PREL is now accepting applications. To apply for a scholarship for the 2011–2012 school year, contact your local PREL Service Center at http://www.prel.org/contactprel.aspx or visit PREL’s Pacific Teacher Scholarship web page at http://www.prel.org/opportunities/pacific-teacher-scholarship.aspx, where the application form and instructions are posted. All application materials must be received at PREL’s Honolulu office by April 1, 2011.
To date, more than 40 aspiring teachers have been awarded scholarships. Among them is Jalma Manglona from of Rota. With the assistance of a federal Pell Grant and a CNMI scholarship, Jalma is a full-time student at Guam Community College and now plans to simultaneously attend the University of Guam so that she may graduate sooner with an associate of science degree and begin her teaching career in early childhood education.
She graduated from Rota High School and would like to become a teacher at one of the island’s elementary schools.
Last year Alexander Edward Coffin, from American Samoa, was also awarded a scholarship. He is a seventh-grade science teacher at Matafao Elementary School pursuing his bachelor of arts degree in education as a full-time online student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
If you know of a future teacher who could be a scholarship recipient or if you are interested in donating to the effort, please visit PREL’s Pacific Teacher Scholarship web page and click on Donate, or mail your donation to: The Pacific Teacher Scholarship Fund, PREL, 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300, Honolulu, HI 96813.
