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STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
STAR Sponsorship ProgramChildren’s Scholarship Fund
Fort Worth, Texassince1993
Education is the key to success. And the education our children receive in grades K-12
sets the stage for the rest of their lives. Former US Secretary of Education, Rod Paige
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
We believe the well-being of the entire community is enhanced when children are given a quality education
that allows them to achieve to their utmost ability.
Success Through Academic Readiness
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
• Founded in 1993 by:
•Paul Greenwell
•Janet Carter
•Mark Walton
• Vision for giving parents a choice in children’s education
• Private donations have since provided for 650 scholarships worth almost $1 million for low-incomefamilies who want a strong foundation of qualityeducation for their children.
STAR
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
CSF was created in 1998 and sought programs such as STAR Sponsorship across the country to partner
Children’s Scholarship Fund
with them by providing a 1:1 matching opportunity. STAR/CSF Fort Worth has since provided for nearly 3,100 scholarships worth over $3.5 million.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
• Select inner-city schools
• Merit-based honors program
• Annual Application
• Sponsor mentorship
STAR
• Any private school in Tarrant County • 90% attendance requirement
• K – 8th Grade
• 25%, 50%, 75% scholarships
CSF
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Our STAR students emerge as natural
leaders in the classroom.
We believe our high expectations result in STAR performance
from students and their parents.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
STAR requires:Parent Involvement & Student Accountability
Maintain Honor Roll Strive for perfect attendance and
minimal tardiness
Exhibit exemplary effort and behavior
Write their sponsor throughout the
school yearSTAR students are required to:
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The Friedman Foundation compiled numerous studies all with the same result -
better scores from students attending the
schools of their parents’ choice.
School Choice Fosters Greater Achievement
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
STAR Sponsorship is funded entirely by the generous donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and community partnerships. We are the only privately funded scholarship program in Tarrant County.
Our Donors see an immediate return on their investment as our students emerge as leaders, academic achievers and with resolve to be hard working and successful in every endeavor.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Average Scholarship: $1,475
Average Tuition: $5,212
Average Family Contribution: $2,688
Average Family Income: $29,298
Our Sponsors provide only partial scholarships. Parents with an active role in
their child’s education create a stronger educational foundation.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Parents who understand and appreciate our high academic and behavior standards are an integral part
of our program.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
XTO Energy is taking sponsorship to the corporate level. Currently funding 7 children, XTO believes supporting
children and their parents in education is an easy decision.
All of the students are worthy investments!- Holly Herrell, XTO Energy
Sponsoring a child goes beyond an individual student’s academic achievements towards building a stronger, more
educated workforce for our community.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Texas has the second highest percentage of its adult population lacking a high school diploma.
The numbers are worse in our state’s biggest cities, including Fort Worth.
One independent study found the graduation rate of the Fort Worth School District to be as
low as 48.9%*
*From The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Texas by Brian J. GottlobEditorial Projects in Education Research Group
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
“If even a small fraction of Texas’s 2,594,986 working age dropouts had
graduated from high school, the increase in earning would be substantial.”*
*From The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Texas by Brian J. Gottlob
By investing in education, you are ensuring the future economic success of our community.
Giving parents a choice.Giving children a chance.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Our Texas economy will not survive as a leader with an uneducated or undereducated workforce. Texas must be able to compete in a world market and it will take a systematic change in our current system of education to achieve that.
Our Donors are changing that system one child at a time.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our Donors See the Impact They are Making
Giving vouchers to parents is like magic.Giving students a sponsor gives them a sense
of how valuable their education is.-Janet Carter
STAR/CSF Board of TrusteesCo-founder
We make real and lasting changes in the lives and prospects of children in Fort Worth. -David PorterSTAR/CSF Board of Trustees
The STAR program has a bigger impact per dollar than any other program around.
It is a blessing to be able to change lives so profoundly with seemingly such little effort.
Our family gets more out of it than we could think possible.
-Peter PhilpottSTAR/CSF Board of Trustees
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Dreams
Choices
Opportunities
Chance to influence generations
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
STAR/Children’s Scholarship Fund of Fort Worth has many success stories. Our graduates have
gone on to universities and prestigious programs.
Ly Hoang is attending the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at The University of North Texas, combining her Junior and Senior
year of high school with her Freshman and Sophomore year of college.
She has a 4.0 average.
Edward Ibarra is on a full four year scholarship attending
The University of Dallas.
Natasha Bui is attending Loyola University on a $23,000 scholarship studying Psychology.
They all thank STAR/Children’s Scholarship Fund of Fort Worth and their individual sponsors for the
opportunity.
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Thank you to all of our donors. Please help us do more!
Please help spread the word!
STAR Sponsorship/Children’s Scholarship Fund Fort Worth
Thank YouFrom
STAR/CSFFort Worth
a 501c3 nonprofit organization
If you ask what is the good of education, the answer is easy - that education makes good men
and that good men act nobly.-Plato