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Lester Benz Scholarship

$250

Due: April 10, 2026

No min. GPA required

No transcripts required

Eligibility

Lester Benz Scholarship, with an application deadline in April, offers numerous awards of $250 each.

Description

Quill and Scroll will award the Lester G. Benz Scholarship to an adviser who undertakes a professional development activity over the summer or in the academic year. The award can be used to attend a National High School Journalism Conference, to pay for tuition for a university course in a relevant subject area, or for a summer workshop, the JEA Summer Advisers Institute or a local summer workshop in your state, to name a few. Quill and Scroll encourages applicants who teach at a Quill and Scroll charter school; have at least one year teaching high school journalism and/or advising publications; have a minimum of one year experience teaching journalism or advising school publications; plan to return to the high school classroom and media advising next year; and will apply the information gained in the course work, seminar or workshop taken as a result of this scholarship. The scholarship program's objective is to identify and reward experienced journalism teachers and publication advisers who seek the opportunity to upgrade their journalism skills, teaching methodologies and advising techniques. Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation should come from any of the following sources: Superintendent; Principal; Vice or Assistant Principal; Department Chair; Regional or State Scholastic Press Association Director; Scholastic Journalism Workshop Director; a faculty member of the school, college or department of journalism for whom the applicant will take a journalism course; or JEA mentor, current or former. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.