Scholarship Opportunity: City of Lake Forest Park

The Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Center for Quality Communities promotes municipal leadership development and civic engagement. They are offering six $1,250 scholarships to high school students who plan to pursue a post-secondary degree in fall 2015. Each city can nominate one candidate for the scholarship.

To be eligible for this scholarship a Lake Forest Park student must:

1. be involved or have been involved with a City government or with a community/school leadership activity;
2. be eligible to graduate from high school or complete home school or receive a GED in spring/summer 2015;
3. be a Washington state resident; and
4. plan to continue education in the 2015-2016 academic year at an accredited college, community college or trade school on a half-time or more basis.

Students interested in applying for this scholarship should submit an application available online which will include a personal essay and letter of recommendation from a non-relative directly into the City of Lake Forest Park by 5:00 pm on March 2, 2015. 

Applications can be dropped off in person at City Hall or mailed to Lake Forest Park City Hall, Attn: AWC Scholarship Application, 17425 Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. 

Applications will then be reviewed by Mayor Goss and one nominee for Lake Forest Park will be selected. The Lake Forest Park scholarship nominee will be submitted to AWC Center for Quality Communities by March 13, 2015.