Waldo County Scholarships
Amistad Scholarship Fund
The Amistad Scholarship Fund provides support to graduates of Islesboro High School who are pursuing post-secondary education. An effort is made to continue support for the duration of the recipient's enrollment.
Contact: Islesboro Central School guidance office
Ira Cobe Scholarship Fund
The Ira Cobe Scholarship Trust was established by the estate of Chicago financier and longtime Bayside summer resident, Ira M. Cobe. Mr. Cobe and his wife, a Belfast native, had a deep affection for Maine's young people. The Fund provides support in meeting certain educational expenses of any resident of Waldo County under the age of 23 who meets the eligibility criteria.
The Cobe College Program is a partnership with students pursuing post-secondary education. In considering the number and size of awards, preference will be given to students in their second, third and fourth year of post-secondary school who might not have access to high school scholarship awards available to first year students.
Contact: Waldo County High School guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
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Cobe Connects is a partnership with eligible students to support school-sponsored, educational opportunities during the academic year for which funding is not otherwise available. Maximum award is $500, and each applicant is expected to share the cost of the opportunity. Educational opportunities include but are not limited to: enrollment in an early-college program; participation in class trips; purchase of educational supplies; and summer school tuition. Please contact the Maine Community Foundation to discuss a particular opportunity. Proposals are reviewed once a month and awards will generally be made within thirty days of receipt of the application. Payment will be made to the school sponsoring the program/activity.
Contact: Waldo County Schools or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: varies
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Ralph Waning, Albert Faust Forestry and Agriculture Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was established in memory of Ralph Waning (1910-1991) and Albert Faust (1920-1993) who lived their lives as stewards of our land and environment. Applicants must reside or have lived in Kennebec or Waldo Counties for a minimum of two years. This fund supports a student who has completed at least one year of college or technical school in forestry, agriculture, or natural resources in the State of Maine.
Contact: Waldo and Kennebec County high school guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: June 15
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Ruth P. Field Scholarship Fund
The Ruth P. Field Scholarship Fund was established in 1997 to provide scholarship support to graduates of Islesboro Central School who are either graduating seniors and residents of Islesboro requiring financial assistance to pursue full-time technical or vocational education or graduates who require financial assistance for second, third, or fourth years of technical or vocational education.
Contact: Islesboro Central School guidance office
M. Alton French Scholarship Fund
This renewable scholarship assists deserving young people who are residents of Lincolnville, Camden, Hope, Appleton, Rockport, Northport, and Islesboro (in that order of priority) in obtaining a college or university education or other post-secondary course of study that is determined to be the equivalent of a college or university education. The grants shall be made on the basis of financial need, record of scholarship and promise of leadership.
Contact: High School guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: June 1
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Carl and Gwendolyn Hammar Scholarship Fund
The Hammar Scholarship Fund was founded in 1986 to provide scholarship support to residents of Islesboro, Maine, who are graduating seniors or recent graduates of the Islesboro Central School and are enrolled in an accredited community college, or have been valedictorian of their high school graduating class and are enrolled in an accredited college, university or community college.
Contact: Islesboro Central School guidance office
Islesboro Combined Scholarship Fund
The Islesboro Combined Scholarship Fund was established to provide scholarship support to graduates and students of Islesboro Central School. The fund is a memorial to Katherine Mitchell Gray, Joseph and Lavina Durkee, and Bobby and Barbara Pendleton.
Contact: Islesboro Central School guidance office
Islesboro Teachers' Association Scholarship Fund
The Islesboro Teachers' Association Scholarship Fund was established in the 1994-95 school year. The Fund supports graduates of or graduating seniors of Islesboro Central School who wish to further their education by pursuing post-secondary courses of study. Applicants must be permanent residents of Islesboro. Magnet students must have attended three consecutive years at and graduated from Islesboro Central School.
Contact: Islesboro Central School guidance office
The Jason Kneeland Scholarship Fund
The Jason Kneeland Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 to provide scholarship assistance to graduates of Searsport High School who have attended Searsport High School for at least two years. Preference will be given to students who are attending or plan to enroll in a professional or vocational/technical, two- or four-year program as opposed to a liberal arts program.
