COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
BOX 2120
RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 206
October 14, 2005
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne DeMary Superintendent of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
The Lee-Jackson Scholarship Program |
The
Department of Education is pleased to announce the Lee-Jackson Scholarship
Program sponsored by the Lee-Jackson Foundation of Charlottesville. The objective of the program is to acquaint
young people with the historical legacy of two of Virginia’s most outstanding
military figures, General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas J.
"Stonewall" Jackson. Three
$1,000 scholarships will be awarded in each of Virginia’s eight school regions
to the juniors or seniors submitting the best essays on the career, character,
or some other aspect of the life of either General Lee or General Jackson, or
both.
The
application and reporting forms are located on the Lee-Jackson Foundation Web
site at http://www.lee-jackson.org. The
deadline for students to submit applications and essays to their high school
principals is January 6, 2006. Each
high school principal will submit the students’ applications and essays to the
local division superintendent. Each
superintendent will select the best five essays and forward the applications,
essays, and the completed Division Superintendent Summary Form to the chairman
of his or her regional screening committee listed on page 11 of the
application. The Department of
Education does not administer this scholarship; therefore, no information
should be returned to the department.
Principals of all
public and nonpublic senior high schools are requested to assist in making
students aware of the scholarship opportunity.
For further information, please
contact Stephanie Leech, scholarship program coordinator, at (434) 974-6083;
the chairman of your regional screening committee listed on page 11 of the
application; or Dr. Willie Stroble, (willie.stroble@doe.virginia.gov),
school counseling specialist, Office of Middle and High School Instruction, at
(804) 786-9377.
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