By making a contribution through this donation page, you're raising funds to support scholarships for graduating seniors in honor of Rena Garrett.
From Rena's daughters: The Rena Garrett Memorial Scholarship honors the loving memory of our mother, Rena Garrett, a long-time employee of NISD.
Rena worked for the district for more than 20 years. Her career with NISD started when the district had only five schools. Her first job with the district was at Seven Hills Elementary, where her daughters attended school. Over the years, Rena worked for Beck Elementary and Cox Elementary but she also served many NISD students during summer school at many different campuses. She loved each child as if they were her own and would do anything to help them be successful and it was important to Rena that students felt they had the love and support they needed from the education system.
Rena not only supported student learning during the day by listening to students read to improve their reading skills, but she would go to student art shows and purchase artwork to hang in the halls to show the students how amazing the artwork they created was. She would attend Entrepreneurial Day and buy the students’ products to show them that if they put their creative minds to it they could make amazing things happen and be very successful. Rena loved to challenge students with daily riddles and the students knew they could always count on her to be their cheerleader, cheering them on as they continued their learning throughout the years. She was also loved and respected by her coworkers throughout the district. This scholarship will be awarded to a senior that strives to achieve goals in whatever educational path they are pursuing.
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