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Albert Shanker College Scholarship Fund Awards

The UFT awarded $5,000 Albert Shanker college scholarships to 189 high school seniors at the 53rd annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception on June 7 at UFT headquarters in Manhattan. The scholarships go to academically excellent and financially eligible New York City public high school seniors and post-graduate students. Eight post-graduate students also received scholarships.

Group poses in front of a camera

Urban Assembly Maker Academy college counselor Ivy Anderson (left) and government teacher Shreya Sunderram (right) with their four honorees (center) and supporters, at the Shanker Scholarship Awards ceremony on June 7.

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Group poses in front of a camera

Urban Assembly Maker Academy college counselor Ivy Anderson (left) and government teacher Shreya Sunderram (right) with their four honorees (center) and supporters, at the Shanker Scholarship Awards ceremony on June 7.

Jonathan Fickies
Large group poses on a staircase

Scholarship winners gather before the start of the Shanker Scholarship Awards ceremony at UFT headquarters.

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Large group poses on a staircase

A second group of winners gets ready for the festivities outside Shanker Hall.

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Audeince listens to speaker on a stage

Anthony Harmon, director of staff for the UFT, schools scholarship winners on the seven “ups” of life: show up, stand up, speak up, lift each other up, listen up, never give up and know when it’s time to shut up.

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Group dynamically pose on stage

Teacher Vincent Pham (lower left) celebrates with award-winners from International HS at Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, at the conclusion of the ceremony. 

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