Another year, another big thank you for all your support of our students in the Lewiston-Altura Schools.
Let’s take a look back on all the incredible things we’ve done together over the past year:
- In March 2023, 7th grade students attended the annual Courage Retreat. This is our 8th Class we’ve sent to the Courage Retreat, which means the seniors we work with for college applications have now cycled all the way through our programming!
- In June 2023, we awarded 13 seniors of scholarships based on both merit and financial need, to the amount of $6,500. These scholarships help fill in the gaps for everything from tuition to textbooks, and students can choose to use them for four year, two year, and vocational school, truly tailoring them for their best-fit educational needs.
- In October 2023, we put on our second annual in-person College Workshop, open to the entire senior class. This all day workshop covered the online application process, FAFSA, writing a college essay, and scholarships. All students began a college application during the workshop, and many were even able to submit that day. Once again, I had the privilege of flying out to Minnesota to lead this motivated group of senior students and guiding them through this process. It was a full day and I was so impressed with the attentiveness and work ethic of our group!
- This year, L-A High School had its highest number of college applications and acceptances ever.
- We are continuing to support our after school clubs such as the Outdoor Seekers Wild Club and the Kids in Motion Club
- We’ve also made funds available for educational field trips such as student and faculty trips to Washington, D.C.
While we continue to support all of our favorite programming at Lewiston-Altura Schools, we’re making a big change for the 2024-2025 school year that we’re especially excited about. The 2024-2025 Mark Morris Senior Scholarship will one student for two years of post-secondary education, for $5,000 a year, up to the amount of $10,000! We are so excited to make this change, as we believe it will truly make a difference for a student, allowing them to pursue a college career that would otherwise be out of reach. We will announce further details about the changes with this scholarship, but it will continue to be a need-based, merit-based scholarship for which the seniors can apply.
As always, thank you. It is through your continued support and kindness that we are able to provide so many opportunities for these students, and continue Mark’s resolve to give extra chances to every student possible.
With love,
Katie Morris, wife to Dylan, daughter-in-law to Rosalind, sister-in-law to Lindsay and Carey, and grateful steward of this blog