Nominate A Teacher!

The Schoolie Awards launched in 2023, and were an idea sparked by Bro. Dr. Theo Fowles, a career educator who started his 15+ year career in the education space as a classroom teacher. The awards are community-driven and are given to recognize teachers at three levels:

  • Early Career Teachers | 1-3 Years in the Classroom

  • Mid-Career Teachers | 4-9 Years in the Classroom

  • Legacy Teachers | 10+ years in the Classroom

This Year, Schoolie Award Recipients will receive a microgrant of $300 towards classroom resources, self-care support, or professional development opportunities.

The deadline to nominate a teacher is June 14, 2024. To receive the microgrant, selected nominees must 1) Teach in the Greater Los Angeles Area, 2) Complete a short survey, 3) Selected Nominees MUST attend the Phi Beta Sigma Los Angeles Alumni Foundation Scholarship Luncheon on July 13, 2024. All selected nominees will receive two tickets to the luncheon— one for themselves and a guest.

“Teaching is my chance to help a student understand and excel as a learner in new ways.”

QUENTIN STARR | 2023 SCHOOLIE AWARD RECIPIENT

  • The Phi Beta Sigma Los Angeles Alumni Foundation awards $500 scholarships to graduating males students of color each year. We also provide $1000 scholarships to continuing college students and students transferring from community college to 4-year universities.

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  • The Phi Beta Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has championed ‘culture for service, and service to humanity’ throughout Los Angeles. The visionary men of this chapter launched the Phi Beta Sigma Los Angeles Alumni Foundation and have raised over $100,000 in scholarships since 2009. On July 13, 2024 we will celebrate our 2024 Scholarship Recipients during the William Nickerson, Jr. Scholarship Luncheon with the theme of Ignite The Pathway.

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“Black educators need opportunities to gather and to spend time together to resist and to confront issues of humanization. They need spaces where they are affirmed.”

— The Liberatory Black Educator Retention Framework