Greater Worcester Community Foundation announces the awarding of $624,650 in college scholarships to local residents for the 2016-2017 academic year. Awards ranged from $300 to $5,000 and were given to 391 students who are beginning or continuing their college educations. Recipients throughout Worcester County were selected through a highly competitive process on the basis of merit, financial need and special criteria established by the Foundation's donors.
Since the scholarship program began in 1978, the Foundation has awarded $9.9 million to 6,928 students through 130 scholarship funds, each endowed by local donors with eligibility criteria reflecting various interests. More than 167 volunteers on 60 selection committees awarded the scholarships, the highest number of awards and annual scholarship payout in the history of the Foundation.
Students from the following high schools will be receiving scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year:
• Algonquin Regional High School
• Auburn High School
• Bancroft School
• Bartlett High School
• Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional High School
• Blackstone/Millville High School
• Burncoat Senior High School
• Claremont Academy
• Clinton Senior High School
• David Prouty High School
• Doherty Memorial High School
• Douglas High School
• Grafton Memorial High School
• Holy Name Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School
• Hopedale Jr/Sr High School
• Leicester High School
• Leominster High School
• Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science
• Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School
• Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
• Nashoba Regional High School
• Nipmuc Regional Middle/High School
• North Brookfield High School
• North High School
• Northbridge High School
• Notre Dame Academy
• Oxford High School
• Quabbin Regional High School
• Quaboag Regional Middle/High School
• Shepherd Hill Regional High School
• Shrewsbury High School
• South High Community School
• St. Mary's Jr/Sr High School
• St. Peter-Marian CC Jr/Sr High School
• Sutton Memorial Jr/Sr High School
• Tahanto Regional High School
• Tantasqua Regional High School
• University Park Campus School
• Uxbridge High School
• Wachusett Regional High School
• West Boylston Jr/Sr High School
• Westborough High School
• Whitinsville Christian School
• Worcester Academy
• Worcester Technical High School
The Greater Worcester Community Foundation's scholarship program enables college-bound high school seniors to be considered for multiple opportunities through a single online application. The next application cycle will open in early January 2017.
Since the scholarship program began in 1978, the Foundation has awarded $9.9 million to 6,928 students through 130 scholarship funds, each endowed by local donors with eligibility criteria reflecting various interests. More than 167 volunteers on 60 selection committees awarded the scholarships, the highest number of awards and annual scholarship payout in the history of the Foundation.
Students from the following high schools will be receiving scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year:
• Algonquin Regional High School
• Auburn High School
• Bancroft School
• Bartlett High School
• Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional High School
• Blackstone/Millville High School
• Burncoat Senior High School
• Claremont Academy
• Clinton Senior High School
• David Prouty High School
• Doherty Memorial High School
• Douglas High School
• Grafton Memorial High School
• Holy Name Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School
• Hopedale Jr/Sr High School
• Leicester High School
• Leominster High School
• Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science
• Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School
• Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
• Nashoba Regional High School
• Nipmuc Regional Middle/High School
• North Brookfield High School
• North High School
• Northbridge High School
• Notre Dame Academy
• Oxford High School
• Quabbin Regional High School
• Quaboag Regional Middle/High School
• Shepherd Hill Regional High School
• Shrewsbury High School
• South High Community School
• St. Mary's Jr/Sr High School
• St. Peter-Marian CC Jr/Sr High School
• Sutton Memorial Jr/Sr High School
• Tahanto Regional High School
• Tantasqua Regional High School
• University Park Campus School
• Uxbridge High School
• Wachusett Regional High School
• West Boylston Jr/Sr High School
• Westborough High School
• Whitinsville Christian School
• Worcester Academy
• Worcester Technical High School
The Greater Worcester Community Foundation's scholarship program enables college-bound high school seniors to be considered for multiple opportunities through a single online application. The next application cycle will open in early January 2017.