Student Scholarships
Training and Education Beyond High School
The chance to pursue education and training beyond high school—a dream for so many students—is unfortunately out of reach for some. The Snohomish Education Foundation partners with businesses, service and charitable organizations, and individuals to provide scholarships for vocational training and two- and four-year post-secondary programs, to make the continued-education dream a reality.
Every year, more students benefit from SEF scholarships. In 2010, 94 Snohomish high-school seniors received 153 scholarships totalling more than $112,000, bringing the total in SEF scholarship funds awarded to more than $679,000 since 1990.
A four-year, renewable Burt Family scholarship and a Snohomish Family Medical Center scholarship, administered by SEF, certainly made a difference for one young woman. In her own words: “I can still remember the excitement of receiving a little slip of paper in fourth-period English, telling me that I had received a scholarship. Each community scholarship I have received stands as recognition not only of my work, but the scope of my dreams. Snohomish High School and support from the Snohomish Education Foundation launched me high; from small-town Snohomish to Cornell University, to Kenya, Nepal, Argentina. The support continues even now as I return to the Northwest to continue my education in medical school at the University of Washington.”
“Hoping to specialize in primary care or pediatrics, I hope to embrace ideas of community and continuity, qualities with roots that travel back to my small town. To serve a community, to support learning, to activate the potential in each child and teen, work like this is never complete. As a student and a physician, I will keep this lesson close, looking always for ways to support, mentor and motivate those I encounter.”
Each year the stories change, but the determination shown by Snohomish scholars persists. Students harbor big dreams, and the support of the community through the Snohomish Education Foundation helps them grow to achieve those dreams.
View scholarships available in 2012.
View 2010 scholarship recipients.
