Leonore Annenberg Scholarship, Fellowship, and School Funds Benefit Rural High School Student and Two Rural Elementary Schools


Last Updated: May 30, 2013
 

This article appeared in the May 2013 Rural Policy Matters.

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Richard Otis is the 2013 rural winner of the highly competitive Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship. The winners were announced at an April ceremony in Philadelphia.

D. P. Cooper Elementary in Williamsburg, South Carolina, and North Mitchell Elementary in Mitchell County, Georgia, received grants from the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children. Both schools will use their grants to initiate new programs for students.

Since 2008 the Rural School and Community Trust has served as a partner organization with the Leonore Annenberg Scholarship, Fellowship, and School Funds. In that role the Rural Trust has nominated outstanding rural high school students who have overcome challenging circumstances to the Scholarship Fund and nominated high poverty elementary schools to the School Fund.

You can read more about the Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship Fund and 2013 rural Scholarship recipient Richard Otis in “Aeronautics in the Future for 2013 Rural Leonore Annenberg Scholarship Winner.” You can read about the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children and 2013 rural grantees in “2013 Rural Recipients of Grants from the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children.”

About The Leonore Annenberg Scholarship, Fellowship, and School Funds: This ten-year program has donated $12.2 million in grants since 2008. The grants are named in honor of the late Leonore Annenberg, Chief of Protocol for President Ronald Reagan and wife of the late Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg. Mrs. Annenberg established the grants to support her lifelong commitment to public service, education, and the arts. The awards come from three endowments: the Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship Fund, the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund in the Performing and Visual Arts, and the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children. All grants are made on an invitation-only basis, in consultation with a partner organization. The Funds are a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Visit http://www.leonoreannenbergscholarships.org for more information.

 

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