Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:
Recent inquiries have pointed up the need for a policy statement from the Scholarship Committee concerning what students and schools are eligible for financial aid from Third Haven. The committee has been formulating such a policy in recent meetings, and it reads as follows:
- Any member, attender or member or attender's immediate family member is eligible to receive financial aid.
- For students in grades K-8, the Scholarship Committee will award scholarships to students attending Quaker schools only. Exceptions will be considered for students with special learning needs.
- For students in grades 9-12, the Scholarship Committee will award scholarships to students attending Quaker schools only. Exceptions will be considered for students with special learning needs or for other compelling reasons.
- For students pursuing postsecondary education (college, vocational training, graduate school, etc.), the Scholarship Committee will award scholarships to students attending both private and public schools. Preference, and potentially larger scholarships, will be given to students attending Quaker schools.
- The basic award, at present (December 2011), is $500 per academic year. Up to twice that sum may be awarded to students who attend Quaker schools or demonstrate financial hardship.
- Should the amount of money in the Operating Fund fall short of the total of approved requests for financial aid, scholarships will be reduced accordingly. By the same token, scholarships may be reduced from year to year for the same reason.