2026 NHSBA Student Representative Scholarship

2026 Application Form – Application submission deadline is April 17, 2026 by 4:30pm

Before beginning this form, please make sure you have available to upload in .pdf the following:

Official grade transcript through December 31, 2025.
Maximum two-page typewritten essay addressing the role of the student voice in school decision-making.
Three letters of recommendation as follows:
1. Any current board member that represents your district;
2. A non-relative member of your community who is familiar with your character and community service achievements;
3. A teacher you have had for a high school academic course.
Any other statement or information you desire to present relative to your application. Please label this as “Supplemental Information” and restrict it to one typewritten page. For example, if family or other circumstances required you to work rather than participate in community service; or, if an illness caused you to miss a great deal of school one semester and that is reflected in the grades you received; etc.

2026 NHSBA Student Representative Scholarship Application

The New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) is proud to offer a scholarship program designed to encourage and support young people who have indicated a strong interest in civic service in public education or a related field.

The NHSBA Scholarship is open to students who have served as a student school board representative during their high school tenure, and whose school board is a current member of the NHSBA. Children/grandchildren of the NHSBA Board of Directors are not eligible. The awards are only open to public high school students in their senior year.

Five (5) awards of $2,000.00 will be granted, one in each of the five NHSBA Regions (North Country, Lakes, Southeast, Southwest, and South Central). A committee comprised of non-NHSBA board members will make final selections. Factors considered by the committee will be academic achievement as an indicator of future success in post-secondary education, active participation in school-sponsored, extracurricular activities and/or community service activities, an essay on The Role of Student Voice in Decision Making (two-page typewritten maximum), and three (3) letters of reference.

This application asks for identification information including a transcript of grades through the first semester of senior year, a short essay as described above, and letters of reference. Grantees (or parents/legal guardian in cases of minors) are required to sign a release authorizing the NHSBA to use their essays, names, pictures, and name of their school in announcements of the scholarship award; in promotions of the scholarship program; and in NHSBA program material.

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Applicant Information

Name*

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Email*

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Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Mailing Address (If different from above)

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Required Documents

The following documents are required with your submission (if there is personally identifiable information (PII) on any of these documents that you do not wish to disclose, please feel free to redact that information before uploading, however if it is not redacted, NHSBA will securely maintain any documents containing PII):

Official grade transcript through December 31, 2022.
Maximum two-page typewritten essay addressing the role of the student voice in school decision-making.
Three letters of recommendation as follows: 1. Any current board member that represents your district; 2. A non-relative member of your community who is familiar with your character and community service achievements; 3. A teacher you have had for a high school academic course.
Any other statement or information you desire to present relative to your application. Please label this as “Supplemental Information” and restrict it to one typewritten page. For example, if family or other circumstances required you to work rather than participate in community service; or, if an illness caused you to miss a great deal of school one semester and that is reflected in the grades you received; etc.

Please provide your grade transcript through December 31, 2025*

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please provide a typewritten essay (maximum of 2 pages) addressing the role of the student voice in school decision-making.*

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please provide a letter of recommendation from any current Board Member who represents your District.*

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please provide a letter of recommendation from a non-relative member of yourcommunity who is familiar with your character and community service achievements.*

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher you have had for a high school academic course.*

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Supplemental Information

Max. file size: 50 MB.

You may provide any other statement or information you feel you need to supplement your application. Please label this as “Supplemental Information” and restrict it to one typewritten page. For example, if family or other circumstances required you to work rather than participate in community service; or, if an illness caused you to miss a great deal of school one semester and that is reflected in the grades you received; etc. (Optional)

2026 NHSBA Student Representative Scholarship

2026 Application Form – Application submission deadline is April 17, 2026 by 4:30pm