FRIEND OF EDUCATION AWARD
CLYDE RUSSELL SCHOLARSHIP FUND WINNERS
Presented to Michael Sylvester, State RepresentativeDistrict 39 FRIEND OF EDUCATION AWARD Presented to Nate Libby, State Senator-District 21 GOLDEN APPLE AWARD Presented to Kim Nichols, Hermon Education Association GOLDEN APPLE AWARD Presented to Children’s Benefit Fund
JOHN MARVIN LOCAL ASSOCIATION AWARD Presented to the Lewiston Education Association HONOR MEDAL Presented to Kim Hubbard, Tri-County ESP
JOAN MCGOVERN ESP AWARD Presented to Karen Choate, Lewiston Education Association AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE Presented to Jodi Thomas, Thornton Academy Teachers Association
The Clyde Russell Scholarship Fund was created by the MEA through a trust established by the late Audrey Lewis. It awards graduating seniors monies to help cover tuition, room, board, books and fees. Congratulations to this year's winners! Hunter Steele (not pictured) is a senior at Lewiston High School and plans to attend Brown University in the fall. Hunter aspires to be a judge, working first as a defense attorney—a career path set into motion from an interest in service and desire to protect people from injustices. Emma Hargreaves is a senior at Old Town High School and plans to attend Bowdoin College in the fall. Emma will double major in English and Governmental Studies and hopes to be an active woman in politics one day. Alexander Farkas is a senior at Cony High School and plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. At Penn he will participate in Engineers Without Borders, pursuing his love of science. Cassandra J. Smeltzer enrolled in Medical Science at Midcoast School of Technology and plans to attend Central Maine Community College in the fall. Cassie plans to become a registered nurse, combining her love to help others and her interest in anatomy. Rhode Niangasa Phambu is a senior at South Portland High School. She hopes to one day become a nurse and plans to start her post-secondary education at Southern Maine Community College where she will study to become a certified nurse assistant and then continue on to earn a nursing degree. 2019 New and Amended Resolutions Amendment to A-10 A10. RESOLVED: That the MEA opposes public school choice/charter schools and virtual schools unless all of the following guarantees have been met: • Schools are accountable to state and federal standards. • Schools are nonsectarian. • Schools are run by non-profit entities inside the public school domain. • School employees have collective bargaining rights. • School personnel are appropriately certified and authorized. • Schools provide open admissions and accommodations for the needs of at-risk students and for those requiring special education services. • Schools comply with all state and federal nondiscrimination and equal education opportunity laws. • Schools provide each student in a virtual learning setting with appropriate on site assistance and services. • Schools provide each student in a virtual learning setting with opportunities for social interaction with other students. • Schools ensure that each student in a virtual learning setting has sufficient non-screen time as part of their schedule. • Virtual school programs are age appropriate. • Schools are accountable to appropriate publicly elected school board(s).
June 2019 • www.maineea.org
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