Named Awards

Applicants for grades 6-9 who demonstrate financial need are eligible for our AIS Scholar Award. The awardee is granted a $500 annual stipend towards textbook, Owl Cafe, school store and other purchases as well as the full amount of tuition assistance that her family qualifies for in the tuition assistance application process. 

The Carter A. Mannion ’81 Athletic Award is available annually to an incoming Upper School applicant (grades 9-12) whose family demonstrates financial need and who is either proficient in two sports or has demonstrated outstanding competitive experience in one and will participate in at least two athletic seasons each year of Upper School. She must also demonstrate excellent academic ability and is encouraged to provide two additional letters of recommendation from her coaches or an adult that knows her athletic abilities.

This grant award is renewable each year and the recipient will receive a $500 one-time stipend between her sophomore and junior year or junior and senior year to be used to improve or develop her athletic skills as well as the full amount of tuition assistance that her family qualifies for in the tuition assistance application process.

To qualify, a completed admission application must be received by the December 2, 2022 deadline, and a completed tuition assistance application must be received by the December 9, 2022 deadline. 

The Agnes Irwin School joined The Maguire Scholars Foundation Tuition Assistance Program in the 2016-17 school year. The Program is a partnership between the Maguire Foundation and Philadelphia Area Independent Schools. The Foundation's goal is to provide scholarship assistance to 150 freshmen each year and support them through all four years of high school.

The Program requires The Agnes Irwin School Tuition Assistance Committee to select four new designated scholars each year from what is typically a large and highly qualified applicant pool. Each accepted ninth grade students' families must qualify for tuition assistance at AIS. In order to be considered for this designated award, candidates must: 

• Demonstrate financial need by completing the entire Tuition Assistance process; and
• Maintain a B+ average (85 or better) during 7th and 8th grades; and
• Have minimal unexcused absences and latenesses in the 7th and 8th grades; and
• Participate in ongoing community service and/or at least one extracurricular activity in 7th and 8th grades.

The J. Mahlon, Jr. Buck Family Scholar for the Arts Award is offered for applicants to grade 9 whose family demonstrates financial need and who has displayed proficiency and promise in the fine or performing arts. The applicant must also demonstrate excellent academic ability.

This grant award is to be reviewed, and may be renewed, each year the student is at Agnes Irwin. The recipient will receive the full amount of tuition assistance for which her family qualifies in the tuition assistance application process. In addition to the tuition assistance award, the awardee will receive a $2,000 stipend toward an extra-curricular program in the arts approved by the Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, to be used in the summer between her 11th and 12th grade years.

To qualify for this award, a completed admission application is due by December 2, 2022 and a completed tuition assistance application must be received by December 9, 2022.