Highlights
Crowley ISD Board of Trustees
June W. Davis, President
Mia Hall, Vice President
Lyndsae M. Benton, Secretary
Gary Grassia
La Tonya Mayfield, Ph.D.
Ryan Ray, J.D.
Nedra Robinson
Superintendent
Michael D. McFarland, Ed.D.
9 THANK YOU
SCHOOL BOARD 10 PANTHER
EMPORIUM 14 HELPING
HANDS
January is School
Board Recognition
Month. Resource center
offers a ‘soft place
for students to land.’ Students and staff
partner with
monthly food pantry.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
17 HOMEGROWN 20 THE GIFT OF
LEADERS
MUSIC
Former Panthers
return to North
Crowley to learn
from former coach.
Mr. Holland’s
Opus Grant puts
new instruments in
students’ hands.
6 2018 Tech Expo
7 McFarland’s Message
12 #IgniteTheFuture
18 Alumni Spotlight
22 Ask CISD Kids
25 Heartbeat Team
26 School of Pride
If you find this
icon inside the
magazine, we have
a video for that
story on the CISD
YouTube page!
CISD Communications & Marketing
Anthony Kirchner, Executive Director
Jaime Handy, Coordinator
Megan Middleton, Multimedia Manager
Matt Hoover, Webmaster/Digital Content
Special thanks to
Tarrant Area Food Bank, Neighborhood
Needs, Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation,
Ryan Foundation
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A WORLD OF C HRISTMAS WONDER AWAITS
THE WORLDʼS
L ARGEST
C HRISTMAS
LIGHT MAZE
& MARKET
Santaʼs Palace + Skating Pond +
Food & Drinks + Live Music & More
Come visit Texas
Christkindl
Market Lane,
now a part of
the Enchant
Experience
Superintendent Dr. Michael D. McFarland
spends a morning reading Curious George to
students at Deer Creek Elementary School.
ON THE COVER
Leadership Institute students Akylah
Montgomery (left) and Destiny Escobedo
volunteer for the Tarrant Area Food Bank
mobile food pantry at Jackie Carden
Elementary School.
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