The Dr. Bob Mooneyham Memorial Scholarship for Future Teachers, sponsored by the Oklahoma State School Boards Association Foundation has extended the application deadline to January 20, 2023. We hope to receive even more applications from Oklahoma seniors.
The application can be completed online at ossba.org/scholarship. To qualify for the one-year $5,000 scholarship, the candidate:
- Must be a high school student who will earn a diploma from an Oklahoma public high school during the 2022-23 school year.
- Must have plans to pursue a degree at an accredited Oklahoma college, university or career technology center beginning in the fall of 2023.
- Must have a minimum 3.0 unweighted high school GPA
- Must have a minimum 20 ACT or 1040 SAT score
- Must plan to major in education
- Must plan to be an Oklahoma educator
Financial need will also be considered.
Children or grandchildren of current OSSBA employees, officers, or board of director members, as well as international students, high school graduates and temporary residents, are ineligible to receive the scholarship.
The successful student will be notified of his or her selection by mid-March. With permission from the district, a representative of the OSSBA Foundation will present the student with the scholarship during the school’s spring award or class day assembly.
Thank you for helping us spread the word about this incredible opportunity for students. Resources to promote the scholarship can be downloaded here:
For more information, please contact Amber Graham Fitzgerald, OSSBA Director of Member Engagement, at amberf@ossba.org.