Scholarships for School Programs 2023-2024

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**SOLD OUT for 2023-2024** Arboretum School Program Scholarships

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How to find your school's Free & Reduced Lunch % for the Scholarship Request Form

  1. Go to https://mndatamaps.web.health.state.mn.us/interactive/frpl.html 
  2. In the box on the top right hand corner of the map select schools (the third choice from the top). That will locate the schools on the Map of Minnesota.
  3. Zoom in to find your school and hover over the location dot of your school. When the school location is hovered over, the free and reduced price lunch percent (total FRPL eligibility %) is shown in a box in lower left hand corner.

Steps to request an Arboretum School Program Scholarship

Scholarships cannot be requested by phone or email. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis while funds last.

  1. Browse available scholarships from the list below. Schools qualify based on last year's Free and Reduced Lunch %. Note the scholarships your school qualifies for and request those scholarship(s) in the Request Form in step 3.

    TIP: Click on the gray box below Step 4 to learn how to find your schools Free & Reduced Lunch %.
     
  2. Reserve your School Program(s) using the online registration system. At the payment screen, select the yellow mailbox icon for "pay later." (After you request a scholarship in Step 3, approved scholarship requests will be applied to your reservation.)

    Reserve Arboretum School Programs 
     
  3. Request a scholarship for the program(s) you reserved in Step 2. The Scholarship Request Form opened on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 9 a.m..

    TIP: Click on the gray box below Step 4 to learn how to find your schools Free & Reduced Lunch %, which is required for the form.

    (NOW CLOSED for 2023-2024) Scholarship Request Form 
  4. Receive a reply from the Arboretum Office via email. Completed Scholarship Request Forms will be notified of status within one week after submission. Approved scholarships will be applied to the order. Those not approved will be given the option to keep or release products in the order.

Questions?

Arboretum Education Office
Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
[email protected]
612-301-1210 

The Arboretum is committed to making its educational opportunities accessible for all school audiences. We are very grateful to the hundreds of individual donors who support this and other youth education programs. We apologize for any errors or omissions.


The Arboretum is committed to making its educational opportunities accessible for all school audiences. With the generous support of the foundations and donors, we are pleased to offer a menu of scholarship opportunities for our schools.

School Programs sponsored by

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Support for the Arboretum's School Programs generously provided by
International Paper Foundation
Karen A. Nelson
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
J.A. Wedum Foundation
Donald Weesner Foundation/Yellow Bus Fund

To support Arboretum Youth Education Programming, contact
Valerie Aas
[email protected]
612-301-1267