BANGOR – The Maine Principals’ Association awarded six $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors at its annual honors luncheon on April 7 at the Bangor Civic Center.

Those receiving the scholarships were Sara Mack from Averill High School, Jaime Kennedy from Gorham High School, Jayme Bither from Hodgdon High School, Kenneth Maher from Leavitt Area High School and Kelsey LeGloahec from Lisbon High School. Also receiving the second annual scholarship specifically awarded to a Morse High School Student in memory of Richard W. Tyler was Brittanny Lee.

The scholarships were given in memory of Horace O. McGowan and Richard W. Tyler. Horace O. McGowan was executive secretary from 1973 to 1984 of what was known as the Maine Secondary School Principals’ Association. McGowan was a teacher, principal and a division director in the Maine Department of Education. Richard W. Tyler was principal of Morse High School in Bath from 1970 to 1984 and became executive director of the Maine Principals’ Association from 1984 to 2001.

The MPA, with support from Nelnet Superloan, holds the honors luncheon each year in early April. Each high school principal from an MPA member school names a senior award recipient, who is invited to the luncheon and receives the MPA Principal’s Award.