Decatur Education Foundation

💜💛May 29 Feel Good Friday💛💜 DEF has just received a donation from Clairemont Elementary Alumni - Class of 2026 Seniors. These young donors have seen first hand the work of DEF in our schools. We appreciate them and are honored they have chosen to make a donation to DEF!

💜💛May 22 Feel Good Friday💛💜 Happy Last Day of the 2025-2026 School Year!
The Step Up for Teachers campaign funds DEF’s Teacher Innovation Grants. Thank you for supporting DEF so that we can continue to support our teachers! Check out the Step Up for Teachers tribute wall https://stepupforteachers.com/ This wall is searchable by teacher or family name and you can sort by school or read all the wonderful tributes!

Thursday evening, we will award the 20 student scholarships that DEF administers. www.decatureducationfoundation.org/higher-education Four of the scholarships are application based with students submitting applications in the spring and the others are awarded based on nominations from the department heads at Decatur High School. We will share photos from this touching event, but here is a bit about the first 10 recipients. Follow to see the second 10 posted tomorrow.

Sarah Lynn Woolf Memorial Scholarship - Hannah Lee
Patrick Family Foundation Scholarship - Breana Atkins
Lawrence and Gertrude Paxton Memorial Scholarship - Trinity Moment
McNally Family Scholarship - Zander Borowski
Pollack Family Scholarship - Munawar Sharif
Harry Edwards Class of 1960 Scholarship - Mary Frances Bell
Thomas Hauk Memorial Scholarship - Nathan Green
Rotary Club of Decatur - Nia Batra
Leisa Powers Memorial Scholarship - Hannah Le
Trinity High Class of 1965 Scholarship - Victor Agolory

Check out the Step Up for Teachers tribute wall https://stepupforteachers.com/ This wall is searchable by teacher or family name and you can sort by school or read all 250 tributes! We have made many improvements on the tribute site, but if you have any comments, requests or improvements you'd like to see for next year, please email [email protected]