174.69 to fund his grant project, “Scrabble for English.”

Congratulations to Mr. Schmidt! Click here to view our complete list of mini grant winners.