2025-2024 Scholarship Application Now Open
The Crested Butte/Mt Crested Butte Rotary Club awards graduating seniors an annual scholarship and one upcoming senior the Service Above Self Award. The yearly scholarship funds are generated by our Great Rubber Duckie Race held the first weekend of August every year.
We are pleased to be able to assist the youth of our community to continue their education. We encourage students to apply for a Rotary Scholarship as we (Scholarship Committee) judge each application on their merit and Rotary International’s Service Above Self principles. It is the student’s responsibility to complete the application and to follow each of the procedures listed on the Scholarship Application (download the Application).
Award: We will award scholarships to local high school seniors who either attend CBCS or are homeschooled. We will be awarding scholarships based on the following criteria:
- A demonstrated record of participation in service activities
- A demonstrated record of academic and extracurricular merit
The scholarships are intended to assist in obtaining an undergraduate degree from a university, college or training in other accredited schools of higher education. The Scholarship Committee requires each scholarship recipient to begin his/her post-secondary education in the fall term immediately following high school graduation.
Scholarship funds will be sent directly to the institution the student will attend the upcoming academic year (when the time comes, we expect that you will provide us with the info – name of institution, address, student ID…etc).
CBCS Seniors
The deadline for student submissions is by the last day of February. Please hand deliver your materials to Jennifer Read at the Counselor’s office at the Crested Butte Community School. All Scholarship applicants are notified of their status by May 1.
Image Above: 2023/24 Scholarship Winners – Asher Arell’s left shoulder, Lindsey Blaisdell, Hannah Elfenbein, Matthew Howe Taylor Johnson, Ethan Kaufmann, Evelyn Loperfido, Poppie Pleak, Nicola Roberts, Madeline Willett, Payton Wyckoff
2024-2025 Scholarship Application
Please direct all correspondence to:
Marty Smilkstein
smilkste@gmail.com