The Sarah Ella Wilson Memorial Scholarship

Established in honor and in memory of Sarah Ella Wilson one of the first African American graduates of what was at the time Worcester State Normal School. Miss Wilson graduated in 1894 and went on to be one of the first two black schoolteachers in Worcester. She taught first grade classes at Belmont Street Elementary School for almost fifty years, from 1895 to her retirement in 1944. Local lore holds that she missed just one day of teaching in all that time. This $1000.00 award will support an African American student majoring in either Elementary Education or minoring in Secondary Education who plans to teach after graduation. Students should have a GPA of 2.8 or better and be involved with extra curricular activities.