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The Sandra Marr Scholarship is a $750 scholarship awarded to a graduating senior student who has shown excellence in the arts during their high school career and plans to major in an arts related field in college.

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The scholarship fund is supported by concerts and donations and run by the Visual and Performing Arts Guild. It has awarded $28,250 since its inception in 1998.

Interested students should submit an application to the Guidance Department.

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Sandra Marr

Sandra Marr was a beloved music teacher in the Haddon Township School District who taught junior high band, elementary band lessons, and junior high general music from 1987 to 1996.  During her time in Haddon Township she made impactful connections with her students and long lasting friendships with her coworkers.

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Sandra grew up in Front Royal, VA and later attended Shenandoah Conservatory (now Shenandoah University) where she majored in Flute Performance and Music Education. Upon graduation she moved to New Jersey to take lessons from the famed William Kinkaid, Jr., former principal flutist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She served as a Music Teacher in the Medford and Sommerdale School Districts as well as the principal flutist of the Wind Symphony of Southern New Jersey (formerly The Cherry Hill Wind Symphony under the direction of Lucien Cailliet, former clarinetist with The Philadelphia Orchestra). In 1977, she put her career on hold to raise her two children, a role that she relished for 9 years. 

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Mrs. Marr took a part time job in Haddon Township in 1987 and was quickly promoted to full time the following year. Sandra was so enamored by the wonderful people in Haddon Township that she decided to move her family there in 1989. She continued to help grow the Band Program in Haddon Township until 1996 when she took early retirement due to her battle with colon cancer. Sadly, Sandra passed away only a few months later in October of 1996.

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To this day, the personal connections Sandra made with so many continue to flourish through her children, friends, family, and Haddon Township staff members.  She is remembered for her kindness and compassion, as well as the intense love she had for teaching music to all her students. 

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Past Scholarship Winners

• 2022

  • Marcos Santiago

  • Grace Weachter

• 2021

  • Anthony Monoyios

• 2020

  • Jeff Bird

  • Gillian Dengler

• 2019

  • Kaden Reuter

  • Aria Walker

• 2018

  • Hannah DeFrates

• 2017

  • Jack Velte

• 2016

  • Nate Constans

  • Hannah Fields

  • Tanner Roncace

• 2015

  • Gretchen Newell

• 2014

  • Brittany Chard

  • Mihaela Vasile

• 2013

  • Sarah D’Agostino

  • Evan Taylor

• 2012

  • Nina Mielcarz

  • James Wallace

• 2011

  • Francesca Loeber

  • Siobhan McClintock Marr

• 2010

  • Ciaran Rhodes

  • Katherine Trautz

• 2009

  • Claudia Loeber

  • Alexander Ose

• 2008

  • Zachary Kennedy

  • Shannon Newell

• 2007

  • David Halegua

  • Lauren Hargrove

• 2006

  • Nathan Rose

  • Eric Walter

• 2005

  • Miles Dumbleton

  • Angelo Pinto

• 2004

  • Megan Boerner Novak

  • Patrick Gartland

  • Henry Ward

• 2003

  • Keith Garabedian

  • Jon Van Osten

• 2002

  • Tim Lappin

  • Joe Nero

• 2001

  • Lisa Schmitt Huff

• 2000

  • Steve Marr

• 1999

  • Eric Raible

• 1998

  • Sue Chudd

  • Heather Mack DiFabio

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If you are a past recipient of the Sandra Marr Scholarship and would like to add a biography, please contact lhuff@htsd.us. Donations are gratefully accepted at all Visual and Performing Arts events or Venmo @HTVPAG and tag Sandra Marr Scholarship.