Glasgow High School Educational Trust Announces Financial Aid For 2024-2025 Academic School Year

The Glasgow High School Educational Trust recently awarded financial aid to 21 GHS graduates who are returning to trade schools or colleges this fall. They attend 12 different schools in five different states and are pursuing very diverse fields of study. They join over 800 other GHS alumni who have benefitted from the Glasgow High School Educational Trust’s financial aid since it was established in 1964. To date, the total dollar value of the trust’s financial aid to students exceeds $3 million dollars.

Financial awards from the GHS Educational Trust are not traditional scholarships only for those with very high grade-point averages. All GHS graduates who are attending an accredited trade school or college full-time within the United States, either online or on campus, and are in good academic standing are given equal consideration if they meet the eligibility requirements. Those requirements are listed on the trust’s webpage, along with the application, at http://www.ghsedutrust.org.

The next deadline for applications to the trust is Oct. 15, 2024. This aid would be awarded for the Spring 2025 semester only. However, students who received aid now, or who have in the past, may reapply to the trust for the 2025-2026 academic year by July 1, 2025, and in subsequent years, if they continue to meet the requirements. Applications will not be considered if they are late or if the directions have not been followed.

Awards are based primarily on financial need; therefore, the trust has established levels of aid to meet the diverse needs of the applicants.

Over the years, the trust has received donations of all sizes from people across the country and from all walks of life. What they all have in common is an appreciation of higher education and a love for the Glasgow community. As a result of their generosity, the trust now holds assets valued over $11 million dollars. Donations may be made in honor, recognition, or memory of a specific individual, organization, or event. Contributions that total $500 or more in the name of a specific individual or organization allow for a one-time gift to be awarded in that name. Donations of $10,000 or more allow for an ongoing naming opportunity on a regular basis. Information about how to give is also available on the trust’s webpage.

In addition to the financial aid given to students, the Glasgow High School Educational Trust also purchases equipment and other needed materials or supplies for GHS that cannot be financed through traditional taxpayer funding. Every department of the school has benefitted from these purchases, as does the public at large when it uses the school’s property or attends events held at the school. The total dollar value of the trust’s gifts to the school is $329,953.23.

At its recent regular semi-annual meeting, the trust awarded financial aid to the following students for the 2024-2025 academic year in memory (IMO), in honor (IHO) or in recognition (IRO) of the individual(s) whose name(s) follow theirs.

First-time recipients:

Mason Donaldson, U. of Montana, IMO Aaron “Chappy” Chatten, fall semester, IHO Bill and Peggy Pattison Endowment, spring semester;

Morgan Fast, MSU, IMO O. E. & Lois Wilson Markle, fall semester, IMO Karen D. Newton, spring semester;

Reed Larsen, MSU, IHO Everett and Elizabeth Breigenzer, fall semester, IMO Donald “Don” J. Baker, spring semester;

Ava Lloyd, MSU, IRO 1966 Scholarship Gift to Karen A. Swenson, fall semester, IRO Willard and Charlotte Bruce Family, spring semester;

Allie Palm, Montana Technological University, IHO Dorothy Kolstad, fall semester, IMO Ardis Parke Fuhrman, spring semester;

Mason Swenson, U. of Montana, IMO John and Dolores Wesen, fall semester, IMO F. M. and Bernice Knierim, spring semester;

Emma Whitmer, U. of Montana, IMO James “Jamie” K. Fewer, fall semester, IHO James and Ailene Dokken Olk Family, spring semester.

Second-time recipients:

Abigail Engstrom, U. of Montana, IRO Tom and Flora Coghlan Family, fall semester, IMO Ivy and Millie Knight, spring semester;

Tyann Graham, Montanan Academy of Salons, IMO of Dillon Cassel;

Michael Hoyer, Montana Technological U., IMO Ronald A. Combs, fall semester, IMO Wallace L. Johnson, spring semester;

Kate Parks Knight, Utah State University, IMO James “Jim” A. Parke, fall semester, IRO Herb & Lucille Freidl Family, spring semester;

Klaire Krumwiede, U. of North Dakota, IHO Beryl Pehlke, fall semester, IMO Lila Moen Sanders and IRO of Phyllis E. Moen Sanguine, spring semester;

Kylie Lagerquist, U. of Utah, IMO Phyllis E. Moen Sanguine, fall semester, IMO Dick and Mary Lou Alley Wagenhals, spring semester;

Iris McKean U. of Montana, IHO Gayle Wagenhals Sage, fall semester, IHO Sever and Esther Enkerud, spring semester;

Bergen Miller, MSU, IMO Leslie L., Lillian, and Mary Margarette Hanson, fall semester, IMO Lois Wilson Markle, spring semester;

Abrianna Nielsen, Dickinson State U., IMO Donna Lee Squires Etchart, fall semester, IHO Albertsons Companies, spring semester;

Tarin Vandall, U. of Idaho, IMO Verda Hoffarth Stewart, fall semester, IMO L. J. and Jean Baker, spring semester;

Mitchel Winchester, MSU, IMO Mitchel Etchart, fall semester, IMO Michael “Mike” C. Kaiser, spring semester;

Third-time recipients:

Rachelle Glaser, MSU-Billings, IMO Gary F. Martin, fall semester, IRO Don and Beryl Pehlke, spring semester;

Victoria Pehlke, U. of MT-Western, IMO Dr. Nancy Lee Etchart, fall semester, IHO Doug Allie, spring semester.

Fourth-time recipient:

Isaac Braaten, S. D. School of Mines, IMO Stan Andersen Family, fall semester, IMO Audrey and Arthur Parke, spring semester.

The trust also purchased the following equipment and uniforms for Glasgow High School: two treadmills for the Physical Education Department, IHO Knierim Law Office, P.C .; 20 uniforms for the Swing Choir, IHO Carl L. Dix.