St. Mary’s Lynn is offering an exciting new opportunity for students and their families with the announcement of the Garrity Scholars Program, a four-year, full tuition scholarship program.
St. Mary’s students are bright, talented and diverse, coming from many different cities and towns in the North Shore and Boston area. St. Mary’s is competitive in its tuition assistance, with more than $2.5 million awarded annually in financial aid and scholarships, and the Garrity Scholars program is a $1 million scholarship program and one of the most generous high school scholarship opportunities in the region. Each year, 10 students entering ninth grade will be selected from a competitive group of applicants to receive a four-year, full scholarship, inclusive of both tuition and fees, to attend St. Mary’s High School.
Over the next four years St. Mary’s will have 40 Garrity Scholars enrolled, collectively receiving more than $1 million in scholarship support from St. Mary’s.
The Garrity Scholars is a competitive, merit-based award program that will recognize the best and brightest students interested in a transformative, Catholic and STEM-focused education offered at St. Mary’s.
The program was created to honor Monsignor Paul V. Garrity, an iconic figure in the St. Mary’s and Lynn communities. While serving as pastor at St. Mary’s, Monsignor Garrity is credited with leading St. Mary’s to new levels of academic achievement. His dedicated efforts in gaining recognition of St. Mary’s as one of the strongest Catholic schools on the North Shore are still felt today.
The full-tuition scholarship acknowledges excellence through focus on STEM education, personal leadership qualities, and a commitment to the St. Mary’s pillars of Catholicism, excellence, integrity and respect, all hallmarks of the life of Monsignor Garrity.
St. Mary’s board of trustees chair Bill Mosakowski said, “The St. Mary’s community recognizes that it was Monsignor’s dedication, resilience, and singular focus on the life of our school and parish that led us to this important moment for St. Mary’s.”
“The 18 years I spent at St. Mary’s were some of the happiest times of my life,” Monsignor Garrity said. “I am honored to see this scholarship in my name give students the opportunity to pursue a St. Mary’s education.”
The winners of the scholarship will not only receive a four-year academic scholarship, but also be part of St. Mary’s Scholar Program, which provides additional classwork, faculty mentorship, team-building activities and college-preparedness training.
All applicants must complete and submit both their Garrity Scholars application and their admission application to St. Mary’s by Dec. 15. The application consists of two parts: a formal essay and, if selected as a finalist, an interview with a panel of St. Mary’s faculty.
Interested students can apply by visiting stmaryslynn.com/admissions/garrity-scholars. Scholarship recipients will be notified by Feb. 4.
