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The Principal's Leadership Award (PLA) provides the opportunity for every secondary school principal within the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to nominate one senior for consideration for a college scholarship. Traditionally, 100 winners have been selected for the $1000 scholarships. The PLA program is sponsored by Herff Jones and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). (For more information, go to www.principals.org/pla.) This year, a total of $125,000 in awards will be made through the PLA program, providing additional recognition and scholarship awards for outstanding student leaders. One hundred award winners with representatives from each state and territory will each receive $1,000, from which eight regional winners will be selected to receive an additional $500. Of these eight, a third place finalist will be presented an additional $3,500, for a total award of $5,000; a second place finalist will receive an additional $7,000, for a scholarship award of $8,500; and one national winner will be awarded an additional $10,500, for a total scholarship award of $12,000. Nomination packets for the PLA college scholarship program, which include instructions, a nomination form, and certificate of merit, are mailed each Fall to every secondary school with a senior class. Nomination forms are also available from Herff Jones sales representatives or online, in Word or PDF formats. Award winners are announced each Spring during National Leadership Week, April 13-19, 2008, by the NASSP. Herff Jones has funded the PLA program since 1988, contributing more than $2.5 million in scholarships to deserving high school seniors. Please join us in congratulating the past PLA Winners! Don't get scammed on your way to college. Protect yourself against scholarship scams by checking out information from the Federal Trade Commission. |