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                    SCHOLARSHIPS


                  APPLY NOW for 2023
 

   Scholarship Forms (due by May 31st, **make sure your
​                                                    application is in by the correct time)



        It’s MCRTA scholarship time again!


It’s MCRTA scholarship time again! May 31st is the deadline for all scholarship applications including the required letters of reference. Any Medina County graduate who is presently a college student majoring in education. They must be a junior or senior Fall, 2023.
The application is now electronic and can be accessed through our website: medinacrta.weebly.com. Applications are to be filled out and submitted online. Contact Amy Panchumarti for further information at (330) 635-1106 or Amy4Ohio@Gmail.com.
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A special tip of the spring top hat or bonnet to all our retirees who contribute to make these scholarships possible! Our generous donor categories are as follows:
  $25 - Pewter
  $50 - Copper

  $100 - Bronze
  $250 - Silver
  $500 - Gold
  $1000 - Platinum/Scholarship named in your honor

All donations are tax deductible.
 
Amy Panchumarti 


MCRTA Scholarship Committee Chairman
Amy4Ohio@Gmail.com
(330) 635-1106

            Scholarship Forms (due by May 31st)  

​     The application is now electronic and can be accessed through our website: medinacrta.weebly.com. Applications are to be filled out and submitted online. Contact Amy Panchumarti for further information at (330) 635-1106 or Amy4Ohio@Gmail.com.
               
                                  

         2022  SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:
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CONGRATULATIONS! Our 2022 MCRTA Scholarship 

Winners were honored at the luncheon meetings. 


The winners are: 


Abigail Heller, a Cloverleaf High School graduate, now a junior at the University of Akron,
         is planning to focus on special education, specifically Early Childhood Inclusive Teacher
         Preparation (age3-grade 3).  She was in the top 20 of her class and was a member of
         National  Honors Society, swim team, and Girl Scouts.  Abigail spent time volunteering at an
         elementary school setting during breaks in her high school schedule. She plans on living
         locally around this area and wants to continue giving back to her hometown neighborhoods
         in Seville and Cloverleaf.

 
Emma Fry, attended Highland High School, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and is
         currently enrolled at The Ohio State University  majoring in Integrated Language Arts
         with a minor in Clinical Psychology. Emma volunteers with a student organization
         called Pen PALS (Peers Advancing Literacy in Students) that partners with local
         Columbus City Schools to create correspondence between 1st-5th graders each week.
         This past year she volunteered as a Teaching Assistance for Advocates for Communities
         and Education.                   

 Both students have expressed a strong desire to use their talents and skills to reach out to the next generation and are dedicated to improving lives through education.
  


 


         Thanks to the members who contribute to make these scholarships possible.
 


Scholarship Contributions:
  

Scholarship 'cups' will continue to be available at our MCRTA meetings.  (We need to raise $2000 each year).  This has been a wonderful way to add to our scholarship funds.  Contributions can be made at any time. All funds raised now will benefit our 2023-2024 winners.  Your generosity is so appreciated.
This year we honored generous donors at the Scholarship luncheon in August.  
Extra-generous donor categories are:

 
$25 - Pewter
  $50 - Copper
  $100 - Bronze
  $250 - Silver
  $500 - Gold
  $1000 - Platinium/Scholarship named in your honor

All donations are tax deductible.

Make checks payable to
 MCRTA. 
Send to:
Nancy McNeal
1044 Brimfield Drive
Medina, Ohio 44256


The search is under way each year for scholarship winners.   Any Medina County School graduate is eligible.  College students must be juniors or senior next fall and be majoring in Education.   Contact Amy Panchumarti (Amy4Ohio@gmail.com) or check this website under Applications. 



  Education majors: 

Scholarship Applications from the Medina County Retired Teachers are available and must be mailed in by May 31st of each year.
           
Requirements:   
     *Graduate of any Medina County high school
      *Majoring in Education
      *Will be a junior or senior in college
             
Inquires/replies:  Medina County Retired Teachers Association  (MCRTA)

Amy Panchumarti
330-635-1106

Amy4Ohio@gmail.com


SEE BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE FOR SUBMITTING YOUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION. Be sure to include your email address and submit three signed recommendation letters by 5/31.
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Teacher Grants

 
Our teacher grants will be available 
 
​                                         for 2023-24.


Teacher Grants are awarded to any active teachers currently teaching in Medina County schools. Applications can be downloaded below on this website, or check with your school administrator, or contact Lin Crane at greglincrane@roadrunner ).  Applications will be available in March 2023 and  must be mailed in by May 1st of that year.


