Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship offered

ESCANABA — The Delta Kappa Gamma Society has announced it will again award a local high school scholarship to a senior girl planning a career in education. The scholarship will be for $500.

Delta Kappa Gamma is an international organization of women educators who promote professional and personal growth of women educators. They support and encourage educational excellence and inter – cultural understanding. The Beta Sigma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma is composed of Escanaba, Menominee, and Iron Mountain – Kingsford.

Previous local winners of this scholarship are: 2022 – Mackenzi Ann Mason (Gladstone),2021 – Kendra Ann Bouchard (Escanaba), 2020 – Emlyn Verbrigghe (Escanaba), 2019 – Taylor Rae Myers (Escanaba), 2018 – Amber Lynn Smith (Bark River), 2017 – Erica Rubick (Rapid River), 2016 – Mackenzie Leisner (Escanaba), 2015 – Mikaela Jefferson (Escanaba), 2014 – Kristen Leigh Bergstrom (Escanaba), 2013 – Anissa Lynne Godfrey (Gladstone), 2012 – Margaret A. Rose (Escanaba), 2011 – Lauren Kleinman (Escanaba), 2010 – Jordan Dalgord (Rapid River), 2009 – Whitney Veihl (Bark River), and 2008 – Emily Robinson (Bark River).

Senior girls planning a career in education from the Delta Schoolcraft area can learn further details about this scholarship from their high school guidance counselor. Applications are due April 30, 2023.

For questions, call Rose at 786-5674 or Jeanne at 789-0110.

Junior High Quiz ­competition planned

HARRIS — North Menominee County Community Schools will be hosting the 39th Annual Upper Peninsula Junior High Quiz competition on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Bark River-Harris Schools. There will be up to twenty-four teams consisting of students from schools throughout the Upper Peninsula.

The public is invited to attend, and anyone interested in volunteering for this event is asked to call call 906-497-5282 or email secretary@nmcschools.org