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MPA Principal’s Award

Horace O. McGowan, Richard W. Tyler, and Richard A. Durost Scholarships

The Principal’s Award was established in 1984 to recognize students for academic excellence and good citizenship. Each member school names a senior class student as its award recipient. Award winners and their principals are invited to an Honors Luncheon each spring. Each student receives a plaque and lapel pin in recognition of his/her achievement. A minimum of five students, chosen by lottery from a pool of names of those students present at the luncheon, are awarded $1000 scholarships.

2023 Scholarship Winners

Horace O McGowan Zachary Holt Lee Academy
Horace O McGowan Marissa Giberson Fort Fairfield Middle/High School
Horace O McGowan Macy Young York High School
Richard W Tyler Isabel K. Cates Washington Academy
Richard W Tyler Carlee M. Cash Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
Richard W Tyler Gabrielle M. Groves Telstar Regional High School
Richard A Durost Ander G. Erickson Cape Elizabeth High School
Richard A Durost Charlotte Hartt Katahdin High School
Richard A Durost Maci M. Hazlett Central High School
Richard A Durost Grace L. McGuire Deer Isle-Stonington High School

2022 Scholarship Winners

Horace O McGowan Matthew D. Gilbert Greely High School
Horace O McGowan Olivia S. Buswell Buckfield Jr/Sr. High School
Horace O McGowan Sydney Hutchins Piscataquis Community Secondary School
Richard W Tyler Caden P. Cote Messalonskee High School
Richard W Tyler Nancy J. Martin Fort Kent Community High School
Richard W Tyler Alicia Havey Ellsworth High School
Richard W Tyler Robert W. Ledbetter WindhamHigh School
Richard A Durost William Dunn Edward Little High School
Richard A Durost Ainsley E. Morrison Kennebunk High School
Richard A Durost Jaycie M. Christopher Skowhegan Area High School

​2021 Scholarship Winners

Horace O McGowan Emily Erskine Woodland Jr./Sr. High School
Horace O McGowan Michael David Nicholas III Erskine Academy
Horace O McGowan Madeline Noble Mattanawcook Academy
Horace O McGowan Ryan O Johnson Old Orchard Beach High School
Richard W Tyler Olivia Britton Islesboro Central School
Richard W Tyler Addyson C Hale Traip Academy
Richard W Tyler Mackenzie M Stepp Hermon High School
Richard A Durost Tyler Patterson Brunswick High School
Richard A Durost Abigail Scarlett Lake Region High School
Richard A Durost Riley Grant Narraguagus Jr./Sr. High School

2020 Scholarship Winners

Horace O McGowan Emma Duffy
Skowhegan Area High School
Horace O McGowan Grace Woodard
Oak Hill High School
Richard W Tyler Lindsey Cross Belfast Area High School
Richard W Tyler Abigail Folsom
Gardiner Area High School
Richard W Tyler Marc Michaud Machias Memorial High School
MPA Scholarship Erin Dworkin
Lincoln Academy
MPA Scholarship Zachary House
Mattanawcook Academy
MPA Scholarship Spencer Hunnewell
Mattanawcook Academy
Richard A Durost Taylor Bielecki
Waterville Senior High School
Richard A Durost Marissa Paine Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School

 

2019 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Ethan Chadwick
Piscataquis Community High School
McGowan Grace Tibbetts
Lisbon High School
McGowan Joshua Linkletter
Madison Area Memorial High School
Tyler Annie Choi
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
Tyler Molly McCluskey  Orono High School 
Berlin City Auto Alexandra Lessard
Forest Hills Consolidated School
Berlin City Auto Cole Winslow
Greater Houlton Christian Academy
Berlin City Auto Stephen Cirone
Jonesport-Beals High School
MPA Golf Tournament Daniel Wortman
Ashland District School
MPA Golf Tournament Nathan Henry  Brewer High School 

 

2018 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Isabelle Wright
Central Aroostook Junior Senior High School
McGowan Elizabeth McBride
Windham High School
Tyler Orly Vaughn
Deer Isle-Stonington High School
Tyler Madalyn Amero
Monmouth Academy
Tyler Hunter Walker
Southern Aroostook Community School
Berlin City Auto Dacian Robert
Bangor Christian Schools
Berlin City Auto Deja Doughty
Vinalhaven School
Berlin City Auto Madeline Bierman
Sumner Memorial High School
MPA Golf Tournament Montana van Duijn
Blue Hill Harbor School
MPA Golf Tournament Grace Beaudet
Edward Little High School

2017 Scholarship Winners 

McGowan Fredericka Hibbs Stearns Jr./Sr. High School
McGowan Jordan Miner Sacopee Valley High School
McGowan Joshua Palmeter Bangor Christian Schools
Tyler Cameron Morin Mount View High School
Tyler Samantha Weeks Oak Hill High School
Berlin City Auto Annie Ledue Sanford High School
Berlin City Auto Julia Webster Chop Point School
Berlin City Auto Ian West Forest Hills High School
MPA Golf Tournament Lindsey Gendreau Van Buren District Secondary School
MPA Golf Tournament Amelia Lorrey Traip Academy
MPA Golf Tournament Regan Bragg Machias Memorial High School

