Linda S. Montross New Latin Educators Scholarship

Details:

• A maximum of ten $2000 scholarships are given each spring.
• The application deadline is February 15th.
• Each scholarship is renewable for however long the recipient is a student enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program with the intention of teaching Latin at the K-12 level. The maximum funding is four years for a bachelor’s degree and two years for a master’s degree (exceptions at the discretion of the scholarship committee).
• The NLE will cover the cost of attending one American Classical League Institute occurring from the end of their junior year in college through their third year of teaching (or a similar professional development opportunity should recipients live outside the U.S.). For more information on this conference see https://aclclassics.org/.
• Recipients will be offered informal mentoring by experienced Latin teachers for the first three years of teaching upon request.

Applicants and recipients:

• Are not required to have taken the National Latin Exam
• May be a high school senior or undergraduate, or enrolled in a master’s degree program
• Must be planning to teach Latin at the K-12 levels
• May not apply for this scholarship if currently receiving another National Latin Exam award