Roosevelt Scholarship Program

By entering in 6th grade, Scholarship students will be more successful at FDR since they will start a new education program together with the rest of the grade at the same time, forge friendships that will last throughout their years at school, and strengthen their grasp of the English language prior to the more complex and challenging courses in High School.

Scholarship students are selected out of a large pool of applicants every year based on their academic ability to adapt, interpersonal skills, resilience and determination, emotional intelligence, language skills, and family support. They demonstrate a passion for learning, excitement about attending Colegio Roosevelt, and great potential in academics, intellect or extracurricular activities. They also demonstrate financial need by having attended an elementary school where monthly fees were equal to or below 15% of Colegio Roosevelt’s monthly tuition.

From the beginning, Colegio Roosevelt’s Board of Directors committed to fund the Roosevelt Scholarship Program by allocating 7.5% of school entrance fees for this purpose. This allowed the program to provide scholarships for at least two students every year except during the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected enrollment at Colegio Roosevelt and, consequently, the available funds for the Scholarship Program. That led the school to launch a targeted fundraising effort. After the pandemic, a thorough review of the financial structure of the Roosevelt Scholarship Program was carried out in order to provide more Scholarships on an annual basis, given the success of the Program so far.