Several students from Douglaston and Little Neck have been awarded scholarships from the United Federation of Teachers.
The UFT will hand out the scholarships at its , which will be held on May 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Floral Terrace, located at 250 Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park.
Eileen Wang, a student at Douglaston's , is one of the recipients of this year's Steven Petillo Elementary Scholarship.
Anthony Ng, of Little Neck's , will be awarded the Jessica Martell Early Childhood Scholarship.
Jessica Zawadzki, of the 's universal pre-kindergarten class, will get the Alexandra Falabella Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship.
Amanda Ma, of Little Neck's , has been awarded the Fajir Javid Elementary Scholarship.
Scholarships to be given out this year include pre-kindergarten, early childhood, elementary school and another in memory of firefighter Henry Miller Jr., who died during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.
District 26 covers a number of communities in northeast Queens, including Douglaston, Little Neck and Bayside.
