Equity Promise Scholarships

Criteria

1. Completion of the STRIPES Program
2. Graduate of Irondale or Mounds View High School

3. Enrolled full-time in a post-secondary educational institution

4. Must have two letters of recommendation

5. College application form complete and signed

6. Portfolio

7. Willing to complete a minimum of 50 hours for a STRIPES Service

Essay Project

1-2 pages, 500 words. Your essay must address three areas:

• Tell us why education is important to you.
• Describe your plans for the future
• Describe the STRIPES Service Project you might complete next year. The essay is an opportunity for you to describe your goals and attitudes about your education and your desire to influence younger children as a role model while giving back through the STRIPES Service Project.

Exit Interview

1. Must be able to articulate the importance and purpose of education and how you will use it in your life.

2. Be able to articulate the hidden curriculum in schools (norms, expectations, and values) and demonstrate proficiency in navigating this culture.

3. Be able to explain their learning style and how they learn how to learn.

4. Demonstrate a passion for learning as it applies to your life (through story of past experiences)

5. Must demonstrate self-advocacy skills and articulate how you will use this skill to get your needs met.

6. Describe a time when you had to overcome adversity and solve a problem you couldn’t solve by yourself.

7. How have you grow as a person while you were apart of the STRIPES program?

Portfolio: Each STRIPES graduate must answer the seven exit interview questions in a written essay as part of the exit interview process. This essay will be logged as proof that you have completed the STRIPES program.