(Pictured are four of last year’s winners, all from Haddam-Killingworth High School. From L-R, they are : Mikayla Nuhn, Brianna Shipman, Kyra Figuerelli and Emily Jennings.)
In recognition of the disruption to the school year by the COVID-19 alert, the Killingworth Ambulance Association has moved the deadline for its 2020 scholarships from mid-April to mid-May.
Applications had been scheduled to be completed no later than Friday, April 17. That deadline has been moved to Friday, May 15.
Applications are available to graduating seniors who are residents of Killingworth and enrolled in private or public high schools. To qualify for a scholarship, applicants must plan on attending a continuing-education institution (two or four years) and have been accepted at a school. They also must major in the medical, emergency services (fire, police, etc.) or other allied fields, have performed community service and maintained a GPA of at least 3.0.
Certificates of scholarships will be awarded at the end of the school year. In the past two years, the KAA awarded scholarships to 11 graduating seniors now enrolled in colleges across the country.
In addition to moving the deadline for applications, the KAA also changed the procedure itself to make it more convenient for students. Instead of filling out applications by hand and delivering them to a school’s guidance department, applicants may now complete them on-line and email them electronically to the KAA.
Instructions are attached with the application below. To begin, click here: