Thiele Seeking Nominations For Presidential Scholars Program

Local Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) recently announced that he is looking for nominations for the Presidential Scholars Program.

The program was established by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and recognizes high school seniors on the basis of outstanding scholarship.

This year, the State Education Department Commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, will nominate 20 high school seniors - 10 females and 10 males - from New York to be considered for this honor.

In making the selection, the Commissioner will consider involvement and service in school and community, leadership and character, writing samples, academic achievements, heavy workload, family responsibilities and extraordinary achievement or large hurdles overcome.

The Education Department is also interested in nominations that describe how the student’s family, teachers, and administrators have better prepared him or her to succeed in college and career.

As a new component this year, Elia is also asking for an additional student to be included as a candidate for recognition for excellence in Career and Technical Education (CTE).

She will nominate up to five students in CTE programs, considering academic rigor, technical competence, employability skills, as well as ingenuity creativity and real world problem solving.

To nominate a student, submit a letter of nomination (no more than two pages each) for one female and male student as well as an additional CTE student candidate by September 25, 2015 to Assemblyman Fred Thiele at P.O. Box 3062, Bridgehampton, NY 11932 or thielef@assembly.state.ny.us.

The letter must include the student’s name, home mailing address and high school name and mailing address.

Eligible students include high school seniors graduating between January and August of 2016 that are U.S. citizens
or legal permanent residents.

For more information, visit: www.ed.gov/psp.