TETNA's seniors invited to apply for $500 scholarship

Know an outstanding high school senior in the Tosa East Towne neighborhood? Encourage him or her to apply for our $500 TETNA Scholarship by Feb. 10.This scholarship recognizes a student who best exemplifies the TETNA philosophy: "To provide a welcoming and nurturing environment and to maintain the quality of life and sense of community through shared interests and neighborly interaction."The scholarship competition is open to neighborhood seniors who attend public or private school, but only students whose families have a current, paid TETNA membership are eligible. The neighborhood is bounded by 60th Street on the east and 76th Street on the west and stretches from North Avenue north to the city limits. For more information, contact the Tosa East Career Center or email Nicole Etter at sweeneyetter@gmail.com.This scholarship is made possible by the generous donations of our members and area businesses and concession sales at the annual Block Party & Movie Night. Click the "Donate" button at the bottom of this page if you would like to give to the Scholarship Fund. Additional info is available here.

How to apply for scholarship

Seniors at Wauwatosa East High School should have received information about the TETNA scholarship earlier this month through their scholarship packets and can apply through the school's standard process.Other high school seniors in the Tosa East Towne neighborhood can apply by producing the following:

1. Completed Application Form
2. Two (2) letters of recommendation from teachers, employers, community, church leaders or others who can discuss your character and accomplishments
3. On separate paper answer the following questions. Please number your answers to correspond to this application.
   1. What extracurricular, community or volunteer activities did you participate in during high school? Please provide a list of these activities on the form provided.
   2. Please give a brief description of your duties/responsibilities of the three activities most important to you. Include the reason of its importance to you.
   3. The TETNA Scholarship is intended to recognize neighborhood high school seniors whose activities demonstrate support for the Association's philosophy: To provide a welcoming and nurturing environment and to maintain the quality of life and sense of community through shared interests and neighborly interaction. Please describe in an essay how your participation in a community, church and/or other activities embodies the above philosophy.

Please return this completed application to Nicole Etter by Feb. 10, 2017.