The Port Townsend School of Woodworking and Preservation Trades is proud to announce a scholarship program for the school's second Woodworking Foundation Course. This 12 week intensive runs from Monday, January 9th through Friday March 30th, 2012. The course runs Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm.

This course is designed to provide a deep understanding of basic woodworking techniques with hand tools and traditional methods of working with wood. Please read the course description fully

Note: This course is not vocational. The School anticipates applying for a Washington State Vocational School license in late 2011 and being able to offer vocational courses in mid 2012.

If you have questions about the scholarship application or course details: please feel free to contact Tim Lawson by email or by phone 360-344-4455

The Scholarship Application Process and Conditions

1. Closing date: Friday 11/25/2011 8:00pm (PDT)
   1. Interviews will be scheduled between 12/5/2011 - 12/9/2011
   2. Scholarship decisions will be communicated no later than 12/15/2011. 
2. Student Profile
   • Age: 17-29 (Upper age limit 35 for military veterans)
   • Legal resident of the United States
3. Education / experience
   • High School woodshop graduate
   • Or home schooled with demonstrated skills
   • Or equivalent woodworking experience
4. Application
   • We are only accepting online applications
     Please prepare all the following before starting the application:
     • A reminder of the pre-requisites for the Foundation class:
       "We prefer that you have some experience of woodworking before taking this class. If you have no woodworking experience - we’d like you to produce evidence of strong practical skills and problem solving ability (we can do this in a phone call). We're looking for the right attitude."
     • A brief statement of why you want to take this course and how you propose to use the skills in  250 - 400 words. Simple concise prose is good.
     • If you have woodworking experience, please share a portfolio of your work - use an online gallery like Picasa or Flickr and submit the link in the form.
       The gallery should contain no more than 20 images of a variety of your work. The images should be simple uncluttered views of the pieces. Please do not Photoshop. There is no need for professional images. Good images are more important than image size; but the minimum size should around 1000px.
     • Three adult references - please seek their permission and contact information before submitting your application. We will call the references soon after you submit you application - please ensure that they will be available in the next few weeks.
       Some conditions on the references:
       • No immediate family (your parents or siblings)
       • One reference should directly address your woodworking skills  
5. Scholarship conditions
   • Scholarships covering 20-80% of the tuition fees for one the School's 12-week intensives, only, and the amount of the award will be dependent on available funding.
   • The scholarships are for tution fees only. Students are responsible for their accommodation, meals and transportation during the course.
   • Materials charges during the course will be responsibility of the student and are expected to be between $250 and $500 depending on project and wood choices.
   • Students can use the school's hand tools during the course. However, students are encouraged to obtain their own hand tools during the course.

Winter 2012 Scholarship Application Form
Note: This form is hosted on Google Docs