SAISD Foundation

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THANK YOU, for spending another Saturday with us ?? We are grateful for your continued support!

A huge THANK YOU to Frost Bank for hosting a book drive in February for new and gently used chapter books (English, Spanish & Bilingual) for 1st through 5th graders in San Antonio ISD in support of our Book Buddies program! Your generosity is helping put books into the hands of young readers across our district, fostering a love of learning and literacy. Because of partners like Frost, we can ensure more students have access to books that inspire, educate, and empower them. Thank you for investing in our community’s future—one book at a time!

Celebrate Your SAISD Pride on LinkedIn and Inspire Future Generations In our “Where We Started Matters” series, we have highlighted #SAISDProud alumni, who built their foundations in our San Antonio ISD schools. This week, we're encouraging all SAISD alumni to celebrate their educational foundation by listing their high school in their LinkedIn education section. When you do this, you not only share the story of your own unique path but also inspire current SAISD students to dream about theirs. Why does it matter? For students navigating their way through high school, seeing alumni like you proudly displaying SAISD on LinkedIn shows them the incredible possibilities for their future. It brings visibility to the SAISD community, highlighting the diverse paths its graduates have taken. You were once in their shoes, and now you can help guide their journey with just a few clicks. Scroll through to see how to add your high school. Once you’ve updated your profile, we’d love to see you share it in a post! Not sure what to say? Here’s a post we created for you: ?"I just updated my LinkedIn profile to show that I am a #SAISDProud alum by adding [High School Name] to my education! I’m grateful for the foundation and friendships I made during those years. Adding my high school to my LinkedIn profile helps me reconnect with former classmates and support current students by sharing my career pathway as they dream about their future and what’s possible for themselves.?? ?? If you're an SAISD alum, join me by adding your high school to your LinkedIn, and let’s show the world where we got our start!" Together, we can build a network of SAISD alumni who inspire, mentor, and motivate the next generation. So, take a moment to add your high school to LinkedIn, share your story, and connect with the SAISD community! #SAISDProud #WhereWeStartedMatters To make it even easier, here are links to your pages: Burbank https://lnkd.in/ggb_Syhp? Edison https://lnkd.in/giUHe-wi? Highlands https://lnkd.in/gNwinpud? Sam Houston https://lnkd.in/gbrbp5jw? Lanier https://lnkd.in/g3uwrNKh? Jefferson https://lnkd.in/gCaYrv3t? Travis https://lnkd.in/gvuT_CQn? YWLA https://lnkd.in/gG-_ShAA? Brackenridge https://lnkd.in/gKx3rzBp? Fox Tech https://lnkd.in/g7w7cwxK? CAST Tech https://lnkd.in/gTjmaR6c?

Happy work anniversary to our Alumni & Community Engagement Manager, Carrie Smith! As the Alumni & Community Engagement Manager of the SAISD Foundation, Carrie has grown our Book Buddies program into a robust program that reaches 10,000 students a year and is powered by 1,000+ multigenerational volunteers from across our community all in efforts to increase early literacy through book access and ownership.? She leads the creative engagement of alumni and community volunteers in programs that directly meet student needs, like our remote mentor program supporting first gen college students to college completion. She also shares the stories of our proud San Antonio ISD alumni and to inspire and inform today’s students about the myriad of career opportunities that exist for them.

Happy work anniversary to our Data & Impact Manager, Ana Cardenas! As the Data & Impact Manager of the SAISD Foundation, Ana continues to drive our nonprofit organization toward a culture of data-driven decision making and the identification of strong metrics that demonstrate impact. Leading our work in increasing postsecondary student success, she works closely with San Antonio ISD Postsecondary and college partners. Her work has helped us add critical levers like our postsecondary navigators, emergency gap funding, summer enrollment initiative and college enrollment tours that are increasing college enrollment and college completion.

SAISD alumni - we need you! You are one of the largest and most valuable sources of support for our public schools. Join our SAISD Alumni Network to “pay it forward” by allowing us to introduce you to some rockstar teachers, tour campuses, learn about what is happening now with vital programs like agricultural sciences, P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School), conjunto and mariachi. We would like to teach you who we are as an education foundation and nonprofit partner for SAISD, how to advocate for our students,? and what you can do to help. This will be an educational adventure and a lot of fun! By joining this program, you will receive a complimentary ticket to “Partee on the Patio” (a $100 value) at our annual golf tournament on March 31. Plus,? you are invited to one of our SAISD Foundation Board of Directors social events on April 16. As a bonus, you'll enjoy VIP seating at the SAISD Mariachi Showcase on May 17 where you'll experience performances from all of SAISD's mariachis, ranging from middle school through varsity, is also included. The program includes four two-hour sessions and the application lists the dates required. If these are a fit, we encourage you to apply. The application will only take a few minutes of your time.? Applications will be reviewed and notified via email on or before March 7 and March 14. Click here to apply https://lnkd.in/gVuJTmXz ?? Alumni from our first two classes: Leticia Ozuna, Jaime Aquino, Audrey Rivera, Bernadette Martínez, Geremy Landin, Veronica Oviedo, Ruben Prieto, Bryan Garcia, MBA, Dona Kotzur, M.S., Raymond Medina, Lisa Araiza MHR, SHRM-SCP, Julian Flores, Joshua Scott, M. Yesenia Alvarez-Gonzalez, Sonia Quirino Canales, Daniel Diaz, Steven Espinoza, Grant Herbon, Jesus (Jesse) Hernandez, Jennifer Herrera, M.A., RPA, Benjamin Jordan, Fatima Montez, Edgar Navarrete Hernandez, Renee Allene Watson, BBA, MPA, ECMCA, Brenda Cervantes Sanchez Please come back and join us for any or all of our sessions!

We are proud to play a role in this important work. Supporting emotional recovery rooms (or peace rooms) on our elementary school campuses as requested through our $5,000 Bright Idea grants has been powerful as well.

"This is your lucky day!!" We need more volunteers like retired San Antonio ISD educator and principal, and SAISD Foundation board member Ron Thomas to help us facilitate our Book Buddies school visits. All we need is two hours of your time. You won't stop smiling, I promise! You can view our upcoming trips here https://lnkd.in/gDeEPNqx Interested? Judy Geelhoed, Lourdes Camille Gonzalez and I would love to chat!

Thank you for serving as a Remote Mentor, Andrew! Our students are lucky to have someone like you in their corner cheering them on! We can't wait to see what Aidan accomplishes with your mentorship.