Danvers Historical Society Scholarships For High School Seniors

DANVERS, MA — The Danvers Historical Society is offering two scholarships to graduating DHS seniors this spring. The Anne Lemist Page Scholarship is in its fourth year and the Trailblazer Scholarship is being introduced this year.

The Trailblazer scholarship acknowledges family trailblazers throughout the town's history, no matter how recent or from which previous generation in the student's heritage. From indigenous peoples and Europeans who came to this area for its abundance of natural resources to those who have pursued freedoms and education, trailblazers have seen this area as a place to thrive and nurture their descendants.

Candidates applying to the Trailblazer Scholarship share their knowledge and experiences of how their family's Trailblazer helped them learn valuable skills; inspired them, and how related extracurricular endeavors contributed to the desire to pursue their educational and life goals.

This scholarship is available to a Danvers High School senior who is a candidate for a post-secondary education program. The candidate must have exhibited consistent participation in one or more, but not limited to, the following programs: Affinity Group, Prism, Model UN/Government, English Language Learning, Women of the World (3) be a candidate for post-high-school studies/programs. Preference will be given to those exhibiting leadership, innovation, community service, inclusivity, and program success.

Anne Lemist Page, born in 1828, opened the first kindergarten in Essex County at the Jeremiah Page House in Danvers Square. She founded a Normal School to train teachers to open private kindergartens. Wellesley College's Child Study Center, built in 1913, was originally named the Anne L. Page School maintaining the highest standards of early childhood education. Anne founded the Danvers Women's Association in 1882 to fund kindergarten-type schools and find solutions to other community issues such as abolishing slavery and obtaining the vote for women.

Candidates applying to the ALP Scholarship share their knowledge and experiences of how play helped them learn valuable skills; how a teacher inspired them, and how extracurricular endeavors contributed to the desire to pursue their education in serving others.

This scholarship is available to a Danvers High School senior accepted into a post-secondary education program. The candidate must have exhibited consistent participation in one or more of the following: Danvers High School Life Skills Program, The Danvers Best Buddies Chapter, Unified Basketball, Northeast ARC Friends of Special Olympics, DECA, and/or the Student Assistantship Program.

Those looking to apply for those scholarships should create a "Going Merry" account and search "Local Scholarships" or contact the Danvers High guidance department for further questions.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at [email protected]. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)