2024 IBPA Scholarship

Please help LHS IB graduates realize their college goals!

Nearly all of the exceptional students in the LHS IB Class of 2024 will pursue undergraduate degrees. As they submit college applications this year, they will seek scholarships and grants, discovering such funds in short supply. The already high cost of college increases each year, leaving talented IB students and their families to face mounting challenges to cover higher-education costs. While the LHS IB program opens doors to top-notch universities, far too often financial obstacles prevent IB students from accepting those opportunities.

In 2009, the non-profit LHS IB Parents Association established a scholarship fund for graduating IB seniors, starting with two $1,000 awards. The idea was so well received that the scholarship fund continued to grow over the years. In 2023, we awarded scholarships to eight deserving IB seniors - donating $10,000! We hope to award even more at the 2024 scholarships at the Senior Banquet in May. LHS - IBPA membership is required for families of scholarship applicants.

Your contribution to the LHS - IBPA Scholarship Fund may be tax-deductible. Every dollar you donate will be included in the scholarships awarded. Thank you for considering a contribution of $100 or any amount your circumstances will permit. Please submit your donation no later than May 1, 2024.

Lakewood High School’s International Baccalaureate program, chartered in 1996, has flourished during the past 27 years to become one of Colorado’s largest and most successful IB programs.

To attain an IB Diploma, students pursue rigorous curricula in all core academic courses, as well as foreign-language study in every year of high school. Each of these highly motivated students also writes an extended research paper working independently with a faculty adviser, completes written and oral exams, and prepares Internal Assessment projects in most core classes. IB students also contribute meaningfully to service-related volunteer activities each year.