Grants for High School Students

Open to all high school students enrolled in grades 9-12 residing or attending school full-time within the CAAS region. The project must be concluded before grantees begin their post-secondary education.

Amount: CAAS hopes to support as many impressive applications as possible, with a maximum award of $2,500 for an individual program or project. The total amount of all awards will not exceed $6,000 annually. A one-year membership to CAAS will be awarded to the winners’ recommending teachers for the next membership year.

1. Personal Essay (one-page, double-spaced, typed) indicating the nature of the program or activity in which the student wishes to participate and how this will enhance the student’s experience with Classics. Each essay must include the student’s full name, email address, school and recommending teacher’s contact information at the top left of the first page.
2. Accommodation Declaration: Students applying for programs without housing must include an accommodation plan. Notarized documentation of adult supervision will be required of all awardees to programs that do not include housing.
3. Itemized list of estimated expenses
4. Transcript or most recent grade report showing overall minimum of 85%/B/3.0 GPA
5. Letter of Recommendation from a current or former Latin, Greek or Humanities teacher. This teacher need not be a current member of CAAS.

Please submit your application and all required supporting materials through the online form no later than June 1. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until all available funds have been distributed.

Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their application and will be notified of the Committee’s decision.

For questions, please contact Jennifer Jones, Chair of the CAAS High School Students Grants Committee, at jjones@franklinboe.org.