Scholarships

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St. Peter's Community Arts Academy aims to fulfill our mission "Arts for All" by awarding as much scholarship funds as possible to each completed scholarship application. In the following form you will be asked for basic family and household information, the names of the student(s), and information about their school. When you get to the section "Scholarship at SPCAA," use the narrative box to give us as much information as possible about the kind of support you are requesting and why, and what lessons or classes the scholarship will offset and aid student participation.

Please note: If you are applying for Financial Aid you must include supporting financial documentation. Please upload the first two pages of your last tax return and any other required documentation with this form. If you are unable to upload the necessary documentation, copies may be emailed to [email protected], mailed to St. Peter's Community Arts Academy, PO Box 266, Geneva NY 14456, or dropped off in our office within one week of the application submission.

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Family, Household and Student Information

In this section we will need information about who is the primary contact for information regarding this scholarship application, an optional secondary contact, who the household supports and how they are supported, whether you rent or own where you live, and student information, and information about their school(s).

In the student information section, we only require the information for Student #1. But, if you are seeking a scholarship for more than one student, we ask that you fill in the fields for all the students for whom the scholarship should be considered. If your family has more than 4 students participating in SPCAA Programming, please call the office so we can assist with this form: (315) 789-0106 x0.

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Scholarship at SPCAA

In this section, you will tell us the category of support you are requesting. There are three types of scholarships to choose from: Financial Aid, Merit Aid, and Neighbors of Geneva Aid.

Types of Scholarships

• Financial Aid – General assistance to offset tuition (please submit supporting financial documentation showing any of the sources of income outlined below).
• Merit Aid – For returning student(s) who need or want to increase lesson or class time.
• Neighbors of Geneva Aid – For families/student(s) who live outside of Geneva School District to start or continue their arts education.

Wages

Please provide: The first two pages of the most recently filed tax return. If the tax return is not available, one month of paystubs for all adult household members will also be accepted.

Social Security Income

Please provide: Copy of award letter/certificate from Social Security Administration or annual benefit letter

Unemployment Compensation

Please provide: Copy of award letter from NYS Department of Labor or printout of recipient's information from NYS Department of Labor website

Disability Payment

Please provide: Copy of award letter/certificate from Social Security Administration or annual benefit letter

Workers Compensation

Please provide: Copy of award letter or check stub

Alimony/Child Support

Please provide: Copy of court order or 3 months of cashed checks/receipts

Dividends/Interest

Please provide: Quarterly or monthly statements, or annual tax statement

Rental Income

Please provide: Statement explaining monthly amount and source

Other

Please provide: Statement explaining source and amount of any additional income not mentioned here

No income

Please provide: Signed statement of no income

In addition to the above, PLEASE be sure to name what Studios, and which classes, lessons, or choirs you are planning to enroll in, and whether the student is new to the studio/class/lesson, or not. If you have ANY QUESTIONS about this section, please call the Business Office: (315) 789-0106.

Please give us as much information as you would like the Scholarship Review Committee to know about why you are requesting support. The examples below can serve as a guide; your narrative may include them, but you are not limited to these examples.

• You are requesting Financial Aid. In this scenario, you might include information about your employment status, life transitions, financial limitations, or any hardships you wish to share that describe or explain your need for support.
• You are requesting Merit Aid. In this scenario, you and your family are already involved at SPCAA. You might be outlining your relationship to SPCAA. For example, you may be, or have, a student(s) returning to SPCAA this year and adding classes or lessons, or time to lessons. Perhaps another sibling is starting their arts education journey.
• You are requesting Neighbors of Geneva aid. In this scenario, your student(s) live outside of Geneva City School District. Your family might be completely new to SPCAA, or you might be a current student but would like to take advantage of this "Neighbors of Geneva" scholarship opportunity. You might tell us how you found out about us, and you might include your travel time to SPCAA to start or continue your performing arts education journey.

Reminder: If you are applying for financial aid you must include some supporting financial documentation (tax return is preferred, one month of all household paystubs will also be accepted). The first two pages of your last tax return should be emailed to [email protected], mailed to St. Peter's Community Arts Academy, PO Box 266, Geneva NY 14456, dropped off in our business office within one week of the application submission, or uploaded here with this form.