Application process and deadlines:

• Applications open October 1, 2024 and close March 31, 2025

• Applicants will write two short essay responses: one about how they embody qualities of leadership and demonstrate a commitment to community service/involvement, and another in which they discuss what their education means to them and how it will help them achieve their goals

• Applicants will provide contact information for a recommender (a teacher, advisor, guidance counselor, administrator, or coach with a school district email address) who can speak to their academics, character and integrity

Applicants must:

• Be high school seniors on track to graduate from a public Androscoggin Valley high school (Edward Little, Leavitt Area, Lewiston, Lisbon, Oak Hill, or Poland Regional) with plans to attend a two- or four-year college or university

• Demonstrate qualities of leadership, perseverance, character, and integrity

• Demonstrate a commitment to service or involvement within the community

Ready to apply?

Review and decision process:

• One or more scholarships of at least $500 will be awarded

• Recipient(s) will be chosen by the scholarship founders: Christina Morse, Patricia LeBlanc, and Nicholas LeBlanc and possibly other evaluators to be determined

• Applications will be blind-reviewed (without names attached)

• Anticipated decision date is May 9, 2025 (though recipients may not be announced until their high school awards/scholarship nights)