The Diane K. Kline Memorial Scholarship Fund (DKKMSF) is a registered 501(c)(3) charity established in 2010 in order to award scholarships to students within New Hampshire school districts SAU 2 and SAU 45 (Center Harbor, Meredith, Sandwich, Ashland, Moultonborough) so that they may educate and better themselves in order to build a stronger community.

 

The Diane K. Kline Memorial Scholarship was established in the memory of Diane Kamercia Kline, a 33 year career educator and long time resident of Center Harbor, New Hampshire. 

 

Diane graduated from Belknap College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in 1973. She earned a Masters of Education from Plymouth State University in 1997. Diane taught school in Gilford, Laconia, and Plymouth, New Hampshire. She also taught in the Eskimo village at Ekwok, Alaska. Diane co-founded and co-directed the Cotton-Tail College Preschool in Center Harbor, New Hampshire. In addition, She was a planning board member at Center Harbor and earned the distinction of being elected the town's first female selectman. Diane loved life and people, especially children. She was a devoted wife, mother, teacher and friend.