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Excellence in Education Awards

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The H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards celebrate public school professionals whose leadership and dedication inspire a love of learning in students of all backgrounds and abilities.

With more than $600,000 in cash prizes awarded to deserving teachers, principals, and school districts, the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards is the largest monetary recognition program for educators in Texas and one of the largest in the nation.

Meet the 2013 Award Winners
Meet the 2012 Award Winners

Teaching Award Categories

Rising Star Award: Less than 10 years of classroom experience. One elementary and one secondary teacher will each receive a $5,000 cash prize plus a $5,000 grant for his/her school.
Leadership Award: 10 to 20 years of classroom experience. One elementary and one secondary teacher will each receive a $10,000 cash prize plus a $10,000 grant for his/her school.
Lifetime Achievement Award: More than 20 years of classroom experience. One elementary and one secondary teacher will each receive a $25,000 cash prize plus a $25,000 grant for his/her school.
30 regional finalists will be awarded $1,000 each plus $1,000 for their schools.

Principal Award Categories

One elementary school and one secondary school principal will each receive a $10,000 cash prize plus a $25,000 grant for each of their schools.
A total of 10 regional finalists will be awarded $1,000 each plus $2,500 for their schools.

District Award Categories

One large school district (4A and 5A) will receive $100,000 and one small school district (1A, 2A, and 3A) will receive $50,000.
Five regional large district finalists will be awarded $5,000 each and three regional small district finalists will be awarded $2,500 each.

Healthy Campus Grant

The H-E-B Excellence in Education Healthy Campus grant is designed to assist school campuses with resources and funding to increase health and nutrition education for their students. Grant monies are awarded to develop, implement and improve activities and programs centered around the three pillars of H-E-B's statewide health improvement effort: Food, Body and Life. Twelve schools will be selected to receive a $15,000 grant that's paid out over three years.

We are proud to announce the twelve Healthy Campus Grant winners:

Area	School Name	Principal's Name	City
Central Texas	Hemphill Elementary	Paige Collier	Kyle
	Allison Elementary	Guadalupe Velasquez	Austin
Houston	Glover Elementary	Kellie Clay	Missouri City
	Edgewood Elementary	Suzanne Mercado	Houston
	Atkinson Elementary	Lena Ortiz	Houston
South Texas	Robb Elementary	James Butler	Uvalde
	St. Mary's Catholic School	Judith Faulk	Brownsville
	Lyford High School	Kristin Brown	Lyford
	IDEA Quest	Rosa Chapa Jose Luis De Leon	McAllen
San Antonio	Tuscany Heights Elementary	Tara Bailey	San Antonio
	Indian Springs Elementary	Marisa Wulfsberg	San Antonio
North Texas	James and Margie Marion Elementary	Johnna Walker	Allen

Early Childhood Award

The H-E-B Excellence in Education Early Childhood Award is designed to support public or private schools that focus on the care and education of children under the age of five. The purpose of the award is to offer support to help create or enhance Kinder Readiness programs that prepare children to enter Kindergarten socially and academically ready to learn. The 5 regional finalists will each be presented with a check for $5,000 to apply towards the enhancement of existing Kinder Readiness activities or creating new programs for the target population. The overall state winner will be announced and awarded an additional $25,000 grant to apply towards enhancing existing Kinder Readiness programs or creating a new program for the target population.