Cornerstone Investors
Named and Directed Grant Programs
Cornerstone Investors have the unique opportunity to stand at the intersection of our community and its educators providing the sound starting place from which generations will benefit. Even more, our
Cornerstone Investors raise the sights of our entire community as we unite people and companies with big hearts and a big belief in the teachers and children of Katy ISD to provide unprecedented opportunities for both.
BP joined the Katy ISD Education Foundation in 2013 as the first Cornerstone Investor when it pledged $50,000 to establish the
BP STEM Grant Program. Through it, BP empowers Katy ISD teachers to create instructional initiatives that effect the impact of science, technology, engineering and math instruction in K-12 classrooms. BP's three years of support for the Foundation has fueled fifty different classroom projects all over Katy ISD, reaching multiple campuses, subject areas and grade levels. The grant also includes continuation of BP's longstanding support of the FIRST Robotics Program at Cinco Ranch High School.
BP STEM grants are administered as part of our
Inspiring Imagination grant program. All grants, which must be applied for annually, are implemented for one school year.
2016-2017 BP S.T.E.M. Grant Recipients
Bethke Elementary
Constructing More Than Just Cities and Towers
Christina Dismuke
Cardiff Junior High
Arduinos for Inventing and Programming
Stephen Bennett
Cimarron Elementary
Young Engineers Ready to Build Bots!
Angela Plut, Jennifer Gurney, and Mary Lee Sherman
Creech Elementary
One Brick at a Time
Donna Parker
Fielder Elementary
SPRKing Innovation Through Coding
Erica Foster
Hayes Elementary
Full STEAM Ahead!
Sara Hernandez, Kathy Netland, Sarah Nelson, and Claudia Zubia
Mayde Creek High School
Library STEAM Makerspace
Kathie Fry, Sharon Carswell, Geoffrey R. Clark, and Teresa Zimmerman
Stephens Elementary
3D Real STEMing
Meghan Jones, Jessica Ratcliffe, Monica Melchiorre, and Sayda Chapa
Sundown Elementary
Morning Tinker Time: MakerSpace
Leah Miller, Terry Lambert, Bianca Xu, Rene Asaro, and Kelli Onda
Taylor High School
Journey to the Edge of Space
Ryan Nutt, Chris Hudson, and Tracey Jensen
Traumatic Brain Injury Stations Lab
Lisa Estill
