AAFEPA Scholarship Due October 18th

**The copies of this scholarship application are available in Mrs. Butts' office**

Alabama Association of Federal Program Administrators

On behalf of the AAFEPA organization, we are excited to offer a scholarship opportunity to you and your colleagues. The scholarships are in honor of two AAFEPA Presidents: Leo Brown and Joan Buckley. Both of these charter members provided much leadership and dedicated much of their time and talents to move our association forward as a professional organization.

• Persons eligible for the Leo Brown Scholarship are senior students presently enrolled in a public school or students currently enrolled as freshmen in an accredited college or university. The student should be pursuing a degree in education.
• Persons eligible for the Joan Buckley Scholarship are senior students presently enrolled in a public school or students currently enrolled as freshmen in an accredited college or university. The student may be pursuing a degree in any area of their interest.

As a member of AAFEPA, please help us distribute this application to all eligible and interested persons in your school district. The completed application is due October 18, 2013 to Margaret Mastin, Scholarship Chairperson.

Nominations should be sent to:

Margaret Mastin

P.O. Box 744

Boaz, Alabama 35957

If you have any questions please call Margaret Mastin at 256-582-3171, 256-572-7041 or email Margaretmastin@gmail.com

AAFEPA

ALABAMA Association of Federal Education Program Administrators

Scholarship Program

Purpose

The purpose of the scholarship program is to financially support post-secondary education for qualifying seniors or high school graduates who are attending their first year of college. The recipient of the scholarship will be a student who:

1. Exemplifies the following characteristics.

• leadership within at least one school, community, or church activity

• involvement in extracurricular activities

• evidence of positive character, integrity, and leadership traits

2. Has attained the following achievements.

• an overall minimum academic record of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale

• a demonstrated commitment to learning

• a successful experience working with children/young people

Eligibility

Candidates for the AAFEPA scholarship will be selected by the AAFEPA district representatives. Each district may select candidates to represent their district for the state scholarship program.

1. An eligible student must be one of the following:

• a high school senior who plans to enroll in an accredited college

or university

• a freshman currently enrolled in an accredited college or university

2. An eligible student must demonstrate a commitment to school, academics and

community activities.

3. An eligible student must meet all criteria outlined in the purpose section of this

document.

Selection Process

Scholarship winners will be selected based upon the following areas of equal point value:

• High school or college transcript from spring 2013 (20 points)
• Extracurricular activities/leadership activities within the community or church (20 points)
• 3 letters of recommendation, including one letter from a faculty member (20 points)
• Demonstration of financial need (20 points)
• A 300 word (maximum) essay outlining his/her leadership and future goals (20 points)

The student’s application and companion forms must be received by the scholarship chairperson by October 18, 2013

About The Scholarships

AAFEPA offers two scholarships: the Leo Brown Scholarship and the Joan Buckley Scholarship. The AAFEPA Board of Directors established awards in honor of these individuals to recognize their outstanding contributions to the goals of the AAFEPA organization and the students the organization represents. Mr. Brown and Dr. Buckley demonstrated and provided exemplary leadership and dedication to both AAFEPA and the NAFEPA organizations.

• The scholarship grants are $1500.00 and will be awarded at the AAFEPA annual conference in November.
• The scholarship grants are available only for the 2014-2015
• The individual selected to receive Scholarships will also represent our state. Their applications will be submitted as Alabama’s candidates to compete for the three NAPEPA Scholarships.