All three Somerville High School (SHS) Enroot students who applied for the SHS SPARK Summer Scholarship 2020 were selected to receive scholarship funding towards a summer program of their choice. Two students will attend the Harvard Pre-Medical one-week summer intensive program. And our third student will attend the one-week Harvard Business Academy summer intensive program.
The SPARK Scholarship offers students the opportunity to experience a broad range of academic and career possibilities. SPARK helps students realize that their place in the world is determined by their efforts and success, and not by their backgrounds.
We are so thrilled to share that the teachers, college counselors, and department heads on the SPARK selection committee were really impressed by what our students have done with Enroot. Student applications where they wrote in detail about seminars and the work that they do with their mentors and tutors especially stood out. The committee also counted in a student's favor that he or she had sought extra help from Enroot staff. One student included in his application the resume he worked on in seminar with his mentor although this was not asked in the application submission, and this really impressed and stood out to the committee.
Sophia, our Americorps Ambassador of Mentoring through Mass Mentoring Partnership, works tirelessly to support students as much as she can. She encouraged students to apply for the SPARK Scholarship and sent the application to mentors to also encourage students to apply and offer help. Sophia also offered extra 1-1 help to students during school and over February vacation week and supported students.
In addition to the SPARK Scholarship, four Enroot students applied to the Biogen Community Lab Summer Program and were accepted!
We are so excited for our students and proud that they are pursuing these amazing opportunities.