About Diane Lewis
Diane Lewis was a mother of eleven(11) children who
earned a Bachelor Of Science(BS) degree in Education
with an endorsement in Special Education from Purdue Calumet(now Purdue Northwest). She went to college after having been a full-time mother for decades. However, she always had a passion for teaching. She filled her home with educational aids to encourage, motivate, and increase her children's knowledge. Objects in the home were spelled on index cards and every task ended with an educational objective or outcome. Before Mrs. Lewis entered the post-secondary learning arena, she had already grasped the tool of a practitioner and was an expert in learning techniques. If she were in the kitchen baking, she would teach fraction. If she was entertaining her children's teenage friends, she would teach about sex education. Mrs. Lewis never failed to use life as its own teaching laboratory.
Mrs. Lewis was raised in foster care and knew the hardships of feeling abandoned and alone. Her dream was to have children and provide the love and care that she never experienced ad a child. Her successful parenting techniques were examined and even questioned. But, she patiently and lovingly gave of herself not just to her own children, but to anyone in need. As a former pastor's wife and a teacher of religious instruction, Mrs. Lewis worked fervently in education in both secular and sacred arenas even while she battled stage-4 breast cancer. After a long, courageous battle, she succumbed on December 29, 2011.
earned a Bachelor Of Science(BS) degree in Education
with an endorsement in Special Education from Purdue Calumet(now Purdue Northwest). She went to college after having been a full-time mother for decades. However, she always had a passion for teaching. She filled her home with educational aids to encourage, motivate, and increase her children's knowledge. Objects in the home were spelled on index cards and every task ended with an educational objective or outcome. Before Mrs. Lewis entered the post-secondary learning arena, she had already grasped the tool of a practitioner and was an expert in learning techniques. If she were in the kitchen baking, she would teach fraction. If she was entertaining her children's teenage friends, she would teach about sex education. Mrs. Lewis never failed to use life as its own teaching laboratory.
Mrs. Lewis was raised in foster care and knew the hardships of feeling abandoned and alone. Her dream was to have children and provide the love and care that she never experienced ad a child. Her successful parenting techniques were examined and even questioned. But, she patiently and lovingly gave of herself not just to her own children, but to anyone in need. As a former pastor's wife and a teacher of religious instruction, Mrs. Lewis worked fervently in education in both secular and sacred arenas even while she battled stage-4 breast cancer. After a long, courageous battle, she succumbed on December 29, 2011.
Diane Lewis Scholarship Details
The Diane Lewis Scholarship is awarded to students who best communicate and strategize how they will spread awareness of breast cancer. Applicants must answer the question, "What would you do to spread the awareness of breast cancer?" Recipients will have also demonstrated a commitment to further their studies by enrolling in two or four year college program, trade school, or apprenticeship. Recipients of the Diane Lewis Scholarship will receive $1,000 to cover their educational expenses at their educational institution and will be honored at the 2023 Diane Lewis Scholarship Dinner in October. Only winners will be notified of their award beginning in early April 2023.
The application portal will remain open from December 20, 2022 until March 24, 2023.
The application portal will remain open from December 20, 2022 until March 24, 2023.
Eligibility Requirements
1. Only students currently enrolled in an accredited high school in Lake County (Merrillville, Hammond, Gary, East Chicago) are eligible to submit an application.
2. All submissions become property of Sons Of David to use, reproduce, or distribute as it sees fit in its sole discretion, although authorship will be acknowledged.
3. Applicant must have a letter of acceptance for the following school year from an accredited college or university.
4. By submitting an entry, the contestant warrants that the work is original and does not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. In addition, by submitting an entry, the contestant grants permission to Sons Of David to use her or his name for publicity purposes, including, but not limited to, announcing the results of the contest.
5. Applicant must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of "C+" as defined as a 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale for the applicants' entire high school career.
6. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word and may not exceed 500 words in length (excluding references). English is the official language of the contest and only entries in English will be reviewed. The title page should be separate from the rest of the submission and the author’s name and identifying information should be set forth only on the title page. To ensure blind review, identifying information must not appear in the body of the submission itself.
7. Applicant must have participated in extracurricular, community and volunteer activities while in high school.
8. Employees of Sons Of David and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, nieces, nephews, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as “in-laws,” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation, or other family extensions, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.
TO APPLY FOR THE DIANE LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP, CLICK HERE
(You can create your personal application for the scholarship for which you are applying.)
If you have any questions, please contact us here.
1. Only students currently enrolled in an accredited high school in Lake County (Merrillville, Hammond, Gary, East Chicago) are eligible to submit an application.
2. All submissions become property of Sons Of David to use, reproduce, or distribute as it sees fit in its sole discretion, although authorship will be acknowledged.
3. Applicant must have a letter of acceptance for the following school year from an accredited college or university.
4. By submitting an entry, the contestant warrants that the work is original and does not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. In addition, by submitting an entry, the contestant grants permission to Sons Of David to use her or his name for publicity purposes, including, but not limited to, announcing the results of the contest.
5. Applicant must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of "C+" as defined as a 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale for the applicants' entire high school career.
6. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word and may not exceed 500 words in length (excluding references). English is the official language of the contest and only entries in English will be reviewed. The title page should be separate from the rest of the submission and the author’s name and identifying information should be set forth only on the title page. To ensure blind review, identifying information must not appear in the body of the submission itself.
7. Applicant must have participated in extracurricular, community and volunteer activities while in high school.
8. Employees of Sons Of David and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, nieces, nephews, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as “in-laws,” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation, or other family extensions, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.
TO APPLY FOR THE DIANE LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP, CLICK HERE
(You can create your personal application for the scholarship for which you are applying.)
If you have any questions, please contact us here.
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2021 Diane Lewis
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