Douglaston, Little Neck Students to Receive UFT Scholarships

Several students from Douglaston and Little Neck have been awarded scholarships from the United Federation of Teachers.

The UFT will hand out the scholarships at its , which will be held on May 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Floral Terrace, located at 250 Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park.

Eileen Wang, a student at Douglaston's , is one of the recipients of this year's Steven Petillo Elementary Scholarship.

Anthony Ng, of Little Neck's , will be awarded the Jessica Martell Early Childhood Scholarship.

Jessica Zawadzki, of the 's universal pre-kindergarten class, will get the Alexandra Falabella Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship.

Amanda Ma, of Little Neck's , has been awarded the Fajir Javid Elementary Scholarship.

Scholarships to be given out this year include pre-kindergarten, early childhood, elementary school and another in memory of firefighter Henry Miller Jr., who died during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.

District 26 covers a number of communities in northeast Queens, including Douglaston, Little Neck and Bayside.