Criteria for applying to the John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship at ATAC

1. Students must be in the 8th grade, and capable of 9th-grade college prep curriculum in Seattle Public Schools.
2. Students must be low-income.
3. Students must be motivated and seeking self-improvement.
4. The student must be from a family that does not have the resources to pay for private services.
5. The student must be capable of getting to ATAC’s University District office twice per week (a bus pass will be provided if needed).

If you have any questions about the John Stanford Scholarship, please contact our office by phone at (206) 547-1818; or by email at admin@atactutoring.com

About the John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship

ATAC launched the first annual John Stanford Summer Tutorial Scholarship in 2000.. The Scholarship offers a comprehensive package of high school prep skills to a promising minority public school student preparing to enter Seattle Public High Schools.

The first recipient of the John Stanford Scholarship was Meiko Hall. In 2001, with the sponsorship of the Alliance for Education and an anonymous donor, ATAC was able to expand the Stanford Scholarship to help more students. ATAC's John Stanford Summer Scholarship now has non-profit status for anyone interested in supporting a student.

Director Jane Rosenberg, who earned her Master's in Educational Psychology from the University of Washington, would like to offer this scholarship annually in honor of the late John Stanford's work. Rosenberg shares Stanford's vision of inclusiveness and acceptance of different ways of learning, and recognizes the need to adequately address different learning styles in the classroom. This philosophy is exemplified by more than 20 years of tutoring and consulting for students and families in the Seattle area, from the most gifted students to those with diagnosed learning differences, as well as her work with minority youth in the US Virgin Islands where she won federal grants for four years to provide free after-school tutorial programs. Rosenberg met Stanford early in his administration and was impressed with his late career change into education, his incredible success with revitalizing interest in Seattle Public Schools, and ultimately, his fierce determination to continue to work for the public good while he faced personal adversity. His impact as a leader and role model for low-income students was perhaps his greatest contribution of all. With these attributes in mind, ATAC is honored to offer the John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship.