Elsie S. Yoshizawa Hotta Scholarship Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation
Deadline: February 28
To honor the life of Elsie S. Yoshizawa Hotta, beloved wife, mother and grandmother and outstanding and devoted teacher, through scholarship awards for graduates of Baldwin High School interested in teaching. Qualifications: Applicants must be in good academic standing or by maintaining a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0; resident of the State of Hawaii; preference for recipients who were awarded in the immediate prior year if such recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements and is in good academic standing; graduate of Baldwin High School; attend a four-year college or university; personal statement indicating desire to become a teacher and desire to work with children; provide official school transcript; demonstrate financial need. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee's criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; an unofficial grade transcript is needed for all applicants; a valid transcript for HCF scholarship qualification purposes must include all the following: the institution’s name; the student’s full name; a list of course history; current grades/information for each course: continuing college students - must also include past semester grades/information; high school seniors - must include ninth through 11th grade at a minimum; current cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA); transcripts should be as recent as possible and should not be a duplicate from a prior year HCF application; grade transcripts that will be deemed invalid are as follows: a transcript without applicants most recent academic history; a transcript on which the name listed does not match the name on applicants HCF application; a transcript that cannot be clearly read; a transcript that does not include all pages and/or all course work; a transcript in a file format that cannot be opened upon review by HCF and/or its committee members. Focus: Education; Teaching.