Category Archives: Scholarships

Scholarships and financial resources

Thurber House Summer Writing Camps

Sponsor: Thurber House
(we meet at) Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Ave., Columbus OH 43215
Phone: (614) 464-1032 ext: 16 Fax: (614) 280-3645
Web: www.thurberhouse.org
Email: megbrown@thurberhouse.org
contact person: Meg Brown
subject/content: Creative Writing
age/grade level: entering 2nd grade through 8th grade
type (day/overnight/other): half day for 2nd/3rd grade camps; full day for 4-8 grade camps
length of program: one week
cost: $95-$165
financial aid?: Yes

Notes: There’s something for every budding writer at Thurber House Summer Writing Camp! We have fantasy, poetry, suspense, and everything in between. Our teachers can’t wait to show you different ways to express yourself that will help you create hilarious characters, beautiful settings and crazy plots.  In the end you will have a notebook full of stories, a new group of friends, and an enhanced love of writing. We hope to see you this summer!

Foster Family Woodcraft Scholarship (Ages 11-13)

A Distinguished Merit Scholarship Program for Ohio Residents Ages 11-13

Sponsor: Culver Summer Schools & Camps
1300 Academy Rd #138
Culver, IN 46511
Phone: (800) 221-2020 Fax: (574) 842-8462
Web: www.culver.org/foster
Email: rymane@culver.org
Contact person: Emily Ryman
Subject/content: making this information available to you
Age/grade level: Ages 11-13 who are residents of Ohio
Type: 6-week leadership overnight camp
Length of program: 6-weeks
Cost: Free with Awarded Scholarship, Discounted with Financial Aid, or basic tuition is $4,950
Financial aid?: Yes

Notes: The Foster Scholarship provides campers, ages 11-13, with the summer opportunity of a lifetime.

The Foster Scholarship is a full-tuition, merit scholarship that includes room and board, required fees, and uniforms. Preference will be given to those candidates qualifying for financial aid and those residing in Ohio.

The scholarship is renewable annually. Recipients who continue to excel academically, as a camp leader, and in activities will realize a total value in excess of $15,000 over three summers at Culver.

To be considered, applicants must have previously demonstrated excellence in academics, citizenship and character.

Each scholarship recipient is expected to exemplify leadership in his or her cabin and to be in good citizenship standing while attending Woodcraft Camp and to report in September to the Foster family on his or her Woodcraft experience.

A special added component of the Foster Scholarship will be the opportunity for recipients to attend a designated leadership conference during the school year to be determined on an individual basis for each recipient. The Foster Scholarship is open to campers who have displayed academic, citizenship, and character excellence, and who have been admitted to the Cardinal or Beaver level (ages 11-13) of Culver Woodcraft Camp.

Culver’s Foster Family Woodcraft Scholarship is open to outstanding students. Competition for the Foster Scholarship will be keen. It is recommended that students apply for admission to Woodcraft Camp and submit their Foster Scholarship application well before the deadline. Applicants must be accepted for admittance to Woodcraft Camp before they will be considered for the Foster Scholarship. The Foster family’s generous gift to Culver will provide scholarship recipients the opportunity to learn, grow, and mature in an international educational environment with campers from around the world.

Support for Talented Students Scholarships

Support for Talented Students (STS) is a foundation whose purpose is to provide scholarships to gifted and talented students in grades K-12. Scholarships are made available for students who would benefit from enrichment activities not normally provided by schools. Some examples of activities that have been previously funded are math/computer courses, art and music instructional programs, science and engineering camps, and other academic summer programs.
For information, see Support for Talented Students application information.
The deadline for STS is in March, so timely action is recommended.

I Know I Can Grant (College)

I KNOW I CAN’s no longer has the Summer Scholars program, but they do have a college scholarship: I Know I Can Grant.

We promise every qualified graduate of the Columbus City School District financial aid assistance for college. Once you garner funds from federal, state and institutional sources, I Know I Can provides up to $1,200 annually to cover the gap that exists between eligible students’ resources and the cost of their college education.

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholar Program

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is offering outstanding 7th grade students the opportunity to apply for their Young Scholars Program. The Foundation provides exceptional students with individualized educational guidance and educational services, which could include tutors, summer programs, on-line classes, computers, and tuition throughout high school. Application are available on the Foundation’s website at www.jackkentcookefoundation.org
Candidates must submit their completed application, with all materials specified in the program guidelines, by the receipt deadline of the last Monday in April. If you have questions regarding the Young Scholars Program, please contact the talent center in your region, as specified here: Northwestern University Center for Talent Development, 1-847-491-3782, ctd@northwestern.edu (for Ohio).