Value: $5000
# Awarded: 1
Application Due Date: March 7, 2025
Recipients Notified Date: May 1
Field(s) of Study:
Education
General Studies
Criteria
- Financial need is a strong consideration;
- Consideration given to candidates who have worked for diverse, equitable and inclusive opportunity at their school;
- Will attend a public or private two- or four-year school;
- Has maintained a GPA of 3.0 or greater (or the equivalent);
- Consideration given to those who have participated in the Kiwanis-sponsored Key Club or Rotary-sponsored Northshore Interact Club during high school;
Requirements
- Has participated in student activities and demonstrated a strong commitment for service to others especially on the humanitarian path of diversity, equity and inclusion;
- Letters of recommendation will be accepted but are not required;
- Candidates are interviewed by a committee comprised of members of the Scholarship Foundation of Northshore leadership
Current Recipient(s)
Jackson Cook
North Creek
2021 Humanitarian Award
Siya Sharma
Bothell
2021 Humanitarian Award
Tara Duong
Bothell 2022
Western Washington University
American Cultural Studies
Macy Collett
Woodinville 2024
BYU
Music Education
About the Sponsor
In sponsoring this scholarship, the Foundation recognizes the legacy of immense educational contributions of C.P. and Dorothy Johnson of Bothell. They started their long teaching career together in Austin, Texas, later moving to Seattle where they accepted teaching positions in the Shoreline School District. They moved to Bothell in 1961.
As coordinator of special education in Shoreline, Dorothy was recognized for a program she headed in music and dance for the handicapped. It was one of 42 innovative programs heralded by the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services. She was cited for her “contributions to experimentation, creativity and innovation in education.”
In 1969, C.P. became the Northshore School District’s first Coordinator of Minority Studies. Clifford Paul Johnson brought to the Northshore Community a new awareness of the values of ethnic diversity speaking often of the responsibilities that schools and communities must have to understand the contributions of all people.
The Johnsons became widely known in the community, C.P. through public service with Kiwanis and Dorothy constantly meeting special needs. At his retirement in 1976, C.P. was honored for “outstanding services rendered in the field of human and civil rights” by the Washington Education Ass’n.
In 1988, Northshore established the C.P and Dorothy Johnson Humanitarian Award recognizing students at all 35 district schools who exemplify humanitarianism. Criteria singled out students who value and promote community, acceptance and advocacy.
Seventy-two students received awards “virtually” in the spring of 2021 during annual ceremonies. Incidentally, two of award recipients were 2021 recipients of Scholarship Foundation grants. Jackson Cook of North Creek High School won a Northshore Rotary Club scholarship and will attend Williams College. Siya Sharma of Bothell High received the B J Brown Memorial scholarship and will attend the University of Washington.
Both Dorothy and C.P. earned master’s degrees from UW, Dorothy in special education and C.P. in school administration.