The Reach Foundation offers an $8,000 scholarship to high school seniors who are planning to attend a 4-year college upon graduation. These scholarships are awarded in Farmington and Plainville, CT; Gideon, MO; and Texarkana, AR. Applicants must have shown leadership qualities and demonstrated a desire to become involved in school and community activities.
The scholarship is paid on a semester basis ($1,000 for each of eight semesters). Applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2010 and mailed to:
The Reach Foundation
This suburban Hartford community is home to the Wilsons and various Wilson companies are headquartered there. Farmington High School, with an enrollment of approximately 1350 students, rounds out students’ experiences with a variety of courses and co-curriculum opportunities in music, visual arts, drama, culinary arts, technology, and writing. Over 50% of their junior and senior class students are enrolled in some college credit courses. It is consistently listed on Newsweek Magazine’s list of the best high schools in the country.
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The rural community of Gideon was the community in which Mr. Wilson’s mother grew up and the location of many happy summer vacation experiences. The Gideon School District is noted throughout the state and region as providing one of the best technologically rich environments for students and the community. Its graduating class is typically comprised of 20-28 members.
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Mrs. Wilson is a graduate of Plainville High School, a comprehensive high school of approximately 900 students. It is a learning community dedicated to helping students meet ever-changing personal and global challenges. First awarded in 2007, three students are currently attending 4-year colleges and being assisted financially through this scholarship.
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Mr. Wilson was graduated from Arkansas High School in Texarkana and in 2004 was given its Distinguished Alumni Award. Texarkana is the largest city (30,000) in its county and effectively functions as a “half city”; Texarkana, TX sits directly across State Line Avenue. Scholarships were originally awarded in 2000 and to date 15 graduating seniors have received awards with four of those completing a four-year course of study and two finishing a vocational program.
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Coming 2010-2011 School Year!
Coming 2010-2011 School Year!
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