We Are Guåhan Announces GAPSS Scholarship Program

This school year, hundreds of juniors and seniors are looking at what options they have after graduation. Many of these students come from families who cannot afford to pay for basic things such as registration fees for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (“SAT”) and college application fees.  Most scholarships and financial aid are not available until after students have graduated.

The goal of the Guam Alumni of the Public School System (“GAPSS”) program is to offer scholarships to high school students at the beginning of the school year to pay for these expenses.  We Are Guåhan’s goal this year is to raise $3,000 for the GAPSS program to award a total of sixty (60) scholarships to public school students every year starting in 2011. This money will pay for ten (10) SAT registration fees at each of the five (5) public high schools and an additional (10) scholarships island wide to students who apply.  We hope to raise enough money in the long-term goal to extend the program to pay for one (1) college application for sixty (60) high school seniors.

Public education is one area where the Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the proposed military buildup predicts a significant impact. Specifically, the EIS says that Guam’s public schools will need to accommodate at least 3,800 more students. We Are Guåhan hopes that the GAPSS Scholarship Program for high school juniors will help those who would be most affected by the proposed buildup.

To donate to our GAPPS Scholarship Program, please use the following link and the code ‘3000.’