NSPTA Scholarship

∞Scholarship Award in the amount of $2,000
∞Book Stipend in the amount of $1000 in memory of Joseph G. Pearson
∞Grant in the amount of $250 in memory of Janet E. Petkus

NSPTA Scholarship Award & Joseph Pearson Stipend

 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP AND STIPEND
Mr. Pearson, a long-time PTA member and advocate for children, was a Boston native, graduate of Boston University and Columbia University, a World War II veteran having served in the U.S. Navy and the former chairman of the Stamford (CT) Public Schools Speech and Hearing Department. Joe was an NSPTA President and Treasurer. He died in 1998.

REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must be planning to attend a four-year college to pursue a career in service to children. Applicants are asked to write a one-page essay answering the question “How do you expect to be serving children ten years after college graduation?”

NOTE: This scholarship and book stipend is only available to students attending a school with a PTA unit that is in good standing with CT PTA. If your school is not a member of the Connecticut PTA, and you are interested in learning more about the PTA, please contact our office. Our Connecticut PTA representatives would be happy to educate the parents, teachers, and students of your school on this, and many of the other benefits of PTA membership.

JUDGING GUIDELINES

APPLICATION INFORMATION
∞Information and application forms will be sent to PTA/PTSA unit presidents, scholarship chairmen and high school guidance counselors.
∞Each PTA/PTSA is invited to submit ONE APPLICANT from each high school
∞Students must go through their guidance departments to apply. If more than one application is received from a school, only the FIRST one will be considered.

Janet E. Petkus Grant

ABOUT THE GRANT
Janet E. Petkus was the sister of Carol P. Duggan who is a long time PTA activist and President of NSPTA. Janet died on December 22, 2000 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Janet had “a spirit of dedication and a willingness to dig in and get any job done, even under trying circumstances.” said John Berg, Chairman of the advertising agency where Janet was the Director of Operations. Janet worked hard but leveled her efforts with a joy for life. It is her joy for life that the family wants to celebrate through this gift to NSPTA members.

In 2004, NSPTA received notice of an annual gift from the Janet E. Petkus family created to honor Janet, Carol Duggan’s sister, and to return to the NSPTA membership the support given to them during their time of need.

APPLICATION INFORMATION
∞Through the generosity of the Duggan family, NSPTA will award a scholarship in the amount of $250.00 at the CT PTA Convention.
∞This grant is for NSPTA members only! Any NSPTA member in good standing who is attending college or has a child or grandchild in college or graduating high school bound for college is eligible.
∞Selection is by random drawing. Interested members should complete an application form, including a copy of student ID, and send to the CT PTA State Office by April 21, 2007. One need not be present at Convention to participate.