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Carroll Education Foundation of Southlake invites you to their annual Culinary Celebration at The Hyatt Regency DFW on Sunday, October 3 from 6-10 p.m. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m.

The Southlake CEF Culinary Celebration aims high to raise money for students and teachers of Carroll Independent School District. The 14th annual event will feature more than 30 Metroplex chefs, specialty wines and cocktails, live and silent auctions, a big board and much more. The live auction will feature exciting items including a unique item from Park Place Lexus, an original artwork from one of our own CISD students, and other fun surprises.

CEF WEEK, September 20 through the 24, has arrived and members of Carroll Education Foundation’s Board of Directors are thrilled to see their first annual PR campaign take shape within the schools. CEF has launched this campaign within the CISD schools in order to build awareness and promote all of the good works CEF has done and wants to continue doing for CISD.

This week CISD will recognize Carroll Education Foundation. CEF provides teachers' grants and scholarships for graduating seniors. To date, CEF has given more than $850,000 dollars to CISD and has plans to give much more.

As parents drop off their students at the schools on Monday, they will be greeted with CEF signs in the turn-around drop off lanes that advertise CEF’s annual fundraiser. The week will kick-off with themed dress days in the elementary schools. Students are asked to dress the part:

Monday: Silly Sock Day! Wear your silly socks to celebrate CEF!

Tuesday: Silly Hair Day! Style your hair in a silly way to celebrate CEF!

Wednesday: Green Day! Wear green today to celebrate CEF!

Thursday: Mis-match Day! Wear fun patterns and silly mis-matches to celebrate CEF!

Carroll Education Foundation of Southlake recently held their 2nd annual banner-making activity on Wednesday, August 4 from 8-10 a.m. at the home of board member, Kelli Henderson in Southlake.

Carroll Education Foundation called together local volunteers from Carroll schools to create banners to advertise their upcoming annual fundraiser, Culinary Celebration 2010.

CEF Board Members, Sheila Halliman and Kelli Henderson, organized a group of Carroll students who met on last Wednesday morning to create 11 banners – one for each of the 11 Carroll schools in Southlake. These banners will be hung in the schools in mid-August before the start of the school year.

“These banners are a fun way to get the kids involved in a fundraiser that directly benefits them. Each of the 11 CISD schools will feature one of the custom banners designed completely by students for students. Our hopes are that the banners will build awareness around not only The Culinary Celebration, but also Carroll Education Foundation. CEF supports every school in the district and we want all CISD parents to know this.” states Kacy Hankins, CEF Executive Director.

Carroll Education Foundation of Southlake announces a very special raffle item that will be a part of the Culinary Celebration fundraiser. The raffle will feature a genuine Swarovski crystal helmet in the Carroll Dragon design. Be the one and only person to own this unique Dragon helmet!

Raffle tickets go on sale July 1, on the CEF web site. Tickets are $20 each or you can purchase 6 for $100. Starting this fall, tickets will be available at each CISD school, the administration building, through CEF board members, and at the start of the Culinary Celebration event.

The raffle winner will be announced at the CEF Culinary Celebration on October 3.

The Southlake CEF raises money for students and teachers of Carroll Independent School District. Since its inception in 1996, CEF has donated more than $745,000 in teacher’s grants and more than $109,500 in graduating senior scholarships. The majority of these funds were raised in their annual fundraiser, the Culinary Celebration. This year’s event will be held on October 3, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency DFW from 6-10 p.m.

For more information, please see their website at www.southlakecef.org.

Carroll Education Foundation of Southlake announces an exciting update to a grant awarded in the 2008-2009 school year to Ms. Julie Presley at Dawson Middle School. The grant, entitled “Pacman Finds a Career: This Isn’t Your Dad’s Video Game,” was given to allow students to design video games and to engage in real world interaction while learning math, language, science, and technology.

“Students love for video games creates an exciting platform for learning. Critical thinking and problem solving skills will be gained that will lead them toward dynamic careers through a venue that they love,” states Ms. Presley.

The curriculum is self-directed and allows students to have a taste of the fast-paced hectic world of being a "virtual" video game development intern. The inclusion of this curriculum in the technology classroom will enhance every aspect of the students’ education by making learning relevant to them.

Two of Ms. Presley’s eighth graders, Jan Timpe and Reid Long, received a special surprise in their Video Game Design class at the end of the school year. Timpe and Long were announced via video conference as the national winners of the Future Game Designer Challenge 2010. Students created games on several levels over the course of the semester. Once their gaming skills were refined, they were allowed to submit an accelerated game at the national level and in their appropriate division.

The game Timpe and Long designed is called Moon Rover.

The announcement was made during teacher Julie Presley’s class with administrators and both students’ parents in attendance. Following the video conference, the class shared a celebratory cake and refreshments outside.

Congratulations to Jan, Reid and Ms. Julie Presley!

The Southlake CEF raises money for students and teachers of Carroll Independent School District. Since its inception in 1996, CEF has donated more than $745,000 in teacher’s grants and more than $109,000 in graduating senior scholarships. The majority of these funds were raised in their annual fundraiser, the Culinary Celebration. This year’s event will be held on October 3, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency DFW from 6-10 p.m.

For more information, please see their website at www.southlakecef.org.