2025- 2026 Application

The City of Lake Elsinore, in partnership with The Community Foundation, is excited to administer the generous bequest of former City Treasurer Carl Graves, which created a $1 million endowment for four-year and six-year scholarship opportunities for deserving graduates of Lake Elsinore Unified School District.

DEADLINE: Applications will be due on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). Stay tuned as we evaluate applications and announce recipients. Students receiving scholarships will be notified by their school counseling office. Please submit any questions to scholarship@lake-elsinore.org or call 951-374-0612.

IMPORTANT: As a part of your application process, you will need to print, fill out, and have your counselor verify and sign the Student GPA Verification Form. DOWNLOAD THE GPA FORM HERE. Be prepared to attach it to the application below.

Please note that progress on the application cannot be saved once you begin filling in the application. Please be sure to complete the application in one sitting.

Carl Graves Scholarship 2025-2026

  1. What is the highest level of education your Father completed? 

  2. What is the highest level of education your Mother completed? 

  3. (GPA - on a 4.0 scale)

  4. Attach the Student GPA Verification Form Linked Above.

  5. Are you applying as an ROTC candidate?*
  6. Accomplishments
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  10. Essay Questions
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    Considerations for your response: Are you the first in your family to go to a four-year college or technical school? Did any of your siblings, other family members, or close friends go to a four-year college or technical school? Is a family member, close friend, or an academic or community mentor encouraging you to pursue your goals?

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  15. References

    Please provide three references, including at least one academic and one professional or extracurricular reference. Please notify these references that they may be contacted and interviewed by the selection committee.  

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  19. Acknowledgement

    By submitting this electronic application, I hereby affirm that all responses provided by me are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I also consent that if chosen as a scholarship winner my picture may be taken and used to promote the scholarship program. (Winner may waive photo due to unusual or compelling circumstances.)

    I hereby understand that if chosen as a scholarship winner, I must be present at any potential awards ceremony or reception to receive my scholarship award, unless undue circumstances are warranted.

    I hereby understand that if chosen as a scholarship winner, according to The Community Foundation policy, it is my responsibility to remit to the Foundation the appropriate information for my scholarship to be paid directly to my educational institution in the fall of each year.

    I hereby understand I will not submit this application without all required attachments and supporting information. Incomplete applications or applications that do not meet eligibility criteria will not be considered for this scholarship.

  20. I accept the acknowledgement*
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