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WE BELIEVE:

That all children will be better educated at their families' choice of schools.

WE SERVE:

Low-income families throughout Jefferson County who want their children to receive an education at the school of their choice.

WE HELP:

Low-income families offset the cost tuition at schools the families have determined will best meet the needs of their children.

IMPORTANT DATES:

April 16, 2010 - Applications must be turned in at the school of your choice

June 14, 2010 - Scholarship Notification Letters Mailed (Yes & No) to families and schools

June 25, 2010 - Scholarship Acceptance Packets due back to School Choice Scholarships from families

August 1, 2010 - Scholarship Amounts are set; Schools and Parents notified

August 14, 2010 - First Parent Meeting

TESTIMONIALS

 

Hear from out children, parents, and schools what it means to receive a CHOICE scholarship...

 

 

"Thank you for the scholarship. I appreciate all your help. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have been able to go to the dePaul School and get the help I needed."
Danielle, Age 11

"Thank you for helping me get a good education. The scholarship has helped us a lot. I really like attending my school."
Brittanie C., Age 9

"Thank you for my scholarship to Meredith Dunn School. My reading is doing much better. I moved up to a new class. I'm glad I get to go here. I have a lot of friends and you're one of them!"
Abbey, Age 9

 "Words can not express my joy at receiving a scholarship. It means so much to have my child in a good school."
Joquinna, mother of a 1st grader in the School Choice Program

"You have made it possible for my son to have an excellent education for the past 3 years. It is a good foundation which he will build on for the rest of his life."
Shirley, mother of a 4th grader

"Words are inadequate to express our gratitude for all you've done to help us educate our children."
Sara, mother of 5 children in the SCS program

"I don't know really where to begin but THANK YOU !!!!! seems a good place to start. You have made it possible for my grandson to attend a wonderful school. I wanted private school for my grandson but did not know how to pay the price of tuition. Your organization has opened that door to me."
Mary, grandparent of a 5th grader in the School Choice Program

"Your generosity has been so helpful. It is like Christmas all year round. We can't begin to thank you enough."
John, father of a 8th grader at St. Athanasius

"I just wanted to thank you for everything you have done for me. You have given me the opportunity to learn so much. I even participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program!"
Amanda, Age 13

"I wanted to let you know how much it has meant to me to be able to choose the education I felt my children needed. You have allowed my children to expand their horizons in a way that is so beyond my financial capabilities."
Jennifer, mother of 2 children at St. James

"I feel the closeness of their small school has helped them feel more secure and they can focus on learning. My children are achieving more and more each day. I couldn't have done it without School CHOICE."
Response from a CHOICE parent on our annual Survey

"He loves school and his teachers- he wants to go to school on weekends!"
 Response from a CHOICE parent on our annual Survey

"I feel so blessed to be able to give my son the opportunity of a quality education. I wouldn't be able to do so without the School CHOICE scholarship."
Suza, a School CHOICE parent (Waldorf School)

"I think they are learning beyond what they would in the public schools (and I have a good idea of what that is- I am a public school teacher!) The teachers at my children's school are very caring and they also require the children to be responsible for their choices."
Response from a CHOICE mother on our annual Survey

"Your help with my son's tuition is like having Christmas all year long!"
Len, a School CHOICE father

"Thank you (School CHOICE) for help making my dream and prayer come true, of having my children in the school of my choice."
Santrita, a School CHOICE parent

"Thank you for giving these children the opportunity to grow and become positive assets to our community.  Together we are making a difference."
Brenda Dillman, Executive Director of the Meredith Dunn School

"I felt like I had won the lottery when I received notification that my son had received one of the scholarships. You have enabled my son to attend a wonderful school and he is so happy in his new environment."
Shannon, a School CHOICE parent

"Every child we have loves school and your generosity has made it possible for us to provide the children with a higher quality of education than we, with our very limited income, would ever have been able to provide for them."
Glenda, a School CHOICE parent and adoptive mother of special needs children