Mission, Texas- K. White Jr. High School (KWJH) has received notice that the campus request for funding through the Justin J. Watt Foundation has been approved. The funding request for athletic equipment and uniforms totals $30,305.34.
“This will have a huge impact on our athletic programs,” said Brenda Betancourt, principal. “This will serve students in virtually all of our extracurricular athletic programs in one shot. It would normally take us several years to buy everything involved in this funding request. Now we will be able to have it all in place for the start of the 2016-2017 school year.”
Betancourt said the bulk of the items will be uniforms for their athletic programs for both boys and girls, and some track equipment.
In the funding notification letter, the Justin J. Watt Foundation says the funding is a means of support for extracurricular and athletic activities that give children the opportunity to learn the basic character traits of accountability, teamwork, leadership, work ethic and perseverance while in a safe and supervised environment with their peers.
Betancourt said the request process was much like the athletic programs it will serve, in that it took a team working together to put all the pieces in place. “The district’s grant writer had to work closely with our coaching staff, myself, and the district P.E. coordinator to make this happen for us,” Betancourt said. “I am really looking forward to seeing our students this fall, when they get their new uniforms and equipment.”
To see the funding provided for KWJH and other schools through the Justin J. Watt Foundation, go to this link, http://jjwfoundation.org/the-foundation/our-progress/.
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