Contact: Searsport High School guidance office
Application Deadline: April 1
Julie Bea Dutch Marriner Scholarship Fund
The Julie Bea Dutch Marriner Scholarship Fund supports a female athlete graduating from Belfast Area High School who is pursuing post-secondary education at an accredited college or university.
Contact: Belfast Area High School guidance office
Mount View Scholarship Fund
The Mount View Scholarship Fund was established by the Mount View Fund, a community organization, to provide scholarship assistance to deserving graduates of Mount View High School pursuing post-secondary educational opportunities.
Contact: Mount View High School guidance office
Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish Scholarship Fund
The Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 to provide scholarship support to current and past graduates of Islesboro Central School seeking to pursue post-secondary education at an accredited college, university or community college.
Contact: Islesboro Central School guidance office
Lawrence and Louise Robbins Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is for employees or retirees of the Robbins Lumber Company of Searsmont or their children or grandchildren to pursue post-secondary education. Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic achievement, personal aspirations, and contributions to school and the community.
Contact: Douglas C. Fortin, Controller, Robbins Lumber Inc. at 342-5221
Application Deadline: April 15
James and Marilyn Rockefeller Education Fund
James and Marilyn Rockefeller of Camden have established a fund at the Maine Community Foundation offering residents of Knox, Waldo and Washington Counties “An Opportunity to…?”
The goal of the Rockefeller Education Fund is two-part: to build aspirations of K-12 students by partnering with schools in the three counties and to encourage residents under the age of 35 to pursue their passion for post-secondary learning, wherever it takes them, through a scholarship program.
“A lifetime is not much time to fulfill one’s dreams,” the Rockefellers note;
“Education and experience are good stepping stones to that goal.”
The Rockefeller Education Fund will make grants to support educational partnerships that demonstrate the promise of raising the aspirations of K-12 students in Knox, Waldo and Washington Counties. These partnerships are between the Maine Community Foundation, representing the Fund, and K-12 schools/districts in the three counties.
Grants are intended to encourage school personnel to be educational innovators, committed to planning and implementing a project that will build the aspirations of their students. The project may be a one-time opportunity a teacher has always wanted to try. It may involve a longer-term commitment to contract with an outside organization that specializes in aspirations work. It’s up to the school to decide what will work best for its students.
The Fund invites applications from individual teachers and school systems. The Fund typically awards grants of up to $15,000 per year. Grants may be renewed twice, but the committee expects that the school/district will become a financial partner in the subsequent years. Other funding collaborators are encouraged.
Contact: Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 15 & December 1, 2008
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The Rockefeller Scholarship Fund will support residents of Knox, Waldo or Washington Counties under the age of 35 with a passion to learn at the post-secondary level. We are looking for applicants who demonstrate a determination to succeed, are serious about learning and have a plan to achieve their goal. Does your plan take you to college or a different sort of learning setting, perhaps a boat building school, writing workshop, dance studio or…? What’s the best learning environment for you? What opportunity are you after?
Contact: Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 15 & December 1, 2008
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Lewis (Gene) E. Weaver Scholarship Fund
Gene Weaver was a long-time businessman on Maine Street in Belfast, owning and operating Weaver's Bakery for more than 40 years. He was a great believer in higher education even though he never was able to go further than the 12th grade. All three of his children attended post-secondary education. Two of his children and two of his grandchildren attended community colleges. He felt strongly about the vocational college system and supporting students who want to attend Maine community colleges. This fund provides support to graduating seniors at Belfast Area High School who are pursuing post-secondary education at a community college in Maine. If there are no eligible recipients in any given year then the scholarship may be awarded to students attending a four-year college or university in Maine.
Contact: Belfast High School guidance office
Dr. Allen M. Small and Phillips Williams Scholarship Fund
This scholarship provides support to graduates of Mt. View High School for post-secondary education with a preference for residents of Freedom, Maine.
Contact: Mt. View High School guidance office