Scholarships
The Alumni Association provides scholarships for local graduating seniors and also for members of the community who have returned to college. In order to do so, the Association sponsors three events each year – the annual 50/50 Raffle drawn on Thanksgiving Day at the football game, a Chicken Dinner and Auction on the second Saturday in March and the Grand Reunion of all classes on the second Saturday in August.
The Alumni Association offers the following scholarships:
1. Wareham High School Alumni Association Scholarship
2010-2011 Academic Award
Click here to download the application form (.pdf)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must be graduating from Wareham High School in June of 2010 and must have been residents of the town of Wareham for at least two years prior to the date of graduation. Applicants must be planning to attend an accredited, degree granting two or four year college. In addition, applicants must exhibit strength in at least two of the following areas: scholarship, leadership, citizenship, character or service.
All applicants must complete the application and are responsible for seeing that all required documents are forwarded to the Scholarship Committee before the deadline of April 15, 2010. Incomplete applications will NOT be considered.
PAYMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP:
Students who are awarded the W.H.S. Alumni Assoc. Scholarship must maintain fulltime status at a college as described above. The full scholarship will be paid directly to the college at the end of the first semester only after submission to the Scholarship Committee of:
- an official transcript of first semester grades
- evidence of enrollment for the following semester
It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that transcripts are received no later then April 1, 2010.
MAIL ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION TO:
Wareham High School Alumni Association
Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 32
West Wareham, MA 02576
2. Wareham High School Alumni Association Scholarship
(For Wareham residents other than WHS 2010 grads)
2010-2011 Award Year
Click here to download the application form (.pdf)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must have been residents of the town of Wareham for at least two years and must provide documentation with their application to prove residency. Rent receipts, tax statements or voter registration are examples of proof of residency.
Applicants must not be 2010 WHS graduates from the day program. These students must use the Application for 2010 WHS Graduates.
Applicants must be planning to attend an accredited, degree granting two or four year college.
All applicants must complete the application and are responsible for seeing that all required documents are forwarded to the Scholarship Committee before the deadline of August 2, 2010. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
PAYMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP:
Students who are awarded the W.H.S. Alumni Assoc. Scholarship must be enrolled in a college as described above. The full Scholarship will be paid directly to the college at the end of the first semester only after submission of the Scholarship Committee of an official transcript of the first semester grades, evidence of enrollment for the following semester and proof of continued Wareham residency.
It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that transcripts are received no later than April 1,2010.
MAIL ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION TO:
Wareham High School Alumni Association
Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 32
West Wareham, MA 02576
Renewal and Residential Scholarships
Each year, in addition to the scholarships that we give to graduating students of WHS, the Alumni Association also gives two additional scholarships. One is a Renewal Scholarship and the other is a Residential Scholarship. Both of these scholarships are awarded in August. Official transcripts need to be received no later than the following April 1st for payment to be sent to the school.
The Renewal Scholarship is available to any one who has received a scholarship from us in the previous year. Letters are sent to these recipients notifying them that it is time to apply.
They must be currently enrolled in an accredited school and need only send a certified copy of their previous semester grades along with a letter of interest to be considered, postmarked by August 2. Their name is put into a lottery drawing and one recipient is chosen.
The Residential Scholarship is available to anyone from the community who has been a resident of Wareham for at least two years and not a member of the current WHS graduating class This person may be returning to college after an interruption in their college studies or change in careers mid-life and need some financial assistance.
This year’s recipients are:
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