Assistance League of Boise Student Scholarship for the Hard of Hearing

Assistance League of Boise provides tuition/textbook educational scholarships for graduating, hard of hearing, Idaho high school seniors or continuing higher education students who reside in Ada County. The scholarships are conditioned upon the recipient’s enrollment at an accredited two or four-year college, university, vocational institution, beauty college, or school of the arts in the United States. The initial educational scholarship will be based on a combination of financial need of the applicant, scholastic and leadership ability and extra-curricular activity such as the arts, athletics, journalism, and school or community service.
Eligibility for First Year or Initial Scholarship
Any hard of hearing student, who is graduating from an Idaho high school and resides in Ada County or attends the Idaho State School for the Deaf and Blind and whose parents reside within Ada County is eligible for a scholarship. The student must be planning to be a full-time student at any accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or one or more years at a vocational institution, beauty college or school for the arts in the United States.

Application Requirements for Initial Scholarship
The Initial Scholarship application must include:

Scholarship application, filled out completely.
School transcript from ninth grade through the first semester of the senior year if applicant is a senior in high school. If applicant is already enrolled in college, all college transcripts must be supplied. These transcripts must include courses taken, grades received and class ranking of the applicant if available. The transcript must be an original, signed by authorized school officials.
Applicant must supply adequate information of his/her financial situation.
One letter of recommendation describing the character and academic or other achievements of the applicant must be provided. This letter must be from a school teacher/instructor, counselor or administrator or from a person outside the school setting who is not related to the applicant and who has had an opportunity to observe personally the applicant’s character, initiative and purpose. The letter should be confined to one page.
Verification of hearing impairment from a certified audiologist.
Please see the following for application and more information: https://www.assistanceleague.org/boise/programs/project-hearing/student-scholarship/
Deadline: April 1, 2024