AASA Scholarships Awarded to Top Graduate Students
February 16, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
James Minichello
703-875-0723
703-774-6953 (cell)
jminichello@aasa.org
San Diego – Feb. 16, 2020 – Seven of the nation’s outstanding graduate students in educational administration have been selected by AASA, The School Superintendents Association, to receive scholarships, as announced at AASA’s National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif.
Regarded as the most comprehensive professional learning and networking event for school superintendents and administrators, this event is addressing the most critical issues affecting public education today, including equity in education, social and emotional learning, personalizing education, early learning, technology, and school safety and leadership.
Each scholarship recipient received a $2,500 scholarship given in honor of AASA’s former executive directors — Sherwood D. Shankland, Worth McClure, Finis E. Engleman, Forrest E. Connor, Paul B. Salmon, Richard D. Miller and Paul D. Houston.
The 2020 scholarship recipients are:
Stephanie
Andler
Selah School District
Selah, Wash.
Jessica
N. Betz
Father Marquette Catholic
Academy
Marquette, Mich.
Deborah
L. Elder
Albuquerque Public Schools
Albuquerque, N.M.
Michael
Gaines
Franklin Township Community
School Corporation
Indianapolis, Ind.
Clara
Jessica Garay
Esperanza Elementary School
West Valley City, Utah
Julie H.
Lam
Oswego East High
School
Oswego, Ill.
Maisha G.
Rounds
Boston Public Schools
Boston, Mass.
The AASA Educational Administration Scholarship was created in 1949 to provide incentives, recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students in school administration who intend to make the school superintendency a career. AASA selects recipients on the basis of their experience and excellence in school administration, personal essays and recommendations from university faculty.
Regarded as the most comprehensive professional learning and networking event for school superintendents and administrators, AASA’s National Conference on Education is addressing the most critical issues affecting public education today, including equity in education, social and emotional learning, personalizing education, early learning, technology, and school safety and leadership.
For more information about the national conference, access Conference Daily Online.
AASA, The School Superintendents Association, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to equitable access for all students to the highest quality public education. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.
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About AASA
AASA, The School
Superintendents Association, founded in 1865, is the professional
organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and
throughout the world. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school
system leaders who are dedicated to equitable access for all students to the
highest quality public education. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.
