Scholarships

Hey there, Class of 2026! Good for you for checking out this page when you haven't even started your senior year yet! For now, we are all finished with scholarships. The Class of 2025 recipients have been notified and awarded their scholarships, and are enjoying the summer. 

We hope you will come back to this page when scholarship season starts up again. But it's never too early to start thinking about those essays! See the list on the right for possible topics. And enjoy your summer break!

Thanks to your generous support, the U-46 Educational Foundation has given away more than $418,000 in scholarships to U-46 seniors. Click here for a list of our 2024 scholarship recipients. As the leading provider of scholarships for deserving U-46 students, we are proud to offer so many opportunities for our seniors. We work in collaboration with many local organizations and individuals, and we thank our scholarship providers for thinking of us as good stewards of your investment. 

To learn more about establishing a scholarship or donating to existing ones, individuals, community groups, families, or businesses should contact the U-46 Educational Foundation at foundation@u-46.org.

 The U-46 Educational Foundation manages several scholarships, including: 

• The Superintendent's Scholarship 
• The Lisa Mercado Memorial Scholarship For Bilingual Students
• The Douglas Hoeft Scholarship
• The Gilbert I. Renner Scholarship
• The EHS Maroon's Leadership Fund
• The David & Edith Cole Scholarships
• The Dody Nesbit Scholarship Fund
• The Frances Turnquist Scholarship.
• The Elgin High School PTO Scholarship
• The Carolyn Van Slyck Memorial Scholarship
• Dual Language Portfolio Certification Scholarship
• LEAD Academy Aspiring Leaders Scholarship

Applications for these scholarships can be accessed through the U-46 Educational Foundation online application here. (Portal is closed for the 2024-25 school year)

The following scholarships are affiliated with the U-46 Educational Foundation, but have their own application. 

• The Dr. Jean Bowen Scholarship Fund (apply at SEHS English office) 
• The John A. Krafft Scholarship (apply at Elgin High School Athletic office)
• The Elgin Breakfast Rotary G. Michael Greene Scholarship
• The Malik M. Brown Memorial Scholarship
• The Alice Pragman Award for English Excellence

If you are looking for the Ron Raglin Teaching and Learning Scholarship, click here.  The scholarship is still offered within U-46, but it is now affiliated with the Ron Raglin GameChangers.