Consider Pine Cobble School, where
extraordinary opportunities await.
COULD ONE OF THE FINEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN NEW ENGLAND BE
FOR YOUR FAMILY?
Pine Cobble School offers tremendous opportunities to students from Berkshire County and the
surrounding areas. Our academic program is dynamic, engaging, and highly individualized, and our
students are exceptionally well prepared for all that awaits them upon graduation. Powerful
enrichment opportunities include a strong focus on the arts, an outstanding athletic program led by
a former professional soccer player, and an array of extracurricular experiences.
Frankly, we’d put our education toe-to-toe with any elementary and middle school in America.
Just as important, our students experience joy. They know wonder. They feel a powerful sense of
belonging. They exercise their minds and bodies. They become leaders, scholars, citizens, and
lifelong learners. We consistently hear back from our alumni that Pine Cobble provided more than
an extraordinary educational and social foundation; it also gave them a strong sense of self that
continues to serve them every day.
For more information about the Pine Cobble experience, please visit Pine Cobble School’s website:
www.pinecobble.org.
Hunter Family Scholarship Program Overview
Pine Cobble School offers an endowed need-based scholarship, the Hunter Family Scholarship, in
memory of Irene Mennen Hunter, a longtime friend to Pine Cobble who was deeply devoted to
children and to education. The Hunter Family Scholarship is open to qualifying new students
entering grades 5-9; it covers at full tuition (excluding activity fees) for each academic year the
student attends Pine Cobble School, as long as the student remains in good standing.
Hunter Family Scholarship Guidelines
Hunter Family Scholarships are awarded to select new students who have excellent academic
credentials, natural curiosity, enthusiasm for learning, and a record of outstanding citizenship. As
with all Pine Cobble applicants, students interested in applying for a Hunter Family Scholarship
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must demonstrate character pillars that are important to the Pine Cobble community – among them
compassion, courage, honesty, respect, responsibility, awareness of self/others, gratitude, patience,
and cooperation. Hunter Scholars must be enthusiastic about joining Pine Cobble’s community of
talented students, strong leaders and thoughtful individuals.
Process for Applying for a Hunter Family Scholarship
New students entering grades 5-9 are eligible to apply. Hunter Family Scholar applicants must:
1. Meet Pine Cobble School’s academic admissions criteria (see pinecobble.org/admission).
2. Complete the formal application process. (see pinecobble.org/admission), including the
financial aid application.
3. Student completes one essay question in his/her own words. See attached.
4. Parent/Guardian/s complete Family Statement. See attached.
5. In addition to the formal application, please provide one character reference from a nonfamily member, i.e., a coach, teacher, or friend. See attached.
Please submit application materials on or before April 1, 2015.
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Hunter Family Scholarship Application
Student Essay
Student:
Please answer ONE of the following questions in an essay (250-500 words - ideal length) on one of
the following topics. It is important that this essay be in your own words.
1. Pine Cobble School’s motto is Nosce te Ipsum, “ know thyself. ” Please explain the
importance of knowing oneself and provide an example of how understanding yourself
might make you a better student, athlete, artist and/or person.
2. Pine Cobble has character pillars that are woven into the curriculum at every grade level.
They include honesty, respect, responsibility, courage, awareness of self/others, patience,
compassion, cooperation, and gratitude. Please choose one of these pillars, explain its
importance, and give us an example of how you demonstrated this pillar in your life.
Please submit with application on or before April 1, 2015.
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Hunter Family Scholarship Application
Family Statement
Family members:
Please tell us about your child. Explain why you feel he/she would benefit from a Pine Cobble
education, and how he/she might contribute to the Pine Cobble community. Based on what you
know about Pine Cobble, why do you see Pine Cobble as a potential fit? Ultimately, what do you
hope he/she will get from the Pine Cobble experience?
Please consider the student’s character as well as academics and other considerations (i.e.,
extracurricular interests, community involvement, peer interactions, natural curiosity, love of
literature, etc.). Feel free to explain any challenges your child might experience in his/her current
school environment, and/or what challenges you might anticipate during this transition.
Please submit with application on or before April 1, 2015.
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Hunter Family Scholarship Application
Character Reference
Pine Cobble School is a coeducational day school founded in 1937. The school currently serves
students ages two-years-nine-months through ninth grade, from Berkshire County, southern
Vermont, and eastern New York. Nestled in a beautiful setting originally designed as an estate by
Olmsted Associates, Pine Cobble offers a well-rounded, highly engaging education through a faculty
that supports intellectual rigor, curiosity, and creativity within a caring community.
A fundamental tenet of the Pine Cobble experience is character education; nine character pillars —
compassion, gratitude, respect, honesty, responsibility, patience, awareness of self/others, courage,
and cooperation are woven into the curriculum at every grade level. Please mail to Pine Cobble
School Admission, 163 Gale Road, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, on or before April 1, 2015.
_______________________________ is applying for a scholarship to Pine Cobble School.
On a separate piece of paper, please provide a sense of his/her character, giving specific examples of
demonstrated integrity and good character, using one of the above pillars as a guideline.
How do you know the applicant?
_____________________
For how long have you known the applicant? _______________
Is there anything else you would like the committee to know about this student?
Signed _________________________________
Date: _________________________________
Printed Name: ___________________________
Position/Organization _____________________
Address:
___________________________
Daytime Phone: __________________________
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