Scholarship

Ski & Snowboard Club Vail believes that no one should be restricted from participating in SSCV programs for financial reasons.

Financial Need Scholarships are available from SSCV to support up to 60% of program fees. Applications are submitted on-line to Student Support Services (SSS) by NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) and require complete financial information.

Simple Scholarships are available from SSCV offering need based support of up to $500 to a maximum of 60% of fees. A simple one page application requiring parent and athlete statements is submitted to SSCV.

Funding for scholarships comes from individual and corporate donations and fundraising events such as the Downhill Dash, Chad Fleischer Ski & Tee and Holiday Tree Sales. Annually, 100% of SSCV coaches, teachers and administrators donate to the SSCV "For the Kids" Scholarship Fund reflecting the staff's deep belief in providing the opportunity for all kids to experience snow sports.

Attention Scholarship Applicants: Effective immediately, all financial scholarship requests will be submitted online to School and Student Services (SSS), an organization independent of Ski & Snowboard Club Vail. SSS is a service of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Based on the information you provide, SSS calculates an estimated amount that your family can contribute towards program expenses at SSCV. SSCV will use this information to help determine awards for our athletes.

• Step 1: Please go to http://sss.nais.org and click on the prompt to begin your Parents’ Financial Statement (PFS). You will create a user name and password which will allow you to complete the PFS over more than one session.  This will give you time to gather the required information for the application. Only one PFS is needed per family regardless of the number of children applying. All material submitted to SSS will be secure. A $35 fee is required to submit your Parent Financial Statement to SSS.
• Step 2: Scan all required financial documents and upload to the SSS website. If you do not have the ability to scan, please mail the documents to:

                      School and Student Services by NAIS
                      Application Processing Center
                      P.O. Box 449
                      Randolph MA 02368-0449

• Step 3: Download the SSCV Scholarship Application.  Fill out the application, complete the athlete essay, and scan and upload both documents to the SSS Website. If you do not have the ability to scan, please mail the documents to the address given above.
• Step 4: Complete Steps 1-3 no later than June 14 for Full-Time Programs and October 15 for all other programs.

For questions, please call SSS Customer Service at (800)344-8328 or contact SSCV Financial Manager, Tiffany Hoversten at (970) 790-5127 or thoversten@skiclubvail.org.

NOTE: It is the family’s responsibility to make sure that the file is complete. You may verify this by going to the parent portal at http://sss.nais.org.

The Simple Scholarship Application has not changed. Please download this form and submit to SSCV before June 14 for Full-Time Programs and October 15 for all other programs. . Please scan your application and essays to thoversten@skiclubvail.org, fax to 970-476-7287 or mail  to: SSCV, Attn: Scholarship, 598 Vail Valley Drive, Vail, CO 81657

To view the Scholarship Formula click here. This is a guideline that SSCV uses to help determine scholarship awards. Please note this is NOT a guarantee of the award your family will receive.