Millburn High Student Earns Learning Disabilities Scholarship

MILLBURN, NJ — Millburn High School’s Vytas Belzer has earned the inaugural Dr. Rosa Hagin Scholarship, an award from the Learning Disabilities Association of NJ which aims to acknowledge students with learning and/or attention issues who will be continuing their education beyond high school.

Belzer will be attending Colorado State University and has a strong desire to work with animals in the future, according to a news release.

Roger Askins, the transition coordinator at Millburn High School, said that he learned about the scholarship through the New Jersey Transition Coordinators Network of NJ. He and case manager Linda Randazza then selected Vytas as the MHS representative for the award.

“[Belzer] has been engaged in learning about his disabilities and has embraced the challenge of being successful regardless of the daily obstacles that he faces,” Askins said. “He has been a valuable contributor to the self-advocacy program over the course of his high school career.”

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