The Grant County Association of Educational Retirees is announcing a $500 Scholarship to be awarded to a graduating senior or High School graduate enrolling in a post secondary school for the first time. School employees seeking an advanced degree will also be eligible. The scholarship may be used to enter Summer School for the summer of 2017 or the first semester of the 2017-2018 school year.

The scholarship is being given this year in memory of Murray Ryan who was a very strong and effective advocate for education.

Applications will be available from the Senior Counselors of the local High Schools or by contacting a member of the GCAER Scholarship Committee:

Alice Boyden @(575)590-5120, Priscilla Mathena@(575)388-1217
Vicki Smith @ (575)536-9453 or Don Trammell@ (575)538-5754.

Completed applications must be returned to the following address by April 15, 2017: Don Trammell, 713 W. 7th. Street, Silver City, NM 88061.