**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.
