Deadline: February 2, 2027
Status: Currently Closed
Award Amount: $1,000 - $1,500
Number of Awards: 1
Selection Criteria:
- Graduating high school seniors from Conard High School in West Hartford, CT
- Consistently exhibited a Positive Mental Attitude (P.M.A.)
- Demonstrated the ablity to inspire "P.M.A." in other students
- Have a track record of athletic and academic success
- Planning to attend a two- or four-year college/university, or vocational/technical/trade school
- Involved in athletics with a preference for students who have participated in Cross Country and/or Track & Field
This fund was established in 2002 to honor “Coach P,” Carl Palazzotto, who died a month later. P.M.A. stands for the positive mental attitude Coach P applied to running and to life. He was a strict, tough, and sympathetic teacher for 23 years and a track and field and cross-country coach in West Hartford public schools for 14 years.