Awards / Scholarships

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Edward Kirkbride Award

The Edward Kirkbride Award is bestowed upon a project that exhibits exceptional strength in each of the judging criteria.

2025 Regional Design Awards

Kirkbride Award

Bristol County Agricultural High School
Bristol County Agricultural High School
Bristol County School District | Dighton, MA
HMFH Architects

Bristol County Agricultural High School is a county-owned institution in Massachusetts serving 20 towns and cities. Driven by a high demand for its programs as a unique agricultural and career technical school, it grew from 450 to 640 students and revitalized its campus through the addition of four new buildings and the renovation of two existing ones. The renewed campus supports Bristol Aggie’s immersive, hands-on learning model rooted in science, agricultural, and environmental education and welcomes the broader community.

Project of Distinction

Beach Elementary School
Beach Elementary School
Calvert County Public Schools | Chesapeake Beach, MD
SEI Architects

The new school design is inspired by a lighthouse concept where in the heart of the building there is a central 3-story academic wing that offers breath taking views of the Chesapeake Bay.

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Scholarships

The Advanced Academy – Cohort 13

The Northeast Region of the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE), is offering a scholarship for one member of the Northeast Region to participate in The Advanced Academy: Cohort 13. The scholarship will be given to a Public Sector Member in good standing and who is committed to the profession and wants to become actively involved in the Association at the Chapter, Regional, and International levels but need financial assistance to participate.

The scholarship will financially assist a Public Sector Member with registration into the full program.

Applicants must be a member of the A4LE.

The Northeast Region will award one (1) scholarship in the amount of $5,000. The scholarship award winner will be expected to complete each module of the program with at least 80% to earn the certificate, report progress in the program to the Northeast Region and make a presentation about the program at a Regional event. If the scholarship recipient does not achieve at least an 80% in each module, the region will no longer provide the funding to continue in The Academy.

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Please submit your application by February 28, 2026.

Schedule of Scholarship
Application Due February 28, 2026
Application Review March 2026
Scholarship Announced Approximately March 20, 2026

Advanced Academy Cohort 13
Schedule subject to change

Course 1: Learning Theories: Frameworks for School Design
August 3 – September 13, 2026
Course 2: Educational Visioning and Community Engagement
September 21 – November 15, 2026
Course 3: Educational Facility Pre-Design Planning
December 3, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Course 4: Assessment of the Learning Environment
February 8 – March 21, 2027
Course 5: High-Performance School Design
March 29 – May 9, 2027
Course 6: Project Management / Project Delivery
May 17 – June 27, 2027

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