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  TEACHER GRANT WINNERS FOR 2022



Winners of the 2022-2023 teacher grants:

The Medina County Retired Teacher's Association (MCRTA) is proud to announce that two active Medina County teachers will each be receiving a $200 Nancy M. Boomhower Memorial Active Teacher grant from our association.  The grants will be used by teachers  to pursue additional curriculum opportunities for their students in the upcoming 2022-2023 school year.
 
Jennifer Schmitt, Cloverleaf Elementary School, will be pursuing work on Sensory Calming
    and a Fine Motor Enhancement Area.  The project will affect 160 students in the First Grade
    classrooms of Mrs. Schmitt. Mrs. Weimer, Mrs. Compton, Mrs. Reisinger, Ms. Handlin, Mrs. Johnson,
    Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Dalton, who all comprise the First Grade Team. The teachers will be helping
    students self-regulate, relieve overwhelming emotions, support the Second Step Program, decrease
    Tier 2 and 3 SWIS behaviors, and support and enhance the school-wide PBIS program.

Monica Tilbert,  a teacher at Hickory Ridge Elementart of the Brunswick City
   Schools, will be working on the Global Music Tour and Musical Explorers.
   Ms. Tilbert's project will serve 250 students who will be introduced to a variety
   of cultures through music.  The project aligns with Brunswick's Strategic Plan
   and also aligns with the Ohio Music Learning Standards.  Ms. Tilbert will
   participate in the professional development portion of Carnegie Hall create program
   and then share the concert videos with the students.  She also intends to connect
   literature that coincides with the music.

Congratulations to these two talented teachers!!



Nancy M. Boomhower was a Brunswick primary teacher for many years before her death from cancer in 2013.  Nancy served our MCRTA in many capacities over the years including being our president.  Nancy was the driving force behind developing our active teacher grant program.  Now, in our ninth year MCRTA has provided 30+ grants to active Medina County teachers. 


Boomhower Grant Contributions:
  

50/50 raffles will continue to be available at our MCRTA meetings.  (We need to raise $1000 for this each year). This has been a wonderful way to add to our Boomhower funds.  Contributions can be made at any time. All funds raised now will benefit our 2023-2024 winners.  Your generosity is so appreciated.
This year we will honor generous donors at the Boomhower Grant luncheon in August.  
Extra-generous donor categories are:

  
$25 - Pewter
  $50 - Copper
  $100 - Bronze
  $250 - Silver
  $500 - Gold
  $1000 - Platinium/Scholarship named in your honor


All donations are tax deductible.

Make checks payable to
 MCRTA. 
Send to:
Nancy McNeal
1044 Brimfield Drive
Medina, Ohio 4425




    CONGRATULATIONS to all.  

​After thoughtful and careful review of the Boomhower Grant applications for the school year
2022-2023, the Grant Committee awarded teachers $200.00 each to help implement their great ideas:  

Committee members: Lin Crane, Chair, Lloyd Knudsen, Marilyn Buckloh, Dena Rising, and Jeanne Bystricky

Congratulations to grant recipients.  On behalf of the retired teachers of Medina County we salute your continuing passion to seek out greater opportunities for your students. 



Lin Crane,
Grant Committee chairman

Thank you to all who contributed or will contribute to our grant fund.  Our annual Nancy Boomhower Memorial Active Teacher Grant Program, which was established in 2013, will serve as a lasting legacy to Nancy's memory.  Contributions can be made to our Teacher Grant fund anytime during the year. 

A Thank You to everyone who served on the Grant Review Committee.  Those members are:  Marilyn Buckloh,  Dena Rising,  Lloyd Knudsen, Lin Crane(Chairman).





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Nancy Boomhower/Teacher Grants
 February 12, 1938 - October 29, 2013

Gifted educator, past President of Medina County Retired Teachers Association, District X Director, Eastern Area Vice President, and President Elect 2014 ORTA President

Nancy's passion was to establish a grant for current teachers and to acquaint them with MCRTA.  She remembered those days of spending her own money on classroom materials and projects.  Nancy encouraged MCTRA to help 'pay it forward' to some of those teachers who personally provide extra, special opportunities for students in their classrooms that school budgets just won't allow.  Her generous initial donation established this fund.  MCRTA will continue to raise funds to make this grant available to all current teachers working in Medina County schools.  

Grant applications are available at Medina County Schools and on-line at this site.  Mail completed applications by May 1st of each year.  Mail to:

Lin Crane
3523 Sleepy Hollow Road
Brunswick, Ohio  44212

greglincrane@roadrunner.com for questions


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