Sutton Historical Society ~
Barrows and Jane B. Pratt Scholarship

We are currently accepting applications from Sutton Seniors.
We will award three scholarships to high school seniors who reside in Sutton and that meet the criteria below. Please check out the criteria and submit application to Karla Salathe, Scholarship Committee Chair:  [email protected]. or to the email listed below.
​We have already received a few. 
​ Deadline is May 1st.
 
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Mills School (District No. 4) c. 1869



Each year the Sutton Historical Society awards up to three $2500 Barrows and Jane B. Pratt Scholarships to graduating high school seniors.
Students wishing to apply for a Sutton Historical Society ~ Barrows and Jane B. Pratt Scholarship must meet the following criteria:
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In 2024 the criteria was updated:
  • The student is a resident of Sutton.

  • No prior membership to SHS is required.  Families can now join the Society after a scholarship is awarded/

  • The student is a high school senior and accepted to a higher-level educational institution and provides the name and location of the institution with the application.

  • The student submits an essay of at least 800 words about what Sutton has meant to them. The essay is to be typed in Word document format and can be e-mailed as an attachment to [email protected].

  • The student must provide GPA average and any extra-curricular  and/or community service activities he/she is or has been involved in, along with the essay.

NOTE: Winning essays will be published in the SHS newsletter, Sutton Now & Then.  Scholarship winners will be asked to provide a photograph to be published with their essay.


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or Karla Salathe, Scholarship Committee Chair:  [email protected]