2017 Scholarship InformationScholarshipsThe Shorewood High School Boosters are a non-profit organization run by parent volunteers and dedicated to promoting school spirit at Shorewood High School by raising funds for various activities. The scholarship program is designed to promote post-high school opportunities for Shorewood students.
Each year the Shorewood Boosters award money to graduating seniors through our scholarship program. The amount of money is determined by the Booster Scholarship committee. The award recipients are chosen by a group of independent judges. The program is administered by a Booster volunteer through the Shorewood counseling office. |
General Information:
Application Criteria:
Selection Criteria
- Eligibility: All members of the graduating class of 2017 who are continuing in post-high school education and meet the criteria below are eligible.
- Scholarship Amount: One or more scholarships will be awarded to seniors graduating in the year 2016. The amount of the scholarship will be determined by the Booster scholarship committee.
- Application Deadline: Coming later in the year.
- Final Selections: The scholarship committee will determine the final selections.
- Award notification: Those chosen to receive a scholarship will be notified of their award by May 15th, 2017.
Application Criteria:
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 at the end of the first semester of senior year.
- Provide a list of your extra-curricular and community activities during high school. Please outline the following information for each activity: Activity description, years participated, position(s) held, time commitment, advisor/mentor name.
- Choose one of your activities and write an essay describing how your participation in this activity made a positive impact on your Shorewood experience. The essay should be one page, double spaced, 250 words or less.
- All paperwork must be turned into the Shorewood Booster mailbox located in the main office of Shorewood High School (in one packet) by 2:30 p.m. on Friday April 14th.
- There must be verification of grade point average by the counseling office or Career Center.
Selection Criteria
- 50% School extra-curricular activities and community involvement
- 50% Essay
Grant Information
Booster grants are done in the spring each year. Our grant cycle is connected to the March auction. Once the auction is complete, we request wish lists from coaches and club advisors at Shorewood. These grant requests are then voted on in a special meeting shortly after the auction. All Booster money is distributed at this meeting, so we do not accept requests at any other time of the year. Money granted needs to be spent by the next year’s auction on the item as specified in the request or it will be returned to the pool.
Groups that have earned money at the auction through designated donations receive information on their totals when wish lists are requested. Seventy percent of funds raised by an item donated to the auction in the name of a particular group goes to that group with no strings attached. We give this information to coaches and advisors so it is part of their grant request planning, but do not use it as criteria when reviewing grants. Direct cash donations are not part of the grant process. Ninety percent of tax-deductible cash donations given through Boosters in the name of a particular group will go to that group with no strings attached. Funds cannot be given to a specific individual. Many of these donations come through at auction time and are added onto the money earned in the auction by groups. Other Information As always, we give priority to the following criteria when awarding grants: - Physical items that stay with the school - Purcahses that benfeit the school longer than one year - Items that affect the largest number of students - Once-in-a-lifetime experiences As in the past, we are unable to grant funds for the following: - Food - ASB activity uniforms - Individual students, with the exception of our scholarship program In order to more closely follow our giving criteria, the following items will no longer be funded through Booster Grants: - Camp - Travel - Tournaments - Competitions - Fees A scholarship fund will be administered by Boosters to assist students with costs associated with any of the above. These scholarships will be granted based on financial need. |