2025-26 High School Community Service Scholarship Application

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Orinda – Moraga – Lafayette Branch

Must be submitted by February 11, 2026

High School Application

Please finish the application in one session before submitting. Note: you will need to start and finish typing the online application in one session, so consider typing it in another document and using “copy and paste” to create your submittal.

Name:*
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Address:*
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Email address:*
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Cell Phone:*
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School:*
Grade Point Average:*
Community Engagement*
List the volunteer activities in which you have participated. State the number of hours per week, number of weeks per year, the total number of hours per year, and the number of years committed to the activity. Briefly identify the goal of the program and include a description of your role in the program.
High School Extracurricular Activities (such as athletics, government, music, clubs)*
List and describe two-three of the extracurricular activities in which you have demonstrated leadership and which you feel have inspired or contributed to your community service.
Please list your two references: (1) a school advisor, teacher, or counselor and (2) your community service representative.
Name of Adult Community Service Representative:*
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Phone number:*
Email address:*
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Name of School Counselor, Advisor, or Teacher:*
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Since this is a Community Service Scholarship that focuses on community service, we know that you have been very involved in volunteering at your high school and in the community. In your 500-word essay, discuss how these experiences, positive or negative or both, helped you grow. Focus on one specific activity which might have given you a particular sense of accomplishment and why?
Suggested responses might include:
- How would you define your community service?
- What did you learn about yourself and others?
- What might you have done differently?
- What are your plans for college?
- How will you continue serving your community throughout college and your future?
Essay:*
A copy of your unofficial transcript is part of your application. Upload a PDF or JPG file of that document that you will have previously requested from the high school registrar and downloaded to your own computer. If you have problems with uploading your transcript, go ahead and submit the application without it, but we still must have it. Please right away send a "help requested" message to SMC.OML.documents@gmail.com
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