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2008 GISD March of Dimes Campaign

Campaign Goals

  • $150,000 for the district
  • #1 in the United States

Campaign Results

  • over $160,000
  • ranked as one of the top ten teams in Dallas and one of the nation's top school districts

Campaign Highlights

Winning T-Shirt Design

The 2008 March of Dimes T-shirt contest winner & organizers.Daisy Munguia, a bilingual kindergarten student at Back ES, won the Garland Independent School Districts’s annual March of Dimes T-shirt design contest for 2008. Munguia’s design, entitled “March of Dimes Helps Babies Shake It!” was chosen from almost 700 submissions and most campuses.Click to view a larger March of dimes helps babies shake it image.

Munguia is the first winner from Back Elementary School. Her submission was selected by two judging panels and is featured on the 2008 official Garland ISD March of Dimes campaign T-shirt.


Top Schools & Departments for 2008

Pre K Center

  • Cisneros Prekindergarten - $17,297.58

High Schools

  • Garland High - $13,129.93
  • Rowlett High School - $7,569.89
  • Sachse High School - $7,042.28

Middle Schools

  • Sam Houston - $4,204.05
  • Coyle - $2,876.29
  • Brandenburg - $2,390.55
  • O'Banion - $2,055.00

Elementary Schools

  • Back Elementary - $9,234.00
  • Beaver - $7,485.34
  • Sewell - $6,573.06
  • Dorsey - $5,609.41
  • Montclair - $4,337.35

GISD Administration

  • Food Services - $6,326.04
  • Harris Hill - $3,064.17
  • Technology - $1,766.00
  • Transportation - $1,662.15