There are a number of SCHOLARSHIPS available to Students
Most are applied for and managed by the high school (CHRHS), some have their own committees
Appleton Village School Scholarship - grad of AVS - uses CHRHS application
Doreen Robbins Memorial Scholarship - Appleton residents - uses CHRHS application
Gardner Brown Memorial Scholarship - Appleton residents - uses CHRHS application
Jason Gushee and Ily Shofestall Scholarship - Appleton residents - see below
M. Alton French Trust - Appleton residents - apply directly to the Trust
Norman and Mary Clark Scholarship Fund - Appleton residents - uses CHRHS application, more info below
Union Area of Commerce Scholarship - Appleton residents - apply directly to the Union Area of Commerce
Jason A. Gushee and Ily Shofestall Scholarship
Established in 2018 through the generosity of the late Jason Gushee and Ily Shofestall, the fund has a committee that meets each year to make awards. For an application, contact the Town office.
Fund Guidelines
1. The Scholarship Fund shall be known as the “Jason A. Gushee and Ily Shofestall Scholarship Fund.” Additional names may be added to the name of the scholarship fund for donors who contribute at least an additional $500.00 to the fund, if those donors want their names to be added.
2. The Fund shall provide an annual scholarship or scholarships to an Appleton student or students graduating from the school system in which the Town of Appleton is participating for high school level education. Scholarship(s) shall be for students to attend a vocational or technical training program.
3. If no Appleton students apply for a scholarship to attend a vocational or technical training program in a given year, then a scholarship or scholarships may be awarded for an Appleton student or students to attend any post high school educational program. If no students from Appleton qualify for such scholarship in any given year, then no funds shall be distributed that year.
4. The scholarship shall be in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), beginning in 2019, each year, until the funds are exhausted. The Scholarship Fund may accept additional funds to be consolidated with the original fund, and the committee appointed to select recipient(s) may adjust the amount of the scholarship upward to account for inflation or rising tuition costs in its discretion.
5. The Committee representing the Town of Appleton to select recipient(s) shall be made up of five (5) members appointed by the Select Board for staggered terms of three (3) years after the current one (1) year term. If no such Committee exists or can be formed in any given year, the recipient(s) shall be chosen by the Appleton School Committee.
6. Students graduating from the school system in which the Town of Appleton is participating for high school level education shall apply through any process established for scholarship applications by the school system, currently the Camden Hills Regional High School (CHRHS) Scholarship for Seniors packet.
7. Recipient(s) shall be selected prior to the deadline set by the school system in order to be announced at the Awards Night prior to graduation.
8. The scholarship shall be awarded to the recipient(s) at the beginning of school, payable upon receipt of acceptance.
9. If a member of the Committee is directly related to an applicant, he/she should not participate in awarding the scholarship.
Norman and Mary Clark Scholarship Fund Committee
Many years ago Appleton residents Norman and Mary Clark generously established a scholarship fund. The Norman and Mary Clark Scholarship Committee considers student applications and grants scholarships in accordance with the Clarks’ wishes and guidelines that the Town adopted in 2013. The Appleton Village School Committee considers applications in the spring, and CHRHS announces any scholarship(s) awarded near the end of the school year.
The Norman and Mary Clark Scholarship funds are now held at the Camden Hills Regional High School.
The Appleton Village School Board is the main contact for the fund.
Recipient or recipients shall be an Appleton student(s) graduating from Camden Hills Regional High School (CHRHS). Scholarships shall be for students to attend a post high school, vocational or technical training program.
Apply through the CHRHS Scholarship for Seniors packet.
