In 1991 the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce implemented the Kalamazoo Area Academic Achievement Program (KAAAP), a mentoring program that connected adult mentors from the community with area school children. KAAAP also developed incentives to encourage students to graduate from high school with the education, knowledge, work habits and motivations to realize their potential.

Students were selected in the fourth grade and, upon graduation, were eligible for scholarship money toward college costs based on their attendance, conduct, standardized test scores and academic achievement.  Since the consolidation of KAAAP, KPEF, and Healthy Futures/Communities In Schools in 2003, the program has stopped accepting new students.  However, KCIS continues to administer the scholarships to students who were enrolled in the program prior to the merger. 

You may download information related to eligibility and scholarship renewal by clicking here. 

Please contact the scholarship coordinator at (269) 337-1601, x205 or by email if you have questions about your eligibility or scholarship renewal. 

 

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