LORAIN COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

An affiliate of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association (ORTA)

President:
    Barbara Sommers
Vice President & Membership:
    Helen Dupont
Recording Secretary:
    Barb Fieger
Corresponding Secretary:
    Helen Bibbee
Treasurer:
    Jim McQuown
Community Participation:
    Karen Sprague
Legislation:
    Bernard Machovina
Historian:
    Janyce Noll
Newsletter:
    Barb Shuster
Past President:
    Bernard Machovina
Scholarships:
    Keller: Sandy Drabiak
      & Jim McQuown
    Findley: Virginia Waratinsky
 

General: inquiries@lorcorta.org
 

Membership: membership@lorcorta.org

Website: webmaster@lorcorta.org
 

LORCORTA Membership Information

Ohio Retired Teachers Association (ORTA) site

State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) site

Orrin R. Findley-William & Betty Lute Scholarship information

Mary Elizabeth Keller Biography and Scholarship information

Applications for the Orrin R. Findley-William & Betty Lute Scholarship (for high school seniors with relatives who were or are educators) have been reviewed and the recipients were announced at the LORCORTA luncheon meeting on May 18.

Congratulations to the 2022 recipients:  Clara Anderson, a 2022 graduate of Midview High School who will be attending Kent State majoring in nursing; Danielle Dudziak, a 2022 graduate of Amherst Steel High School who will attend the University of Wisconsin majoring in mathematics and chemistry; Kaylin Hauck, a 2022 graduate of Avon High School who will attend Case Western University majoring in biology and chemistry; Sofia Marino, a 2022 graduate of Avon High School who will attend to the Ohio State University studying computer science; Reid Opel, a graduate of Amherst Steele High School who will be attending Ashland University majoring in math; and Emma Osko, a 2022 graduate of Avon High School who will attend the College of Wooster majoring in environmental science.

Applications for the Mary Elizabeth Keller Scholarship (for college students majoring in education) have been reviewed and the  recipients were announced at the LORCORTA luncheon meeting on May 18.

Congratulations to the 2022 recipients:  Jenna Calfo, a 2020 graduate of Wellington High School who will be a junior at Ashland University majoring in Pre-K-5 primary grades education and primary intervention specialist Pre-K-5; Victoria Jackson, a 2020 Oberlin High School graduate who will be a senior at Hiram college majoring in Pre-K primary grades education; Cassidy Kamms, a graduate of Columbia High School in 2020 attending Ashland University majoring in Pre-K-5 primary grade education; Abigail Smith, a 2021 graduate of Amherst Steele High School attending Ashland University in Pre-K-5 special education; Connor Sweeten, a 2019 Elyria High School graduate attending Ashland University majoring in early childhood education and intervention specialist; and Megan Witt, a 2020 graduate of Midview High School pursuing Pre-K-5 primary grade education at Ashland University.