2016 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Nathan Granholm
Brunswick High School
McGowan Hannah Morley
Boothbay Region High School
Tyler Donald Hustus
Mount View High School
Tyler Ivy Oxton
Vinalhaven School
Tyler ThomasHenry Reagan
Maine School of Science and Mathematics
Berlin City Auto Carmen Caterina
Mt. Ararat High School
Berlin City Auto Amy Pass
Noble High School
Berlin City Auto Elliot Sibley
Mattanawcook Academy
MPA Golf Tournament Emma Bonner
Easton Jr./Sr. High School
MPA Golf Tournament Matthew Pisini
Greely High School

2015 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Dylan Lalime
Penquis Valley High School
McGowan Emily Whittemore
Poland Regional High School
McGowan Meredith Coolidge
Yarmouth High School
Tyler Angus Koller
Monmouth Academy
Tyler Emilie Chard
Old Orchard Beach High School
Berlin City Auto Ieisha Mitchell
Shead High School
Berlin City Auto Emily Greaney Skowhegan Area High School
Berlin City Auto Mackenzie Worcester Washburn District High School
MPA Golf Tournament Alivia Cross Searsport District High School
MPA Golf Tournament Wenhui Zhao Thornton Academy

2014 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Kayla Gray
Bucksport High School
McGowan Melissa Cantafio
Limestone Community School
Tyler Amber Dindorf
Fryeburg Academy
Tyler Isabella Leon Calle
Mt. Ararat High School
Tyler Brooke Lilley
Southern Aroostook Community School
Berlin City Auto Annie Castonguay Leavitt Area High School
Berlin City Auto James ‘Seward’ Matel Lincoln Academy
Berlin City Auto Alyssa White Mt. Blue High School
MPA Golf Tournament Alex Angotti Greater Houlton Christian Academy
MPA Golf Tournament Haley Murphy Richmond High School

2013 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Sydney Nadeau
Leavitt Area High School
McGowan Adam Strout
Acadia Christian School
McGowan Charles Weber
Portland High School
Tyler Erzsebet Nagy
Lawrence High School
Tyler Carrington Miller
Upper Kennebec Valley Memorial High School

2012 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Er Li Peng South Portland High School
McGowan Blake Reidy Vinalhaven School
Tyler Niyati Desai Edward Little High School
Tyler Casie Frederick Hermon High School
Tyler Cary Bragdon Penobscot Valley High School

2011 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Moriah Day Dexter Regional High School
McGowan Wren Tooker Mt. Abram High School
McGowan Spencer Traylor Penquis Valley High School
Tyler Evan Arbour Winthrop High School
Tyler Holden Parker Livermore Falls High School
Tyler Family Taylor Oddleifson Morse High School

2010 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Jennifer Roberts Sanford High School
McGowan Christopher Low Lawrence High School
Tyler Caitlin Barrows Hermon High School
Tyler Wesley Heinrichs Hodgdon High School
Tyler Bryan Boyce Messalonskee High School
Tyler Family Michael Walton Morse High School
Tyler (Pringle) Jennifer Chick Lisbon High School
Tyler (Pringle) Jessica Brox Cony High School

2009 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Kristina Geel Machias Memorial High School
McGowan Daniel Beatrice Noble High School
McGowan Joshua Tingley Deering High School
Tyler Nicole Deschambault Windham High School
Tyler Drew Ramsay Narraguagus High School
Tyler Family Kelsey Boyce Morse High School

2008 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Kylie Keene Hall-Dale High School
McGowan William Fallon, III Cheverus High School
Tyler Hannah Hussey Kennebunk High School
Tyler Rachael Cox Elan School
Tyler Kyle Norweg Skowhegan Area High School
Tyler Family Willa Oddleifson Morse High School

2007 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Jayme Bither Hodgdon High School
McGowan Jaime Kennedy Gorham High School
McGowan Kenneth Maher Leavitt Area High School
Tyler Kelsey LeGloahec Lisbon High School
Tyler Sara Mack Averill High School
Tyler Family Brittanny Lee Morse High School

2006 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Mary Cox Cape Elizabeth High School
McGowan Melinda Sullivan Lisbon High School
Tyler Timothy Fournier Mountain Valley High School
Tyler Elizabeth Gerard Madawaska Middle/High School
Tyler Steven Tatko Foxcroft Academy
Tyler Family Henry Mann Morse High School

2005 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Amy Damon Livermore Falls High School
McGowan Jason Lauzier Sanford High School
McGowan Collin York Houlton High School
Tyler Andrea Blanchette Hodgdon High School
Tyler Geoffrey deBree Windham High School

2004 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Joshua Card South Portland High School
McGowan Patrick Ferriter Messalonskee High School
Tyler Michelle Lavertu Madawaska High School
Tyler Michael Osgood Easton Jr./Sr. High School
Tyler Phylicia Seavey Woodland High School

2003 Scholarship Winners

McGowan Caitlan Kekacs Central High School
McGowan Liam Kozma Gardiner Area High School
McGowan Pauline Vasiliauskas Searsport District High School
Tyler Tiffany Hartin Southern Aroostook Community School
Tyler Jamie Nightingale Hodgdon High School
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