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Du Quoin Education Association to award scholarship

The Du Quoin Education Association will award a $500 scholarship in the spring, the 26th time the organization has done this.

The funds for the scholarship were raised from contributions by Du Quoin Education Association members, District 300 teachers.

More than $12,000 has been awarded over the past 25 years.

Applicants must be graduates of Du Quoin High School or a son or daughter of a DEA member. They must be accepted into a College of Education program, and attained junior standing in college.

Priority will be given to a son/daughter of a DEA member.

Applications are available from DEA Scholarship Chair Mrs. Teresa Stacey at Du Quoin High School, 500 E. South St., Du Quoin, IL 62832.

Call (618) 542-4774, ext. 2108, email tstacey@duquoinschools.org, or visit the Guidance Office at Du Quoin High School.

The deadline for this year's application packet is April 20, 2022.