Students and scholarship awardees (from right) Mengqi Li and Chelsea Lantigua applaud teachers during the Shanker Scholarship Awards ceremony at UFT headquarters in Manhattan.

Denise Navarrete (third from left), a senior at the Facing History School in Manhattan, poses with teacher Kenda Nuñez (second from left) and family members.

George Calderon, a senior at Harvest Collegiate HS in Manhattan, is flanked by college counselor Tara Williams and music and theater teacher Colin McGrath.

Fourteen students from John Dewey HS in Brooklyn were awarded Shanker scholarships this year. Chapter Leader and art teacher Michael Solo (rear, fourth from right) is joined by English as a new language teacher Emily Smith and social studies teacher Chung Chan.

Anthony Harmon (left), the director of the Albert Shanker College Scholarship Fund, and UFT President Michael Mulgrew with graduate winners Sarah Labib (center), Yinchun Pan and Revita Sanger during the ceremony.

Manhattan awardees pose with Mulgrew.

Bronx Shanker Scholarship honorees.

Shanker Scholarship recipients from Queens.

Brooklyn Shanker Scholarship winners.

Shanker Scholarship awardees from Staten Island.

Proud family members capture the moment