Scholarships

The La Paz Scholarship program is an essential aspect of our school mission to provide education to the diverse youth of the Guanacaste region.  Without accommodating all socioeconomic levels, the vision of a community school would be impossible to fulfill.

Scholarship students are given the opportunity to become bilingual, form friendships with children from many different cultures, learn about local ecology and sustainable ways to preserve the area’s natural resources, and become thoughtful, global citizens.

Potential scholarship students are first recommended by local community leaders. The La Paz Scholarship Committee then conducts an interview/home visit and carefully considers the following factors: economic need, social and cognitive ability of the child, level of family support/involvement, and future family goals.

Students who are offered scholarships are paired with a teacher representative. This teacher makes ongoing home visits, organizes the parent volunteer hours, addresses any concerns, and communicates with the family throughout the year.

Currently thriving at La Paz Community School, scholarship students are an integral part of our community. One student in particular is so excited about attending school that he tells his mother that the bus passes by his house an hour before it actually does. Needless to say, this student never misses school!

Scholarships are renewed based upon the student’s academic achievement, attendance, behavior, financial need and fulfillment of family cooperative hours.

The La Paz Scholarship fund presently supplies over $40,000 in scholarships this inaugural school year.  Our goal is to add between three to five scholarships per year to students at the kindergarten, first, and second grade level.  Please help us reach our goal of accommodating not only all ethnicities from the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica, but also all socioeconomic levels by donating to the La Paz Scholarship Fund.