About Us - Wichita Falls Independent School District

What is Project Back to School?

Project Back to School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working with the WFISD Foundation, Wichita Falls ISD, City View ISD, nonprofit organizations, businesses and hundreds of volunteers. We were created in 2009 to provide disadvantaged children with a custom school supply kit, backpack and more to begin school each year.

OUR ORIGIN

OUR VISION

Our vision is that no child in Wichita Falls begins school without the supplies they need.

We believe that educating children from low-income families is one of the best tools for ending the cycle of poverty. For 15 years, Project Back to School has been dedicated to providing at-risk children with school supplies to begin school equipped for a successful academic year.

Currently, 3 out of every 5 students in Wichita Falls are economically disadvantaged. Join us in making our vision a reality so every child in Wichita Falls has the school supplies to succeed in school.

OUR GOAL

Every August, we equip about 6,000 children for academic success by distributing school supplies directly at the highest need schools and at our annual Roundup.‍

Every student at the WFISD elementary schools with enrollment of more than 95% disadvantaged students will receive school supplies and a backpack at their school. These schools are Burgess, Scotland Park, Booker T. Washington and Zundy elementary schools.

Everyone is invited to our Back to School Roundup where WFISD and CVISD students who qualify for the lunch program will receive free school supplies and backpacks.