The Margaret Abel Scholarship Award

The Award
The purpose of the Margaret Abel Scholarship Fund is to provide grants-in-aid to assist outstanding women preparing to enter the education profession.
The award is in the amount of $1500.00 and will be awarded to one qualified individual at the DKG-NJ State Convention in New Jersey each spring. 
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Criteria for the Margaret Abel Scholarship

• The applicant must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of New Jersey and enrolled in a four-year college or university in New Jersey.
• The applicant shall be a female undergraduate (junior or senior) or graduate student who has begun her professional program leading to an initial teaching certification.
•  The applicant must have maintained a minimum   GPA of 3.0.

The applicant shall submit the following to the Scholarship Chairperson of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International - DKG State:

• Application form (contains submission details)  Download the application form here (rtf) >
• Official transcript, either printed or electronic from all colleges/universities including the cumulative grade point average, which must be a minimum of 3.0.
• Three letters of recommendation: 
  Two letters from professionals in education on official district or university letterhead.
  One letter from a personal reference – someone who knows the candidate on a personal level and is not related to the candidate.
• A 500-word essay indicating her desire to become a teacher and the attributes which make her worthy as a recipient of this scholarship.  Only the first 500 words will be counted.

All applications must be postmarked by December 15th and received before December 30th.

• The candidate WILL NOT be considered if an incomplete application is submitted.
• Emails and text messages will not be accepted.
• No handwritten applications will be accepted.

Please Note:

• All application packages must be postmarked by December 15th, 2023, and received before December 30th, 2023.
• Candidates will be notified via the provided email upon receipt of the completed package.
• A candidate WILL NOT be considered if an incomplete application is submitted.