James and Oneita Titus Educational Foundation
James and Oneita Titus Educational Foundation
Public Announcement
James and Oneita Titus have established an educational foundation for the purposes of providing scholarships to Motley County ISD seniors and mini-grants to teachers in MCISD.
Every senior at Motley County ISD is eligible and strongly encouraged to apply. Each senior student that applies and submits all required information will receive a $1,000.00 scholarship. Moreover, the scholarships will be available to the students in the amount of $2,000.00 each year for four years. A total of five scholarships in the amount of $8,000.00 (each) may be awarded. At no time will the scholarship exceed the total cost of tuition and books including other grants. Seniors of Motley County ISD must make application for a scholarship by the March 1, annual deadline.
Students are required to submit the application forms and also a hand-written essay responding to the following questions: 1) What are your career plans/long term goals? 2) How will you give back to the community? 3) Why is a scholarship important to your college goals? 4) Why should you receive this scholarship?
Each student’s application will include a history of their extracurricular activities at Motley County ISD, cumulative GPA and ACT scores, leadership roles, community activity and work history. Students will also need to submit three letters of recommendation to the selection committee. The student scholarship selection committee includes two Motley County ISD faculty members Mrs. Shelley Cox, Mrs. Kathy Gillespie and one adjunct faculty member from Lubbock Christian University Dr. Cathy Morton.
Motley County ISD teachers may apply for mini-grants from the Titus Foundation in the amount of $1,500.00 per teacher, per year. Every teacher at Motley County ISD is eligible to apply for a mini-grant. The purpose of the mini-grant is to allow teachers the opportunity to purchase supplies, materials or programs that will improve the quality of education provided in the classroom. The application deadline for a teacher mini-grant is April 1, of each year. The selection committee for teacher mini-grants is Mr. William Cochran, principal, Mrs. Jan Jones secondary faculty member and Mrs. Pam Thacker retired and adjunct faculty member, all of Motley County ISD.
