The Pasadena Association of Educational Office Personnel presented two San Jacinto College scholarships to Dobie High School’s Brenda Escamilla and South Houston High School’s Sergio Gonzalez at the organization’s final meeting of the school year.

PAEOP holds fundraisers during the school year so the association may fund annual San Jacinto College scholarships and provide funding for student assistance in other areas of the district. More than $17,000 has been given to schools and students of Pasadena ISD in the last four out of five years.

In addition to the scholarships, the association presented a $1,000 donation for the libraries at Carter Lomax and Ernesteen Milstead middle schools. The schools will open in the fall of this year.

In other PAEOP news, the association handed out its first-ever “Boss of the Year” award to Pam Grossman, the district’s director for Alternative Certification. Other nominees included were Gayle Holder, C.L. Ellis, Thom Sewell, Chris Bolyard, Greg Williams, Gloria Gallegos, Anna Winand, Susan Wadlington, Kay McBride, Marsha Jones, Celia Layton, Mel Capelo and Sharon Ainsworth.  The PAEOP MVP award was presented at the meeting and Kathleen Larson from the Associate Superintendent for Campus Development office received the honor.

The Pasadena Association of Educational Office Personnel has been an active working support staff organization for over 50 years.  Their mission is to be a working service organization giving it's members the opportunity to share and network job responsibilities, provide staff development for increasing the knowledge, quality, and skills of non-certified support staff and raising funds to assist with Pasadena ISD student needs.