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Athletics Grants for Schools! The California Casualty Thomas R. Brown Athletics Grant program offers $1,000 grants for public middle/high schools whose athletics programs are in jeopardy and in great need of funding. The dead- line is Jan. 15, 2023, for grant requests to be considered for the current school year. Applications must be submitted by CTA members who are active employees of the public middle/high school for which the grant is being requested. Awards must be used to subsidize sports program(s) and cannot be used for individ- ual student awards, construction projects, organizations whose primary purpose is fundraising, or other school programs. Only one grant will be awarded per school per academic year and schools will not be awarded two consecutive years. To apply, go to CalCasAthletics.com. CTA Scholarships The CTA Scholarship Program offers • The CTA Scholarship for Dependent Children offers a maximum of 35 scholarships of up to $5,000 each; one scholarship in honor of Ralph J. Flynn is awarded to the highest-scoring applicant, another in honor of Ruthie Fagerstrom is awarded to the second highest-scoring applicant, a third in honor of Susan B. Anthony is awarded to the third highest-scoring applicant. • The CTA Scholarship in honor of Del A. Weber offers one scholarship of up to $5,000 to a dependent child of an active member of CTA, CTA/NEA-Retired or deceased CTA member who is attending or attended a continuation high school or an alternative education program. • The CTA Scholarship for Members offers a maximum of five scholarships of up to $3,000 each. One scholarship designated as the American Indian/Alaska Native Memo- rial Scholarship in honor of Alice Piper is awarded to the highest-scoring member applicant, another is designated for an ESP member who wants to transition into the teach- ing profession (provided an ESP member applies). • The Student CTA (SCTA) Scholarship in honor of L. Gordon Bittle offers a maximum of three scholarships of up to $5,000 each. One scholarship designated as the Pacific Asian American Scholarship in honor of Philip Vera Cruz is awarded to the highest scoring SCTA applicant. To find out more, visit cta.org/scholarships. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarships The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program encourages students of color to become educators, school nurses, school counselors or school therapists and to promote professional growth for teachers and ESP members of color. Scholarship amounts are up to $6,000. To be eligible, the applicant must be pursuing a degree, credential or certification for a teaching-re- lated career in public education in an accredited institution of higher education; a member of a defined BIPOC group (African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander or His- panic); and one of the following: An active member of CTA; a dependent child of an active, CTA/NEA-Re- tired or deceased CTA member; an active member of Student CTA. For details, visit cta.org/scholarships. National Park Service 53 O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 2