LampLighter Awards



The Longview ISD Foundation celebrated its 24th Lamplighter Awards on Thursday, Aprill 4, 2024, at 6:30 PM at Pinecrest Country Club.  The Longview ISD celebrated the power of great educators, members of the most influential profession in the world.  Without the education profession, there would be no other professions, for all of us learned our trade and skills from our teachers.  The Longview ISD Foundation believes that students long remember the teachers with whom they had strong relationships, who truly cared about them, and who helped them become the successful students and young people they are.

The Longview ISD Foundation sponsors three grant programs that enhance educational opportunity for LISD students:  the Great Rewards for Great Ideas Grant Program, the Campus Initiative Grant Program, and the John W. Harrison, Jr. Academic Field Trip Grant.
 
Since 1996, the Great Rewards for Great Ideas Grant Program has funded 782 grants, returning $848,170.10 to LISD’s classrooms and enabling innovative teachers, counselors, librarians, and nurses to create new educational programs or to enhance existing ones so that they can provide the best instruction possible to all students.  These grants have funded programs and projects for students of all ability levels in a variety of disciplines.  In addition to strengthening academics, the grants have also funded projects in music, art, technology, character education, health and physical education, guidance and counseling, gifted and talented education, career education, and STEM and STEAM education.

Since 2008, the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. has funded 52 Campus Initiative Grants for a total of $158,430.72.  The Foundation believes that this grant program, targeting overall campus improvement, complements the Foundation’s annual Great Rewards for Great Ideas Program. The Foundation believes that this grant program, targeting overall campus improvement, complements the Foundation’s annual Great Rewards for Great Ideas Program. 

Since fall 2019,  the Foundation has funded nineteen John W. Harrison, Jr. Academic Field Trip Grants for fourth and fifth grade and middle school students for $61,733.74.Through its three grant programs, the Longview ISD Foundation has returned a grand total of $1,087,081.00 to LISD classrooms and campuses in its twenty-eight-year history.

The Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. sincerely thanks the sponsors of the 2024 Lamplighter Awards banquet and their overwhelming generosity and support of the educators and students in Longview ISD.


2024 Lamplighter Essay Competition Winners and Honorees
22nd Annual Cornerstone Award
presented to
Mike Gipson,
Longview ISD Maintenance Supervisor
Ware East Texas Montessori Academy
Shawantra Terry, fifth grade math teacher,
honored by Taylor Williams, fifth grader
 
Bramlette STEAM Academy
Janarius Williams, fifth grade teacher,
honored by Ty'Enah Christian, fifth grader
 Ned E. Williams Elementary School
Marvlett Timberlake, reading specialist
honored by Naomi Reese, fifth grader
 
East Texas Montessori Prep Academy
Hellen De La Vera, kindergarten teacher,
honored by Juana Hernandez Tovar, kindergartner
Forest Park Middle School
Robdrick Halton, band director
honored by Jacquelynn Estrada, eighth grader 
J.L. Everhart Elementary School
Megan Deal, inclusion/resource teacher,
honored by Alayiah Reeves, fifth grader

Foster Middle School
    Brandon Williamson, agriculture teacher,
honored by Lilah Haas, eighth grader

Hudson Elementary School
Regain Ward, third grade teacher,
honored by Aiden Moussa, fifth grader

Judson STEAM Academy
Rachel Grant, band director
honored by Isabella Wenmmohs, eighth grader
  
Johnston-McQueen Elementary School
Elizabeth Thompson, fifth grade teacher,
honored by Zavier Johnson, fifth grader
Longview High School
Julie Guidry, counselor,
honored by Jada Owens, senior;
and
Marsha Childers, International Baccalaureate English teacher,
honored by Shreemayi Undavalli, senior;
and 
Stacie Wheeler, International Baccalaureate history teacher,
honored by Joseph Hough, senior
  
The Bailey School
Domingo Gutierrez, fifth grade math teacher,
honored by Melanie Padron, fifth grader		Longview Early Graduation High School
Davonte Mims, biology teacher,
honored by Catherine Tiller, senior


Lamplighter Awards donated by The Clowers Company

Raffle Items donated by Henry and Moore Jewelry Longview restaurants, Longview ISD,
Longview ISD Foundation members, Leah and Matthew Hickman, and Mitzi and Jon Fontenot

Educator Prizes donated by the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc., and Whataburger
Student Prizes donated by the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. 


Heart of the Community Sponsors
The Linebarger Firm The Monsour Law Firm Schneider Electric
Anonymous Donor


Champions of the Foundation
AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company U. S. Title Company Payne Mechanical of Texas, LLC
Southside Bank Eastman Chemical Company Wellness Pointe
Sloan Law Firm Longview Regional Medical Center Jon and Hannah Cromer/Capital Wealth Group
Longview News-Journal Christus Good Shepherd Health System


Sustainers of the Foundation
Texas Bank and Trust East Texas Professional Credit Union Origin Bank
Kay and John Ray Capital Wealth Group


Advocates of the Foundation
Sherman and Briscoe Orthodontics Texas Oncology JBA Financial Services
Leslie and Cameron Carlile Kona Ice Kristen Ishihara
Hudson PEP Elementary School PTO Diagnostic Clinic of Longview Dolive Acres Dentistry
Meredith Roel Austin Bank Forbes and Butler Visual Communnications
Super 1 Foods Nikki Briscoe Hiland Dairy Foods


Benefactors of the Foundation
Foster Middle School PTA Amy and Brian Williams Louis Morgan #4
Gans and Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Martin Hilton Friedman Industries, Inc.
Rebecca Jenkins Melton Weber Landscapring and Maintenance Harbour, Smith, Harris & Merritt, P.C.
Paula and Dale Poole Amy and John Hull Longview Eye Associates, Drs. Justin and Sarah Ward
MALL Energy, Inc. Carmen and Roger Hohlt Mack and Hansen Orthodontics
LeBus International, Inc W. R. Welborn and Son, Inc. Kelsey and Carson Runge
Spring Hill State Bank Dr. and Mrs. Ryan Pevey The Dress Co.--The Tuxedo Co.


Friends of the Foundation
Sally Gossett Barron, LPC- Laura and Brett Miller Cadence Bank
Emily Erisman Myers Jaime and Mark Witt Jana Cates, Realtor, Sugar Magnolia Properties
Heidi and Kendall Archer Karen and Brent Haas Leah and Matthew Hickman