Criteria for applying for the John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship with A.T.A.C.

1. The student must be in the 8th grade, capable of and preparing to take a 9th-grade college prep curriculum in Seattle Public Schools.
2. The individual must be a low-income student.
3. The student 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 A.T.A.C.’s University District office three times per week (a bus pass will be provided if needed).

If you have any questions about the John Stanford Scholarship, please contact Alison Staplin, Director, at (206) 901-1242.

About the John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship

A.T.A.C. launched the first annual John Stanford Summer Tutorial Scholarship in 2000.. This Scholarship offers a comprehensive package of college prep skills to a promising minority public school student preparing to enter Seattle Public High Schools.

Meiko Hall was A.T.A.C.'s first annual John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship winner. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Alliance for Education and an anonymous donor, A.T.A.C. was able to expand the Summer Scholarship in 2001 to help more students. A.T.A.C.'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 U.S. 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, A.T.A.C. is honored to offer the John Stanford Tutorial Scholarship.