NJTESOL/NJBE Scholarships and Awards for your students and you!
In the spirit of honoring and supporting academic aspirations of our students and members, NJTESOL/NJBE is pleased to announce the following scholarship and award opportunities. The 2025 Spring Conference and the President’s Awards Ceremony in which we honor the scholarship recipients will be held 6:00 pm, May 21, 2025 at the Hyatt in New Brunswick.
Encourage your students to apply now!
- Fourth Grade English Writing Challenge – two English learners who have been in the U.S. 3 years or less – Award: an iPad
- Eighth Grade English Writing Challenge – two English learners who have been in the U.S. 3 years or less – Award: a touch screen laptop
- $3,000 Raquel Sinai Newcomer Scholarship – two students in ESL and/or bilingual classes in grade 12 who have been in the U.S. two years or less
- $3,000 Pedro J. Rodriguez scholarship – two ESL/bilingual high school seniors who plan to study in a New Jersey college
- $3,000 Seal of Biliteracy Scholarship – Two high school seniors who are current or former ESL/bilingual students who received the NJ Seal of Biliteracy in 2023 or will receive it in 2024.
- Praxedes León Parent Award for $500 are given to the parents of the Seal of Biliteracy Scholarship winners
- $3,000 Higher Education scholarship – 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
(Application deadline – March 15th)
- $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. (Application deadline – March 15th)
- Barbara Tedesco Award – for an ESL/Bilingual educator and another educator (not an ESL/Bilingual educator) with whom they have a collaborative partnership in the same district. Each will receive a one day free registration to the NJTESOL/NJBE Conference for either the year of the award or the following year’s conference. (Application deadline – Feb. 15th)
Here are the Criteria and Applications
Read an award winner’s essay below!
I would help a new student that doesn’t speak English by opening my Chromebook to figure out what is the student saying. On my first day of school my friend Aiden asked me a question that was “where are you from” and I answered I am from India. I felt excited to make new friends. Just like Aiden, I would help a new student by being friendly and talking slowly. Also, I would try to make him learn English.
