LORAIN COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

An affiliate of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association (ORTA)

President (Acting):
    Bernard Machovina
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:
    Mary McAtee
Scholarships:
    Keller: Marilyn Bauer
      & 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

There will be no April 2020 edition of the LORCORTA News

(Meeting information, minutes, FYI's and other useful information)

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Orrin R. Findley Scholarship information

Mary Elizabeth Keller Biography and Scholarship information

For 2020, seven $1000 Orrin Findley Scholarships were awarded to graduating high school students!

Congratulations to the recipients:  Ethan Alexander Barnes, a graduate of Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst who will be attending Miami University to study engineering;  Katherine Louise Chizar, an Elyria High School graduate who plans to study sociology and marketing at Kent State University;  Caden Alexander Dargo who will be studying Spanish and physical therapy at University of Pittsburgh following his graduation from Elyria High School;  Molly Elizabeth Fenik who exchanges Elyria High for University Dayton where she will study mechanical and biomedical engineering;  Caitlyn Gibbs, a graduate of Magnificat High School who plans to enter a program in secondary education at Loyola University;  Julia Adelia Marino who graduates from Avon High School to The Ohio State University to pursue a degree in health sciences;  and Josie Elle Reinker who intends to follow a career in either music or math education at the University of Dayton after being graduated from Avon High School.

For 2020, seven $1000 Mary Elizabeth Keller Scholarships were awarded to college junior or senior year students pursuing education degrees!

Congratulations to those recipients:  Jessica Barnes attending Ashland University at LCCC and studying Language Arts and math, licensure in Middle Childhood Education, grades 4-9;  Maisy Breese attending University of Akron and majoring in mathematics with Adolescent and Young Adult, grades 7-12 licensure;  Edward Catanese who is pursuing licensure in Middle Childhood Education, grades 4-9 at Ashland University at LCCC and majoring in Language Arts and Social Studies;  Dean Mraz majoring in mathematics at Bowling Green University with licensure of Adolescent and Young Adult, grades 7-12 licensure;  Rafael Pacheco seeking licensure in Adolescent and Young Adult, grades 7-12 with a major of Integrated Language Arts at Bowling Green University;  Gabrielle Post majoring in Integrated Language Arts at Ursuline College with licensure in Adolescent and Young Adult, grades 7-12;  and Bailey Scheck attending Hiram College majoring in Integrated Social Studies with licensure in Adolescent and Young Adult, grades 7-12.