Seven Little Rock high school seniors and six teachers are recipients of the 2022 Stephens Award

Winners of the 2022 Stephens Award on Monday, April 18, 2022, front row, from left, Raga Mandali, Little Rock Central High School, Richard Liu, Little Rock Central, and Chad Greenway Jr., Little Rock Catholic High School. Back row, from left, Zane Alsebai, Little Rock Central, Dylan Patel, Little Rock Parkview High School, Jackson Smith, Catholic High, Sydney England, Mt. Saint Mary. 
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(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Winners of the 2022 Stephens Award on Monday, April 18, 2022, front row, from left, Raga Mandali, Little Rock Central High School, Richard Liu, Little Rock Central, and Chad Greenway Jr., Little Rock Catholic High School. Back row, from left, Zane Alsebai, Little Rock Central, Dylan Patel, Little Rock Parkview High School, Jackson Smith, Catholic High, Sydney England, Mt. Saint Mary. More photos at www.arkansasonline.com/419award/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)

Seven Little Rock high school seniors and six teachers are recipients of the 2022 Stephens Award that is made possible by The City Education Trust.

The program this year is providing $5,000 scholarships to the students and $5,800 cash awards to selected instructors.

Jackson T. Stephens and W.R. "Witt" Stephens formed the trust in 1985 with proceeds from the sale of the Stephens' interest in Riverside Cable Television Co.

Student and teacher winners were honored with a reception Monday in the AT&T Auditorium at the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce offices.

The student award winners, their schools and their parents are:

• Chad Greenway, Catholic High School, son of Kari and Chad Greenway.

• Jackson Smith, Catholic High School, son of Jessica and David Smith.

• Zane Alsebai, Central High School, son of Loulouh Chamsi Bacha and Tamar Alsebai.

• Richard Liu, Central High School, son of Ping Hu and Richard Liu.

• Raga Mandali, Central High School, daughter of Ratna and Sudhir Mandali.

• Sydney England, Mount St. Mary Academy, daughter of Tracy and Lane England.

• Dylan Patel, Parkview Arts and Sciences Magnet School, son of Sarika Patel and Rakesh Patel.

The recipient teachers and their schools are:

• Patrick Foley, Central High School physics teacher.

• Lori Schaffhauser, Central High School math teacher.

• Matthew Golladay, Catholic High School for Boys director of bands and music educator.

• David Massery, Catholic High School social studies and economics teacher.

• Scott Pursley, Mount St. Mary Academy science teacher.

• Anthony Simmons, Pulaski Academy social sciences teacher.



 Gallery: 2022 Stephens Award Ceremony


CORRECTION: Dylan Patel, a senior at Parkview Arts and Sciences Magnet High and a recipient of a 2022 Stephens Award, is the son of Sarika Patel and Rakesh Patel. Rakesh Patel’s name was not included in a previous version of this story.

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