Executive Director

Kate Bell Keierleber, Executive Director

Mrs. Keierleber is a graduate of Forney High School and holds a Bachelor's in Business with a minor in Marketing and a Masters in Business Administration. She is also certified in Business Education 8-12. Prior to coming to Wills Point, Mrs. Keierleber worked as the Executive Director of the Forney Education Foundation for seven years.

Her husband, Eric Keierleber, a 2004 graduate of Wills Point High School, along with their three sons, reside in Wills Point. Cole (2031), Case (2034), and Cade(2035). Mrs. Keierleber is passionate about serving others in her community and education. This is how she described her role as the Executive Director, "The Foundation allows me to give back to the teachers and students of Wills Point who educate and encourage the future of this community. I am passionate about supporting the difference a teacher or administrator can make in a student's life! Education foundations give them the tools to reach heights that would otherwise seem impossible."

Why is the Foundation special to you?

Education, and especially education in this town is important to me! I'm so thankful that this organization/foundation has been started to bless all of the children and teachers in WPISD!

Thank you to those who have donated their time and money, and expertise to make this a success!

- George and Jackie Winton

(former WPISD teacher/counselor)

I love that the Foundation shows growth and progress coming to Wills Point!

The Foundation builds the community from the ground up! It gives encouragement and support for our teachers and future leaders for our own community and abroad.

The foundation has been a blessing for our teachers and students! It provides teachers an opportunity to seek out resources for their classrooms and their students, present, and future. It is an opportunity for our community members to come together to support our teachers who are trying to provide the best education possible to the young minds of WPISD. I am a past grant recipient and I can say, the Chromebooks purchased with the grant money for my classroom has made it possible for me to integrate more technological skills in with our daily science lessons, as well as explore more individualized extended learning opportunities for students to practice what they are learning in class on their own level and at their own pace. Thank you Education Foundation for your support in the classroom!

Hali Thoele - 5th Grade Science Wills Point Middle School

The Foundation is important to me because it really helps in the growth and adding some "fun" in the learning for our children. I am very grateful for the love and help from the foundation for the help in educating my students.

Holly Hurley, 3rd Grade Teacher

We are so grateful to our Education Foundation! The grants we have received have enabled us to implement a campus-wide writing and grammar program called Mentor Sentences. Through this program our Language Arts teachers introduce and develop grammar and writing skills through a mentor text each week. By analyzing numerous published authors with varying styles and sentence structures, students begin to recognize and mirror good writing techniques. Writing becomes fun and seemingly easier when they have a “mentor” author. Implementation from 2nd through 4th grades has given us the opportunity to create strong, consistent, vertically-aligned grammar and writing instruction across the campus. And... since Mentor Sentences is literature-based, enhancing vocabulary and reading comprehension is a sweet bonus!

Lahri Gentry, Woods Instructional Coach

Because of you, our students do great things!

Executive Director

Kate Bell Keierleber, Executive Director

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