Lassiter High School PTSA
School Year 2016 - 2017
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
The Lassiter High School PTSA will award four $1,000.00 scholarships to deserving seniors who have exhibited outstanding community service and volunteer efforts.
Please answer all three questions and attach FOUR COPIES of your essay to this application. Please omit your name from each essay question.
1. What have you done during your high school years to give back to your community and what have you learned about yourself in the process?
Please describe in detail the types of volunteer work and community service in which you have been involved. The quality (impact) and quantity (time consuming, initiative) of your efforts will be considered. Also explain in detail anything positive or negative that you have personally learned about yourself as you have served others.
2. Below are the 6 Values of PTA. Choose one and describe what you have learned about it and how you have demonstrated this value during your time at Lassiter.
Collaboration:We work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to accomplish our agreed-upon goals.
Commitment: We are dedicated to promoting children’s health, well-being, and educational success through strong parent, family, and community involvement.
Accountability: We acknowledge our obligations. We deliver on our promises.
Respect: We value our colleagues and ourselves. We expect the same high quality of effort and thought from ourselves as we do from others.
Inclusivity: We invite the stranger and welcome the newcomer. We value and seek input from as wide a spectrum of viewpoints and experiences as possible.
Integrity: We act consistently with our beliefs. When we err, we acknowledge the mistake and seek to make amends.
3. What are your future plans and how will this award serve them?
Please explain how this scholarship is important toward accomplishing your goals.
Please complete the information below (please print):
Name & Phone Number:______
Address:______
Parent’s Name:______
Parent’s E-mail Address:______
Are you/your family a 2016 - 2017 LHS PTSA member?______
(If not, please attach a $7.00 check, payable to LHS PTSA)
Return this completed application to the Counseling office no later than March 28, 2017. Applications will NOT be accepted after that date or if left in an alternate location. Do not put your name on your Essays. Please be sure to attach FOUR (4) copies of your essay answers to the completed application and place in a sealed envelope marked to the “Attention of PTSA Scholarships”. In addition, students are required to submit EITHER a letter of recommendation, OR the name and phone number of a reference who can validate the student’s volunteer efforts.
REFERENCE NAME & PHONE NUMBER:______
If you are selected as one of the scholarship recipients, you will be required to provide a copy of your acceptance letter from the College or University you will be attending in the Fall of 2017.