Washington County Scholarships
John and Bessie Adams Scholarship Fund
The Adams Scholarship was funded by the estates of John Adams and Harriette Gardner. It provides support to graduates of Calais Memorial High School who are pursuing post-secondary education. Preference is for residents of Calais, Maine.
Contact: Calais High School guidance office
Application Deadline: May 1
Kingsley Brown Educational Fund
This fund was established in 1991 by the friends and family of Kingsley Alcid Brown to provide scholarship support for higher education at the graduate school level for graduates of Washington County high schools. Applicants must be accepted into an accredited graduate degree program to receive an award.
Contact: Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
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Stanya Dorr Scholarship Fund
The Stanya Dorr Scholarship Fund provides scholarship assistance to residents of Steuben, Maine, who are graduating seniors at Sumner Memorial High School pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
George W. Frye Scholarship Fund
This fund was established to provide scholarship assistance to graduating seniors of Narraguagus High School in Harrington who plan to attend a two or four year college or university. Scholarships will be awarded based on financial need to a student of good academic standing. Priority will be given to students from the town of Harrington.
Contact: Narraguagus High School guidance office
The Gracie Fund
The Gracie Fund offers tuition-reimbursement incentives to encourage natives of Washington County, or those who consider Washington County their “home”, to establish roots in the community following completion of their post-secondary education.
Applications are invited from students who have recently completed school and are building a professional and personal life in Washington County. The Gracie Fund fosters community development by helping recipients connect to Washington County through their commitment to a career and community service. School loan repayment awards of up to $5,000 will be awarded to three individuals each year. Awards may be renewed for up to three years.
The Maine Community Foundation and the Sunrise County Economic Council , located in Washington County, jointly administer the Gracie Fund.
Contact: Maine Community Foundation or Sunrise County Economic Council
Application Deadline: July 15
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The Holmes Fund
The Holmes Fund was established by the estate of Josephine C. Moore and provides scholarships to residents of Calais wishing to pursue higher education.
Contact: Calais High School guidance office
Application Deadline: May 1
Cad and Dorothy Kelley Scholarship Fund
The Cad and Dorothy Kelley Scholarship Fund provides support to two members of the graduating class of Lubec High School who are resident of Lubec to pursue post-secondary education.
Contact: Lubec High School guidance office
Carolyn Lewis Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was established by the estate of Barrett Lewis to provide scholarship support to students who have graduated from Lubec High School to attend a secondary college or community college.
Contact: Lubec High School guidance office
Marilla W. and Harold A. Lund Scholarship Fund
The Marilla W. and Harold A. Lund Scholarship provides renewable support to graduating seniors of Washington County high schools to pursue post-secondary education at a four-year college or university. Eligible applicants must demonstrate a level of academic achievement suitable for predicting success in college, strong character and family values, and financial need. There is a preference for first-generation college students.
Contact: Maine Community Foundation or Washington County high school guidance offices
Application Deadline: May 1
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Marshall Education Achievement Award
The Marshall Education Achievement Award was established by the Marshall Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Marshall Care Center and Marshall's Assisted Living Center to recognize an outstanding graduating student of the RN program at Washington County Community College.
Contact: Washington County Community College financial aid office
Beverly M. McCurdy Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was established in 1993 by friends and family in memory of Beverly McCurdy, a teacher and life-long resident of Machias. The fund will provide a scholarship to a deserving graduate of Machias High School.
Contact: Machias High School guidance office
Nancy Andrews Morse ('57) Alumni Scholarship Fund
The Nancy Andrews Morse ('57) Alumni Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 to provide scholarship assistance to residents of Lubec enrolled in a technical program (excluding boatbuilding) at a community college. There is a preference for students from Lubec.
Contact: Washington County Community College financial aid office
Henry R. Nash Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Henry M. Nash Memorial Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors of Narraguagus High School who are residents of Harrington, Maine, in their pursuit of post-secondary education.
Contact: Narraguagus High School guidance office
Lee Patterson Scholarship Fund for Classical Voice Training
Lee Patterson established this scholarship in 2001 for classical voice training (opera, operettas and art song literature composed between 1600-1920). Recipients will agree to sing with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Hancock County during the term of their scholarship. Minimum age to apply is 14. Preference will be given to residents of Hancock and Washington Counties.
Contact: Lee Patterson, Box 200, Mount Desert, ME 04660
Application Deadline: March 15
Harry F. Pinkham Scholarship Fund
The Pinkham Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Harry F. Pinkham. The fund will provide scholarship assistance to a graduating senior from Narraguagus High School and Sumner High School (who is a resident of Steuben) to enroll in a technical or trade program at a post-secondary college.
Contact: Narraguagus and Sumner High School guidance offices
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
Click here to download the printable application form in Adobe PDF
Leo J. Sexton Scholarship Fund
The Sexton Fund, established by the estate of Leo J. Sexton in 1958, provides scholarship support to graduating seniors at Machias Memorial High School.
Contact: Machias High School guidance office
Charles A. Stewart, Jr., Scholarship Fund
The Charles A. Stewart, Jr., Scholarship Fund provides support to residents of Cherryfield, ME, who are graduating seniors or recent graduates of Narraguagus High School to pursue post-secondary education
Contact: Narraguagus High School guidance office