The North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children Mary Morrow-Edna Richards Scholarship is named in memory of Mary Frank Morrow who served as the first president of the North Carolina Classroom Teachers Association, and Edna Cotton Richards, an outstanding leader in the North Carolina Teachers Association and the North Carolina Association of Educators. Applicants must be planning to enroll in a teacher-education program. They must be in their junior year of college or a senior in high school and willing to teach in NC Public schools for at least two years following graduation. Preference may be given to NC Teacher Cadet students, Future Teachers of America members, SNCAE or Aspiring Educator members, and children and grandchildren of North Carolina Association of Educators members. Other selection criteria include character, diversity, scholastic achievement, evidence of promise as a teacher, and the financial need of the applicant. Applications must include three recommendations (two must be academic), and a transcript of your fall (current semester) grades. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.