Four Minority Teacher Scholarships Awarded

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — A cooperation between the Baldwin County Public School System‘s human resources department and community group Ecumenical Ministries, Inc.’s ACT-II Minority Teacher Hiring Council recently awarded four $1,000 scholarships to minority students who promised to teach in Baldwin County when they graduate. Zachariah “Zeke” Hixon, who will attend Alabama State University; Jaden Jordan, Stillman College; Kendal Kittrell, University of South Alabama; and Arianna McWilliams, Miles College, were given the first Ms. Daisy Seale Moore Minority Educator’s Fund awards. Each wrote an essay explaining the value of minority teachers in public education. Email Gary A. Moore for more information on or to donate to the scholarship, which is to be awarded annually.