HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE — The Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club is accepting applications from qualified Middletown or Lower Lake high school seniors for its third annual scholarship of $1,000.
The purpose of the scholarship is to assist a student will major in one of the following certificate or degree programs: horticulture, landscape, botany, viticulture, plant science, crop or soil science, forestry, floristry, natural resource management, environmental science or agricultural production.
In order to apply, students must plan to attend a community or four-year college in the 2014-2015 school year and to be involved in one of the above certificate or degree programs; must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA; must submit the application by the March 28 deadline and must submit transcripts, three letters of recommendation and a recent photograph.
The selection process includes a paper-screening and a possible interview for finalists. The committee will look at the applicant”s high school classes, activities and community service related to his or her planned field of study.
Application requirements and materials are available from counselors or scholarship coordinators at Middletown and Lower Lake high schools.
Further information can be obtained from scholarship chair Marsha Willard at rimawil68@gmail.com.
