Scholarships

The Masconomet Music Parents Association awards scholarships to students currently in grades 7-11 and separate awards for graduating seniors. 
These awards are based on merit rather than financial need, as a way of recognizing and rewarding students for the quality of their musical work.

Please click the appropriate link at the bottom of this form to download the appropriate application. 

To qualify for this year’s awards, applications must be received by APRIL 4th, 2008 to the MMPA at PO Box 95, Topsfield, MA 01983.

For more information, please contact Ruth Lackie at
ruthlackie@yahoo.com

Financial Information

Each year the MMPA runs several fundraising events that generate between $5,000 and $10,000 in profits.  We are an all-volunteer organization, so every dollar we raise in excess of our costs goes toward the music program for the benefit of the students. 

Depending on the amount raised each year, between $3,000 and $6,000 in scholarship money is awarded to students to apply to music education.  This includes paying for private lessons, music camp, or other music programs.  In addition, over the past three years more than $7,000 was allocated to support the Middle School Jazz Band, one of our after-school supplemental programs. In 2006 a donation of $500 to the Organ Fund helped make Masconomet one of the only public high schools in the county with a working pipe organ.  Also last year, more than $3,000 was set aside to purchase on new chorale robes. 

As the parent of a music student, you are automatically a member in the Masconomet Music Parents Association.  If you are interested in the Association’s activities or its finances, please consider attending our monthly meetings and help set the direction for the organization. 
Click http://mascomusicparents.com/id13.html  to see the schedule for upcoming meetings.  Meetings begin at 7:30 pm and take place in the high school dining hall.