The Skillman Scholars Program opens doors for your education. It pays your way, with full scholarships, to attend secondary schools in Michigan: Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Detroit Country Day School, The Roeper School and University Liggett School.

Why would you want to go to one of the best high schools in Michigan? You will be stimulated. You will be challenged. And you will have a chance to actively participate in a learning environment with state-of-the-art-facilities and equipment, exemplary faculty and acclaimed college-preparatory curriculum.

WHERE TO START

Talk to your school counselor. Discuss why you want to apply. Find out what is required before you take the next step. The application process starts with the school you select. Choose from four select schools in metro Detroit, Michigan: Cranbrook Kinsgwood Upper School in Bloomfield Hills, Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, The Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills and University of Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods.

The Skillman Scholars Program provides full scholarships to each school to cover tuition, required incidental costs such as books, tests, athletic fees, uniform and transportation.

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE

The scholarships are for academically gifted and talented minority students from the metropolitan Detroit area who do not have the advantage of income and other support necessary to develop academically.

Public school and public charter school students from Detroit, Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties are encouraged to apply to be Skillman Scholars.

The Schools participating in the Skillman Scholars Program determine whether applicants are eligible to apply for the program. Generally, they accept minority status as describe by applicants using standards described by the US Census Bureau.

Family income level is a consideration for the scholarships. The schools use the federal poverty guidelines as a frame of reference. They also apply nationally accepted standards established by the tuition aid data services of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota and the school or student service for final aid of Princeton, New Jersey.

HOW TO APPLY

After you have talked to your teacher or school counselor, and you have reviewed the general requirements for all applicants, select your first choice from the following four schools. Apply to the school directly and tell them you want to be considered for the Skillman Scholars Program to study at the school.

CRANBROOK SCHOOLS

Cranbrook Schools believes that in today’s competitive environment, preparation for college should be comprehensive and challenging. It offers a superb teaching and learning environment that cherishes and challenges the individual, that encourages creative, critical and independent thinking, that offers the broadest possible range of study, artistic and athletic options.

Distinguished by an exemplary college-preparatory curriculum, Cranbrook School is a co-educational, boarding and day school committed to academic excellence. Students from the Detroit area, as well as from across the United States, and from over 20 countries around the world, come to attend high school at Cranbrook’s renowned 315-acre campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Cranbrook Schools is a division of Cranbrook Educational Community which also includes Cranbrook’s Institute of Science, Academy of Art, Art Museum and other educational programs.

To apply to become a Skillman Scholar at Cranbrook, students should complete the regular application and financial aid procedure, during the fall and early winter of their 8th grade year. Learn more about Cranbrook and how to apply at

To apply, check the website at www.schools.cranbrook.edu

Contact: Carla Young
Director, Community and Multicultural Programs
P.O. Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3683
cyoung@cranbrook.edu

THE ROEPER SCHOOL

The Roeper School is a co-educational day school for gifted and talented children, located in the Detroit metro area. Students learn in an environment that recognizes and encourages excellence and provides intellectual stimulations and challenge.

Roeper students become increasingly self directed, independent, confident and they develop an appreciation for individual differences. The atmosphere fosters compassion, curiosity, and a sense of responsibility within the student.

The Roeper School admits students without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin and entitles them to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.

To apply, check the website at www.roeper.org.

Contact: Lori Zinser
Director of Admissions and Marketing
P.O. Box 329
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
248-203-7318

DETROIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Detroit Country Day School is an independent, coeducational, non-denominational, college preparatory school for pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 students. With nearly 90 years of outstanding educational achievement, DCDS has gained national recognition for excellence in academics, athletics, and the arts. DCDS offers a superior liberal arts curriculum at all level, emphasizing Advanced Placement and college-level courses in the Upper School.

Accredited as an International Baccalaureate school, DCDS graduates qualify for international university admission or acceptance at four year colleges and universities.

Country Day educates the whole child-mind character and body. The school’s mission is to provide young people and their families with an extraordinary experience in a dignified and supportive environment. The school challenges and celebrates its students. It strives to meet the changing needs of students and fully prepare them technologically for demands of their world, while developing character and a lifelong love of learning.

To apply, check the website at www.dcds.edu

Contact: Jorge Prosperi
Middle and Upper School Admissions Office
22305 W. Thirteen Mile Road
Beverly Hills, MI 48025-4435
248-646-7717

UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL

University Liggett School, Michigan’s co-educational independent school is a college preparatory day school serving students in grades Pre-K through 12. The school is dedicated to developing lifelong learners by challenging the intellect, body and spirit.

The school is a diverse educational community that has as its shared values respect, responsibility, trustworthiness and compassion. With the support and dedication of faculty, parents and alumni, the school fills its mission by:

• Welcoming students, families, and faculty committed to academics, the arts, athletics and service
• Respecting and supporting imaginative, energetic and resourceful teaching and learning
• Providing superior facilities, resources and opportunities for individual growth

University Liggett School is committed to maintaining a physically and emotionally healthy environment through enforcement of behavioral ethical expectation; recognizing children as individuals who enrich the school with their talents, beliefs and expectations; providing intellectual challenge and stimulation developmentally appropriate to the age, and the student; and operating within a framework of clear educational goals designed to nurture the physical, social-emotional and cognitive growth of children.

To apply, check the web site at www.uls.org

Contact: Dan Axford
Director of Admissions and Financial Assistance
1045 Cook Road
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
admissions@uls.org
313-884-4444

JOIN THE NETWORK

As a Skillman Scholar, you will be part of the network of other scholars, particularly the members of the Skillman Scholar Alumni Association. The alumni members are committed to sharing your experience and helping you to make the transition. Besides being mentors, they will also volunteer as tutors

ON TO COLLEGE

Skillman Scholars Alumni who are enrolled in an accredited our-year undergraduate college program are qualified to apply for a Skillman Scholarship. The scholarship may be used to cover costs not already paid for by other sources. The scholarship is not available for students whose college costs will be paid in full or for graduate school education.