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Local Special Education Students Awarded Cardin Scholarships

Five Montgomery County special education students awarded Cardin Scholarships.

 

Five Montgomery County special education students have received scholarships of up to $1,500 from the Michael Cardin Scholarship Committee of the Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities (MANSEF).  They were honored for making tremendous strides despite their disabilities.

Giovanni Greene of Gaithersburg, Parris Malloy of Silver Spring, Benjamin and Leah Schuman of Boyds, and Aaron Simon from Chevy Chase all won Cardin scholarships. 

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Greene attends The Foundation School of Montgomery County in Gaithersburg and plans to put his scholarship money toward Camp Xceler8 at the Old Towne Youth Center in Gaithersburg this summer. 

Malloy, who also attends The Foundation School, will use his scholarship to attend the Mark Turgeon Basketball Camp at University of Maryland, College Park. 

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Benjamin Schuman and Aaron Simon both attend The Reginald Lourie Center School in Rockville; this scholarship will allow Schuman to participate in The League for People with Disabilities Camp Greentop, near Thurmont, Md. and Simon to enroll in Camp SOAR in Balsam, N.C.  

Leah Schuman, a student at The Katherine Thomas School in Rockville, will be attending the Summit Camp near Honesdale, Pa. 

The Cardin committee gave 50 scholarships statewide to help fund additional educational pursuits for special education students including post-secondary education, trade school and summer learning opportunities.  All 50 award recipients have overcome challenging physical, emotional and learning disabilities and demonstrate that every student can achieve when given the tools and support to do so. 

MANSEF is a nonprofit organization of special education schools, created to promote quality services for children and youth with disabilities.  There are 93 nonpublic special education facilities that operate year-round and serve more than 3,500 students, ages 3-21,in in the state of Maryland. 

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