GEA Seeks Scholarship Applicants

The Grafton Education Alliance (GEA) is seeking applicants for its annual scholarship awards. The scholarship applications are for high school seniors who are Grafton residents. The deadline to submit applications is April 12th, 2013.

The GEA awards scholarships annually to graduating seniors who have shown commitment to their education, have great potential to be lifelong learners and who will remember to give back to their community. The Scholarship Committee uses a blind selection process.The GEA has awarded more than $10,000 in scholarships over the past five years.

Click here to download a WORD form of the scholarship application

OR Click here to download a PDF of the scholarship application

GEA Forum Focusses on Social Media

Social media was the focus of a recent forum hosted by the Grafton Education Alliance (GEA). The forum featured a panel discussion with Grafton Police Chief, Norman Crepeau, Melanie Wexler of JCSI Staffing, Melissa Fischer, MD and Neil Spellman of WPI Cyber Security.

Here are their presentations;

• Grafton Police Chief, Norman Crepeau Click here to see the presentation
• Melanie Wexler of JCSI Staffing Click here to see the presentation
• Melissa Fischer, MD Click here to see the presentation
• Neil Spellman of WPI Cyber Security Click here to see the presentation

Approximately 50 people attended the event and learned about the benefits and risks of utilizing social media such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Among the interesting statistics presented at the event were the following: LinkedIn currently has 135 million users, and 11 percent of the world population has a Facebook account.

Advocacy within Your Community to Support New School Building Projects

A Guide Based on the Grafton, MA experience in 2010

After our successful advocacy campaign to approve funding for a new high school, we composed the following Guide to our strategies. We hope the information that follows will assist your community in the same endeavor.

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