Celebrating Excellence Awards

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Each spring at the PSEA House of Delegates, the Celebrating Excellence Awards honor the recipients of PSEA's Adler Friend of Education Award and PSEA Human and Civil Rights Awards.

The Adler Award goes to an individual who has made outstanding statewide contributions to the field of public education. The Human and Civil Rights Awards are presented to individuals and organizations or associations who have made outstanding contributions to human and civil rights in several criteria.

Individuals and organizations receiving the Adler Award and PSEA Human and Civil Rights Awards are honored at PSEA's annual Celebrating Excellence Awards Dinner, held each May.

Meet the 2013 honorees:

Adler Friend of Education Award - Fritz Heinemann, CEO, EconomicsPennsylvania
Student Leader Award - Logan Alucci, Hazleton Area High School
Community Leader Award, Individual - Rudolph Burruss, State College Educational Support Personnel Association
Educational Leader Award - Michael Healey, East Stroudsburg High School South
Community Leader Award, Organization - Bethel Academy

Learn more about this year's winners.

Nomination Materials
Nominations for 2014 awards will be available August 1.

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