Honor a Great Teacher: Create Opportunity for Others

NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarship Program gives tribute to outstanding individuals and educators by providing scholarship funds in their names. Scholarship funds can be named in honor of classroom teachers, coaches, administrators, school board members, or community volunteers—anyone who has made a positive difference in the field of education. Donors can establish scholarships with preference for teachers from a geographic area or an academic discipline. NCCAT administers each scholarship that reaches the endowment goal of $25,000.

These scholarships make it possible for NCCAT to serve more teachers by supplementing the annual state allocation. Each named scholarship will be awarded annually to a North Carolina teacher, who also will receive a $250 cash award for a classroom project.

Below is a list of Honored Educator Scholarships. Click here to make a donation honoring one or more of these individuals and educators.

Named Honored Educator Scholarships for Teachers in these Counties

Boldface indicates funds have reached the $25,000 level. 

Mary Jo Allen: Teacher of the Year/Edgecombe County
Mary Jo Allen: Hertford County
William M. and Carol H. Bass: Statewide
The Belk Foundation: Statewide
Robert E. and Hattie H. Bridges: Wake County
Robert E. Bridges: Cary Academy
George R. Brinson: Pamlico County
Marjorie T. and John S. Britt: Statewide
Brian Bryson: Jackson County
William Byrum: Teacher of the Year/Perquimans County
Jerry Lea Cole and Elizabeth Long Cole in honor of William Edward Niven: Caswell County
Anne Marie Collins: Alamance County
Dare County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Dare County
Boyce T. Deitz: Swain County
Devonwood Foundation: Durham Academy
Mary Jane Coward Dillard: Jackson County
Duplin County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Duplin County
Jerome D. Franson: Statewide
Luz M. Frye: Foreign Language Teachers
Karen Gerringer: Principal Fellows Interns
Robert C. Grimes: Brunswick County
Guilford County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Guilford County
R. Phillip Haire: Statewide
John F. and Emy Swindell Hinnant: Wilson County
Elsie Brame Hunt and Norma Henderson Leonard: Wilson County
Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Rowan-Salisbury Schools
Phillip J. and Margaret Simmons Kirk: Statewide
Mary D. McDuffie: Statewide
Susan S. McHugh: Polk County
Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties
Lynda Petty: Randolph County*
A. Craig Phillips: Statewide**
Jean P. Powell: Clinton City and Sampson County
A. M. Primm: Alamance County
Eugene and Jean Rogers: Martin County
Richard A. Schwartz: Statewide
Scotland County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Scotland County
Gracia and John Slater Family: Jackson and Henderson Counties
Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties*
Richard L. Thompson: Statewide
Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties
Willis P. Whichard: Statewide
C. Fletcher Womble Jr.: Cumberland County

An asterisk (*) indicates a second Honored Educator Scholarship has been initiated.
Two asterisks (**) indicate that a second Honored Educator Scholarship has been fully funded.

Click here to make a donation honoring these individuals and educators. To start a new scholarship fund, contact the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. at 828-293-5202 or foundation@nccat.org.