Scholarship Information

Girls' High School was established in 1852 as the oldest public high school for girls in the country.  In 1974, the City of Boston closed the school, but the Girls' High School Association is still very active, and alumnae from classes from the 1930's to 1973 meet regularly every fall at the annual Girls' High School Reunion Luncheon.

Each year the Girls' High School Board votes to allocate funds from their financial holdings to provide scholarships to high school senior girls from the Boston Public School system who have been accepted and will be attending a full four-year academic program the following fall.  Funds available for scholarships vary from year to year and are based upon the earnings from the Girls' High School Association financial holdings.

Scholarships are awarded to female high school graduates who:

• have demonstrated high academic achievement

• have been accepted to a college of her choice and plans to pursue a full academic program of study at a four-year college or university

• plans to start her full-time college career in the following scholastic year

• has financial needs which exceed that which she may have already received from other sources

Eligibility for a scholarship is as follows:

• Timeliness of application

• Quality and depth of application completeness

• Proof of acceptance to an eligible program

• Recommendation from Guidance Counselor

• High School transcript record

• At least one letter of recommendation from an organization other than current High School

• Personal letter from student

A full package of the above must be submitted by the application deadline.  The application deadline for Fall scholastic year entering students is May 1st of that same year. Recipients will be notified by May 15th if they have been successful in receiving a scholarship.

Access Application Form Here

In this form you will need to upload 1) academic transcript(s) for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12; 2) supporting documentation regarding tuition at the school you plan to attend; 3) details regarding financial assistance (grants, loans, scholarships, etc.) that you have already received, 4) a letter of recommendation from your Guidance Counselor or Headmaster, 5) optional cover letter.

Please have all these materials ready before you begin the application form.

2022 GHS Association Scholarship Recipients

Each recipient receives a $1,000.00 scholarship payable to her school upon attendance to their chosen degree program.

name

Elsa Alicea Arroyo

Lillian Crowley

Aliandra Pontes Docar

Jill Gallagher

Catherine Lee

Wayaro Ariella Taylor

Eli Mari Roman Lima

Samantha Murphy

2021 Recipients

Name

Emily Rose Gross

Eva Yuan

Genesis Toledano

Halyna Harasymiw

Mackenzie Nee

Kejsi Demaj

2020 Recipients

name

Brianna Bourne

Kimberly Chen

Ava M. Healy

Victoria Lai

Katie Nguyen

Eleanor Spy