The Swarthmore Centennial Foundation awards the $6,000 Edmund Jones Scholarship to an outstanding high school senior who resides in Swarthmore. Mr. Jones, former Mayor of Swarthmore, was a founding member of the Centennial Foundation and was the creator of this scholarship that has been awarded to a high school senior every year since 1993.

Students are selected based on their academics, citizenship and local community service.

Applicants must submit their high school transcript, a letter outlining their community service activities, and a short essay on one of the following topics which will be published in the Swarthmorean:

• “My life in Swarthmore”

• “My ideas for making Swarthmore a better place”

• “The impact a Swarthmore organization has had on my life”

The scholarship is paid in $1,500 increments, Freshman through Senior years of college.

Completed applications must be submitted in March, to Swarthmorefoundation@gmail.com or mailed to:

Swarthmore Centennial Foundation
P.O. Box 493
Swarthmore, PA  19081