Mooneyham Memorial Scholarship application period opens

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State School Boards Association Foundation has opened the application period for the Dr. Bob Mooneyham Memorial Scholarship.

The scholarship provide a one-time $5,000 financial award to a high school senior who plans to become an Oklahoma teacher. Applications are due Jan. 12, and candidates may fill out applications online at ossba.org/scholarship.

To qualify, candidates must be a high school student who will earn a diploma from an Oklahoma public high school during the 2023-24 school year and has plans to pursue a degree at an accredited Oklahoma college, university or career technology center beginning in Fall 2024. Other criteria include a minimum 3.0 unweighted high school grade point average and a minimum 20 ACT or 1040 SAT score. Financial need also will be considered.

The scholarship recipient will be notified of his/her selection by mid-March.

Mooneyham, who died in 2012, began his career as a teacher, coach and guidance counselor before becoming a school superintendent and college professor. He also served as executive director of OSSBA for 25 years.

OSSBA is a non-profit organization that promotes quality public education for the children of Oklahoma through training and information services to the state’s 2,500 locally elected school board members. Information is available by contacting Amber Graham Fitzgerald, OSSBA director of member and community engagement, at [email protected].