The Black Program

Scholarship Requirements

  • Must be a student at Freire Charter School
  • Must complete 500 word essay responding to one of the following prompts
    • What do you consider to be the single most important societal problem? Why? 
    • If you had the authority to change your school in a positive way, what specific changes would you make? Why?
    • What do you see as the greatest threat to the environment today? 
    • Pick an experience from your own life and explain how it has influenced your development. 
    • Who in your life has been your biggest influence and why? 
    • How has your family background affected the way you see the world? 
  • Demonstrated commitment to community
  • Two Letters of Recommendation

    Date:

    Name:

    Address:

    Phone number (Home):

    Phone number (Cell):

    Email:

    GPA:

    Please attach proof

    List of High School Activities:

    List of Community Activities:

    List of Schools which you have applied:

    School 1:

    Accepted

    YesNo

    School 2:

    Accepted

    YesNo

    School 3:

    Accepted

    YesNo

    School 4:

    Accepted

    YesNo

    School 5:

    Accepted

    YesNo

    Letters of Recommendations:

    Name

    Title

    Name

    Title

    Please attach Letters of recommendation

    Essay: Please attach a 500 word essay responding to any of the following questions

    • What do you consider to be the single most important societal problem? Why? 

    • If you had the authority to change your school in a positive way, what specific changes would you make? Why?

    • What do you see as the greatest threat to the environment today? 

    • Pick an experience from your own life and explain how it has influenced your development. 

    • Who in your life has been your biggest influence and why? 

    • How has your family background affected the way you see the world?