Scholarships – Lake Washington PTSA Council 2.8

2025-2026 Program Chair: Brooke Gialopsos and Sushmita Srikant — Scholarships {at} LWPTSA.net

Each year, Lake Washington PTSA Council awards a variety of scholarships to graduating LWSD seniors and to LWSD certificated staff. Funding for these scholarships is provided by the generosity of our local PTAs, support from our community friends at the LWEA and LWSF, and occasional donations from the community at large.

Student scholarships—recognizing achievement, community service, perseverance and more—assist recipients in their post-secondary educations. Scholarships for certificated LWSD staff provide assistance with continuing education at an institute of higher learning or through LWSD professional development opportunities.

2026 Scholarship Program

LWPTSA Council is pleased to announce that our 2026 scholarship program is underway. We will be awarding 13 student scholarships for LWSD seniors and three scholarships at $500 each for certificated LWSD staff members.

Please carefully read the information in the forms for details about award categories, and apply only for the appropriate category or categories. Students may apply for multiple categories, but a maximum of only one scholarship will be awarded per student. Find category descriptions here, as well as in the application.

Applications are carefully reviewed by our scholarship program committee to redact names and all identifying information before being presented to our impartial volunteer judges, to promote anonymous, fair evaluation.

We look forward to your 2026 applications!

2026 Dates and Deadlines

March 1, 2026 – Applications open
April 6, 2026 – Applications due by 11:59 pm
April 2026 – Applications are evaluated by the Scholarship Committee
Mid-May 2026 – Recipients and high schools notified of scholarship awardees
June 1, 2026 – Reception to honor recipients at LWSD Resource Center (immediately preceding LWSD school board meeting)

Applications and Forms

2026 Student Application — DOCX
2026 Certificated Staff Application — DOCX

Media Release Form (Word format) – for student scholarship recipients
Staff Media Release Form (Word format) – for staff scholarship recipients

Our 2025 Scholarships

In 2025, LWPTSA Council awarded 13 student scholarships for $1,250 each, in the following categories:

8 Merit Scholarships
1 LWEA/Teeley Scholarship (Funded by the LWEA)
1 Perseverance Scholarship
1 Turnaround Scholarship
1 Two-Year, Technical or Vocational School Scholarship
1 At-Large Scholarship

Also awarded in 2025 were two certificated staff scholarships for $500 each, including one LWEA Mawhinney Staff Scholarship for Special Education. Find category descriptions here, as well as in the application.

See 2025 LWPTSA Council Scholarship Recipients

Scholarship News and Updates

Questions?

For more information, please contact LWPTSA Council’s Scholarship Program Chair(s) at Scholarships {at} LWPTSA.net.