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PAGE and the PAGE Foundation Announce 2013 Scholarship Recipients
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he PAGE Foundation awarded 16 scholarships in 2013 to PAGE and SPAGE members. The $1,000 awards went to seven veteran educators pursuing advanced education degrees, to one classified support personnel member seeking teacher certification and to eight SPAGE members aspiring to become Georgia educators. In addition to highlighting their achievements and providing recommendations from principals and professors, applicants wrote essays on how learning occurs, how to overcome classroom challenges and the skills and competencies needed by teachers.
Practicing and retired educators from across Georgia scored the applications. “What is particularly gratifying about being able to provide assistance to these deserving educators is that not only do they benefit, but their students benefit as well,” says PAGE Foundation President John Varner. “In tough economic times when education budgets have been hit particularly hard, we are pleased to contribute toward these educators’ professional learning. We thank the members of PAGE and other donors who have made these awards possible.”
2013 PAGE Foundation Scholarship Recipients PAGE Professional Scholarships
Michelle Lynn Baily Teacher, Wilkinson County Elementary School
Benjamin Neal Pitchford Teacher, Colquitt County High School
Pursuing Ed.S. in Curriculum and Instruction at Georgia College & State University
Pursuing Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at Valdosta State University
Sarah D. Barnett English Teacher, Woodland High School, Henry County Pursuing Ed.S. in Instructional Technology at Kennesaw State University
PAGE Jack Christmas Graduate Scholarship
PAGE H.M. and Norma Fulbright Scholarship
James Nicholas Philmon Intervention Teacher for the Gifted, Clairemont Elementary School, Decatur City Schools
Paula A. Flatman Spanish Teacher, Lakeside Middle School, Forsyth County
Pursuing M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education at Piedmont College
Pursuing master’s in Spanish Language & Culture at University of Salamanca, Spain
PAGE Charles “Coach” Cooper Scholarship
PAGE Support Personnel Scholarship
Halee Elliott McElroy Teacher, Bacon County Middle School, Bacon County Schools
Angelia Louise Wood Computer Lab Manager, Chicopee Woods Elementary School, Hall County
Stephanie Marie Puckett Teacher, Woodstock Elementary School, Cherokee County Pursuing M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education at Reinhardt University
Pursuing M.Ed. in Middle Grades Math & Science at Valdosta State University
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Pursuing M.Ed. in Library Media at University of West Georgia
August/September 2013
