2026 General Scholarship Application

The intent of the general scholarship is to cover some of the tuition costs for those students who need financial assistance. Available money is determined by grants, donations and budget. 

Who is Eligible to Apply?

Those who have been accepted into the Early Childhood or Grades 1-8 certificate program and who express a need for financial assistance in order to participate in the program.

Application Deadline: May 29, 2025

Please submit a personal statement addressing the following:

1. Reason for Applying
Explain why you have chosen to apply for this scholarship.

2. Financial Need
Provide a description of your current financial situation and why you are seeking scholarship support. We operate on an honor system and trust that applicants will provide an honest assessment of their need.

3. Additional Information
Include anything else you would like the scholarship committee to know about you or your circumstances.

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: Great Lakes Waldorf Institute, Inc (GLWI) is committed to creating a welcoming environment for all students, faculty, administration, staff, board members, and others involved with GLWI. To that end, we actively seek to include, embrace, and celebrate people of diverse backgrounds at all levels of the program. Great Lakes Waldorf Institute, Inc., shall encourage broad public support and participation in its management and activities, and shall not discriminate in any manner whatsoever against any person on the basis of race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or mental or physical handicap or disability in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, and any other programs. The corporation is committed to reflecting the diversity of our society, and creating space for historically excluded and underrepresented groups to participate in all aspects of the corporation's management and activities.