Each year the Lincoln Education Association Foundation makes available scholarships to LEA Members and LPS Seniors.
The Barbara Buckingham Patronsky Scholarship
The Lincoln Education Association Foundation (LEAF) is offering one, possibly two scholarships in the amount of up to $2,000 in memory of Barbara Buckingham Patronsky as established by her husband, Richard. Barbara, an elementary teacher at Morley and Riley Schools, died of cancer in September, 1975. She was a vivacious person with a variety of interests who loved life and participated in a wide range of pursuits — backpacking in Colorado, canoeing down the Niobrara, composing creative writing for enjoyment, viewing and participating in theater, and traveling in Europe and the United States. Barbara followed up various academic interests through university classes, in-service offerings, and private study. She was a prolific reader.
- Barbara Buckingham Patronsky Information Sheet (PDF)
- Barbara Buckingham Patronsky Scholarship Application (PDF)
The Christa McAuliffe Scholarship
The Lincoln Education Association Foundation (LEAF) is offering a scholarship in the amount of $500 to honor the late Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the teacher astronaut on the Challenger Space Shuttle flight in January, 1986. The Christa McAuliffe Scholarship is an LEA member funded program open to all active LEA members (certificated or classified).
- Christa McAuliffe Scholarship Information Sheet (PDF)
- Christa McAuliffe Scholarship Application (PDF)
SOAR Scholarship
The Lincoln Education Association Foundation (LEAF) is offering a scholarship of $1,000 to a senior who has attended at least his/her senior year and is a graduate of a Lincoln Public Schools high school. This scholarship is awarded to a student who shows an interest in continuing their education at an accredited Nebraska educational institution. The scholarship will be paid to the institution after the completion of the first grading period.
STAR Scholarship
The Lincoln Education Association Foundation (LEAF) is offering a scholarship of $1,000 to a child of an LEA member. The child must have attended at least his/her senior year and be a graduate of a Lincoln Public Schools high school. This scholarship is awarded to students who show an interest in continuing their education at an accredited Nebraska educational institution. The scholarship will be paid to the institution after the completion of the first grading period.