Need based financial assistance may be available. You must request a referral from your student's counselor (Request Form).  This referral form must be submitted with your application. (Gil Application).  Gil will deny assistance if the student has had a high number of unexcused absences. Counselors will be available through June 3rd. The deadline to apply is 12:00pm June 4th. If a family has used summer school assistance (Gil Foundation) for a student once before, they are NOT eligible to apply again for the same student.