2023 Scholarships and Awards for Your Students and for You!
We are pleased to announce the 2023 NJTESOL/NJBE Awards and Scholarships are now online. Please encourage your students to apply. There is also a grant for you!
Each application includes an essay and one or two other important documents, so be sure to start early before the deadline, March 17, 2023.
We will honor the scholarship recipients at the 2023 Spring Conference President’s Awards Ceremony which will be held 6:00 pm, May 24th, at the Hyatt in New Brunswick.
Here is the list, and you can find all of the information on our website.
- Two Fourth Grade English Writing Challenges – two English learners who have been in the U.S. 3 years or less – Award: an iPad
- Two Eighth Grade English Writing Challenges – two English learners who have been in the U.S. 3 years or less – Award: a touch screen laptop
- Two $2,000 Raquel Sinai Newcomer Scholarships – two student in ESL and/or bilingual classes in grade 12 who have been in the U.S. two years or less
- Two $2,000 Pedro J. Rodriguez Scholarships – ESL/bilingual high school seniors who plan to study in a New Jersey college
- Two $2,000 Seal of Biliteracy Scholarships – Two high school seniors who are current or former ESL/bilingual students who received the NJ Seal of Biliteracy in 2022 or will receive it in 2023.
- Praxedes León Parent Awards for $500 are given to the parents of the Seal of Biliteracy Scholarship winners
- Two $2,000 Higher Education Scholarships – Two ESL/bilingual students enrolled part-time or full-time in a NJ college – presently taking ESL courses
- $2,500 Dr. Jessie Reppy Memorial Scholarship – for a graduate student enrolled in an accredited master’s degree program with a major or specialization in teaching English to speakers of other languages
- $2,500 Bilingual Educator Scholarship – for a graduate student enrolled in an accredited program with a major or specialization in bilingual/bicultural education
- $1000 Grant from Judie Haynes for an educator who teaches English learners under difficult conditions. The grant money may be used to purchase materials or provide services.