
With great excitement, we are pleased to announce the recipients of Kagan’s 2025 Summer Academy Scholarships!
This year, we have awarded 9 deserving teachers and administrators. We are so happy that we can give back to dedicated educators who give so much, and we look forward to seeing you at the Kagan Summer Academy.
Thank you to the many applicants who made this year’s selection process especially challenging, and congratulations to those who were selected!


Karon Akins
Riverside, CA

Jeanette Daly
Topeka, KS

Sarah Fradkin
Wesley Chapel, FL

Karine Generoso
Pompeia Sao Paulo, Brazil

Kerry Moore
Springfield, MO

Lancelott Page
Buckeye, AZ

Gina Rodriguez
Rio Rancho, NM

Brittany Shoemaker
Hattiesburg, MS

Shaniqua Young
Sterling, VA

Krystal Barrymore
Taylor Baxter
Daniel Clarke
Gloria Collins
Kimberly Dunivan
Virginia Fillingim
Carresa Gerhart-Ellis
Kelley Harvey
Amy Jeffery
Karina Jesse
Alicia Keegan
Jamie Lambert
Micah Lambert
Crystallynn LeBretton
Laura Rochon
Jordan Scheid
Gregory Weathersby
Maya Weiss
Rave Reviews from Past Scholarship Winners!
Wow! As a scholarship winner, I cannot convey the gratitude I feel to Kagan for giving me the opportunity to experience this week of learning, sharing, encouraging, and growing. I am definitely not the same teacher and reading coach that I was when I entered these doors!
— Faye Durough
I can’t wait to get started! Thank you for the scholarship!! It means so much.
— Cherese Pearson
I was lucky enough to receive a scholarship this year, but I would love for my staff to be able to attend this exceptional conference!
— Denise Hall
This is the fourth Kagan workshop I’ve attended, and it won’t be the last. Everything I’ve learned is beneficial, useful, and able to be practically applied in the classroom.
— Brenda Johnston