Merit Scholarship Program
James A. Hawken
n honor of our
founding head of school, James A. Hawken, we are pleased to offer merit
Criteria Candidates for the James A. Hawken Merit Scholarship Awards will be outstanding individuals with proven records of academic achievement and potential as demonstrated through performance in the classroom and on standardized tests.
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A successful candidate also will exhibit leadership potential
to new Upper School
and exemplary personal qualities consistent with the mission
students who embody the values and ideals
of Hawken School. Character, intellect and integrity are among the defining qualities of a James A. Hawken Merit Scholarship recipient.
of our school community. When James A. Hawken established our school in 1915, he had a single purpose: to prepare his students for the real world.
Eligibility To be eligible for a James A. Hawken Merit Scholarship, a student must be an applicant for admission to Hawken School as a new ninth or tenth grade student and must complete all components of the admission application process.
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93 out of 114 seniors are enrolled in AP courses in 2015-2016, as well as 57 out of 104 juniors. 84% of students earned scores of 3 or higher on AP exams in 2015.
Six Hawken seniors were named Semifinalists in this year’s National Merit Scholarship Competition with eight additional students named as Commended Students. Over the past ten years, Hawken holds the highest number of National Merit Semifinalists among the Cleveland area private schools.
In 2013, a Hawken junior was one of ten finalists in the National Shakespeare Competition held at Lincoln Center in New York.
Merit Scholarship Awards
Semifinalists for the James A. Hawken Merit Scholarship Awards
Students selected as recipients of a James A. Hawken Merit
will be selected by the Admission Committee from Hawken’s
Scholarship will receive annual awards ranging between
applicant pool based on the strength of their academic record,
$2,500 and $15,000. The total number of awards and the
standardized test scores, and recommendations as well as the
amount of each recipient’s award will be at the discretion
anticipated impact of their personal contributions to life at
of the James A. Hawken Scholarship Selection Committee.
Hawken School. Typically, Semifinalists fall within the top
Merit Scholarship Awards will be renewed on an annual basis
10-15% of Hawken’s applicant pool, have excellent transcripts
for each year that a James A. Hawken Scholarship recipient
and recommendations from their current schools, and standardized test scores in the 90th percentile and above. The Admission Office will notify students of their selection as a Semifinalist in early January. Scholarship winners will receive notification of awards with their offer of admission.
Merit Scholarship Semifinalist Day
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Selection Process
Each James A. Hawken Scholar Semifinalist will be invited to return to Hawken on a designated Semifinalist Day. Following the Semifinalist Day, the Selection Committee will select and notify the recipients of the James A. Hawken Merit Scholarship Awards with their admission decision.
International travel opportunities over the past several years have included curricular and extra-curricular trips to Chile, France, India, China, Nicaragua, England, Greece, Spain, Italy and the Bahamas.
Hawken juniors and seniors may enroll in our Entrepreneurial Studies semester program, a three credit honors course that pairs students as consultants to Cleveland area start-up companies.
One hundred Hawken students are enrolled in our STEMM Pathways Program, conducting summer internships and research projects with mentors from the Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, The VA Hospital, NASA Glenn Research Center, and other Cleveland institutions.
is enrolled at Hawken, contingent upon the student remaining in good standing socially and academically, the criteria of which will be determined at the sole discretion of Hawken School.
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To learn more about Hawken School and the James A. Hawken Merit Scholarship Awards, please contact Hawken’s Upper School Admission Office at 440.423.2955 or admissions@hawken.edu.
For six of the last seven years, a Hawken student has received a Grand Prize at the Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair, earning an all expenses paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
The Hawken Speech and Debate Team is now ranked #1 in the Northcoast District. In 2014, the Speech and Debate Team competed at the National Forensic League National Tournament, winning two national championships, a second place championship and a Debate School of Excellence award, given to the top 20 schools in the nation.
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Hawken is a member of the Global Online Academy, a signature group of independent schools from around the world. Students have the opportunity to take online courses with some of the best students from around the globe.