The Awards and Recognition Committee of CAS is soliciting nominations for the 2013 Distinguished Friend of Education Awards.

Nominations for this award must be submitted electronically via the CAS-CIAC website.

The Distinguished Friend of Education Awards, established in 1983, honor a person and an organization or corporation for outstanding service to education in Connecticut (see criteria below).

If you wish to nominate an individual or an organization/corporation for these prestigious awards, please complete the nomination form on-line at http://www.casciac.org/nominate_dfe.shtml by January 14, 2013. Nominations must be submitted and/or endorsed by the building principal. There is a limit of one nomination per principal.

AWARD CRITERIA

Individual Award -
The individual recommended shall:
· be a person from outside the field of elementary or secondary education;
· be a person who has no direct involvement in education through his or her
employment;
· be a person noted for a strong contribution to education at the local, state,
regional or national level;
· have made this contribution over an extended period of time, or an extraordinary
contribution within a limited period.

Organization or Corporation Award -
The organization or corporation recommended shall:
· have no direct involvement in education through the employment of its members;
· be noted for a strong contribution to education at the local, state, regional or
national level;
· have made this contribution over an extended period of time or an extraordinary
contribution within a limited period.

For further information, contact Karen Packtor at kpacktor@casciac.org.