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Joan Hamilton Scholarship
The Scholarship
The Benefactors currently offer a $1,000/ year renewable scholarship for tuition at a four-year college or university to a student graduating from Sedona Red Rock High School who -
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has shown an interest in the sciences as related to the environment, conservation, and/or natural resources,
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has demonstrated academic success,
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has demonstrated participation in extra-curricular or community activities, with special emphasis on activities related to science, the environment, and natural resources.
Application Procedures
Graduating candidates apply in April of their senior year and are asked to submit transcripts, test scores, letters of reference, and respond to an essay question. Top candidates are then invited to an interview with members of the Benefactors Scholarship Committee.
Successful candidates are asked to submit requests for renewal for subsequent school years to include official academic transcripts for the previous year, evidence of enrollment for the upcoming school year, and, if possible, a visit to the Benefactors Board to report on achievements and goals. If a personal visit is not possible, a written submission may be accepted by the Scholarship Committee.
Download application forms here
Why Joan Hamilton?
After retiring from a career in education in Massachusetts, Joan and her husband, Paul, moved to Sedona in 1994.
Joan joined the Red Rock State Park volunteer program in 1995, and quickly became active in the Park’s School Connection Program, an environmental education program for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Joan led a team of volunteers who revamped the class curriculum to bring all subjects up to Arizona state requirements. She was named Volunteer of the Year in 2003 by Arizona State Parks. She was the Coordinator of Volunteers from 1997 until she succumbed to cancer in 2004.
Joan was also a founding member of the Benefactors of Red Rock State Park and in keeping with her devotion to the causes of environmental education and nature preservation, and her efforts to provide environmental awareness in the Verde Valley area, the Benefactors of Red Rock State Park established a college scholarship fund to help selected students who have demonstrated a commitment to environmental improvement.
Benefactors of Red Rock State Park
PO Box 525
Sedona, Arizona 86339
email: benefactorsofrrsp@earthlink.net