MIDDLESEX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT-TEACHER
ORGANIZATION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
The Middlesex Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) is proud to offer a $1,000 scholarship to a former Middlesex Elementary student preparing to graduate from Cumberland Valley High School and attend post-secondary education and/or training. This scholarship will be awarded based on financial need, academic achievement, employment history, and involvement in school and community activities. See application attached below.
The following criteria will be evaluated when choosing a scholarship recipient:
1) Must have attended Middlesex Elementary School
2) Must be a Cumberland Valley High School senior
3) Must be enrolled in a post-secondary education institution and/or training within the next academic year
4) Must submit a completed application with essay, and a copy of transcript
Please submit your completed application, essay, and transcript by April 14, 2024, to the following address: Middlesex Elementary School c/o PTO Scholarship Committee, 250 North Middlesex Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
Completed applications may also be emailed to [email protected].
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022-2023
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER, CHRISTOPHER GROSSMAN!
Middlesex PTO awards scholarship to Christopher Grossman!
The recipient of the 2023 Middlesex Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) Scholarship is Christopher Grossman, a 2023 Cumberland Valley High School graduate from Carlisle.
Grossman will be attending Elizabethtown College in the fall to study mathematics and secondary education.
During his senior year at Cumberland Valley High School, Grossman served as an intern in the fifth grade at Middlesex Elementary, where his passion for teaching has grown, in part through mentoring from his former fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Sevcik.
In his scholarship application essay, Grossman wrote about the impact Mrs. Sevick had on his life.
“Mrs. Sevcik saw in me what I didn’t see in myself,” Grossman wrote. “She saw a loud mouthed, talkative fifth grader who loved math and loved to help my classmates. She encouraged me to have the confidence to ‘teach’ the class math skills and gave me the opportunity to go one on one with my classmates who were struggling. I loved doing this and it gave me the idea that teach can be fun.”
Grossman’s experience as an intern further shaped his future goals.
“Teaching is challenging but that is part of the reason I want to teach,” he wrote. “I want to continue to be challenged throughout my life and make a difference in the lives of the next generation. I want to take everything I have learned and become the best teacher I can be.”
The Middlesex Elementary PTO Scholarship is a $1,000 award given to a former Middlesex Elementary student preparing to graduate from Cumberland Valley High School and attend post-secondary education and/or training. The scholarship is awarded based on financial need, academic achievement, employment history, and involvement in school and community activities. To learn more about this scholarship, visit http://mi.cvschools.org/p_t_o/scholarship.