scholarships

Missouri Southern Spanish Village offers a limited amount of scholarships based on financial need and academic achievement. A villager can only receive one scholarship per year, however scholarships may be used in conjunction with discounts.

The total of a scholarship and/or discounts cannot equal more than $350.00 for a day camper or $450.00 for a residential camper. Villagers who have previously received a scholarship based on financial need and/or academic achievement may re-apply for another scholarship, however, preference will be given to first-time applicants.

In order to be considered for a scholarship, all scholarship items must be submitted by April 30, 2010. All scholarship decisions will be made no later than May 14, 2010 and all applicants will be notified of the decisions via mail.

Financial Need-Based Scholarships

A total of six Financial Need-Based scholarships will be awarded based on academic achievement, a teacher recommendation, a student essay and the amount of taxable income using the table below. Three scholarships will awarded to day campers and three scholarships will be awarded to residential campers.

In order to be considered for a financial need-based scholarship an applicant must submit:

• a recommendation letter from the child's school signed by the main classroom teacher;
• a copy of the last two semester’s grades;
• an essay of 150-250 words in English from the camper explaining why he/she wants to come to camp and what he/she hopes to learn from the experience;
• a copy of the last year's tax return;
• the registration form;
• the $100.00 deposit/application fee.

Merit-Based Scholarships

A total of six Merit-Based Scholarships will be awarded based on academic achievement, a teacher recommendation and a student essay. Three scholarships will be awarded to new villagers and three scholarships will be awarded to returning villagers.

1. New Villager Merit-Based Scholarship

In order to be considered for a merit-based scholarship an applicant must submit:

• a recommendation letter from the child's school signed by the main classroom teacher;
• a copy of the last two semester’s grades;
• an essay of 150-250 words in English from the camper explaining why he/she wants to come to camp and what he/she hopes to learn from the experience;
• the registration form;
• the $100.00 deposit/application fee.

Scholarship amounts for the new villager merit based scholarship are as follows:

1st place - $350.00 (d) / $450.00 (r)
2nd place – $250.00 (d) / $350.00 (r)
3rd place - $150.00 (d) / $250.00 (r)

(d) = day camper (r) = residential camper

In order to be considered for a merit-based scholarship an applicant must submit:

• a recommendation letter from the child's school signed by the main classroom teacher;
• a copy of the last two semester’s grades;
• an essay of 150-250 words in English from the camper explaining why he/she wants to return to camp and what he/she hopes to learn from the experience;
• the registration form;
• the $100.00 deposit/application fee.

Scholarship amounts for the returning villager merit based scholarship are as follows:

1st place - $350.00 (d) / $450.00 (r)
2nd place – $250.00 (d) / $350.00 (r)
3rd place - $150.00 (d) / $250.00 (r)

(d) = day camper (r) = residential camper

We also encourage families who need help with the cost to seek assistance of local service clubs on their own behalf.