Scholarships

Scholarships

Providing Scholarship Opportunities

The need for post-secondary scholarships continues to rise as a result of more students with aspirations for additional education and rising costs of tuition. Providing scholarship opportunities to deserving, hardworking students is such an honorable way to give students a strong send off from their own community. Many students are encouraged to pursue a post-secondary opportunity by a simple gesture of giving. Help us support our students and their dreams!
Cobb Schools Foundation Scholarships
Awarded to up to two students per high school each year. To support this scholarship program, give here.
To learn more about applying for this scholarship click here. 
Turner Cockrell Scholar Athlete Award
Each year a scholar athlete from Allatoona High School is chosen to receive a scholarship honoring the life for former student athlete, Turner Cockrell. Please contact Allatoona High School counselors for more information.
Christina Diaz Memorial Scholarship
Each year a scholarship is provided to a Walton High School student who aspires to study abroad. Click here to support this scholarship fund, which is invested at the Cobb Community Foundation, benefiting Walton High School students. Please contact Walton High School counselors for more information.

Dr. Kathie Elliot Educational Leadership Scholarship

Kathie spent 33 years in Cobb County. Her experience includes elementary teacher, along with principalships at Eastside Elementary, Varner Elementary and Kennesaw Elementary. She also spent some time working in Human Resources prior to her principalships. After retiring, she continued her efforts with developing educators. Kathie worked with Berry College as a coach to graduate students seeking their Educational Leadership degree. She also supervised student teachers through Kennesaw State University. Dr. Elliott’s family and friends would like to leave a legacy in the field that Kathie loved so dearly. This fund is being established to provide financial assistance to educators who aspire to educational leadership positions. Click here if you would like to support this scholarship for future teacher leaders.

To learn more about applying for this scholarship click here.

Abbey Hebert Memorial Scholarship
Each year a scholarship is awarded to one Allatoona student who is a caring individual who displays acts of kindness and outstanding citizenship through their high school career, contributes positively to the classroom and community, and is in good academic standing and maintains an excellent attitude towards education and school life. Click here if you would like to support this scholarship.
Please contact Allatoona High School counselors for more information.

REACH Scholarship

This partnership is designed to inspire young, 7th grade students to reimagine their educational pathway. The REACH Georgia Scholarship Program is designed to seek out students who demonstrate academic promise, but may not have the personal motivation, academic preparation or financial support they need to obtain a post-secondary degree, diploma or career certificate. REACH Scholars are in the Seventh (7th) grade have promising performance to maintain a 2.5 HOPE-Calculated GPA, remain crime, drug, and behavior issue free, and meet with a volunteer mentor and academic coach until they graduate from high school. To support these scholarships you can GIVE here. To learn more about qualifications email  cobbschoolsfoundation@cobbk12.org, or contact your local middle school counselor.

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