This year CFEF held the 14th Annual "Salute to the Stars Gala" on October 20, 2011. The black-tie event at Cy-Fair ISD's Richard E. Berry Center drew over 750 community and business leaders, elected and school officials. 

The event raised over $152,000 for staff development grants and student scholarships, bringing the grand total to over $1.6 million raised since 1998. We expect the 2011 event will be a record for the Foundation's fundraising efforts. The 83 teachers who were honored at the 2011 event were named Cy-Fair ISD "Spotlight Teachers" for the 2010-11 school year. Cy-Fair Federal Credit Union has generously underwritten for the event since 2004.  Also sponsoring in 2011 were the Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital as the Red Carpet Premiere Sponsor and Bay Architects as the Superintendent Table Sponsor. 

Krystle Ballew, a 2004 Cy-Fair High School graduate and recipient of a $20k Cecil Hall Scholarship spoke at the  event.

Each year, Cy-Fair ISD recognizes one teacher from each of its campuses who represents a unique balance of skill, art, and heart in teaching students in his or her subject area or program.

The 14th Annual Salute to the Stars gala honored Cy-Fair ISD's best of the best, teachers who daily put student needs before their own will be honored by Cy-Fair businesses and community members. 'Salute to the Stars' is a primary example of our community acknowledging that it values our teachers and our schools.

For information about the annual Salute to the Stars gala, contact Marie Holmes at281-807-3591, or e-mail marie@thecfef.org