Since 1976, the Rotary Club of Edmonds has awarded nearly 250 scholarships to graduating seniors from Edmonds-Woodway, Meadowdale and Scriber Lake High Schools. The total amount awarded has been over $223,000.
Students wishing to apply for a scholarship must be from the above high schools, US citizens with a recommended minimum grade point average of 2.75. Financial need is the primary criteria for the selection of scholarship winners. Applications for the fourteen (14) $1,500 2011-2012 scholarships are due to high school counselors by March 14, 2011.
Recipients will be notified by May 9, 2011 and will be invited to the club meeting for a special presentation luncheon. The $1,500 checks will be dispersed directly to the winners’ colleges/universities in August 2011 for use during the 2011-2012 academic year.
The Scholarship Committee will review all application packets using the following selection criteria:
1. Financial need of the applicant and his/her family
2. Obstacles overcome by the applicant
3. High school, community service and volunteer activities including honors or awards received by the applicant
4. A statement of what the applicant's school and teacher have meant
5. A statement of the applicant's academic goals and objectives
6. A statement of the applicant's career goals and objectives
7. A review of the applicant's recent high school transcript, letters of recommendation and statement of what service to his/her school and community have meant to the applicant
Links to applications:
Edmonds-Woodway High School Edmonds Rotary Scholarship Application
For additional information, contact Scholarship Committee Chair, pamlemay@frontier.com