What we do

In recognition of the devotion of our United States active duty military personnel and the impact of frequent relocation on their children’s education, Orion Military Scholars Program offers mentoring, application and enrollment assistance and a combination of merit scholarships and financial aid funding to US independent, boarding-based high schools to provide stable educational opportunities to deserving military families.

We connect students from active duty military families (active component Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force) and select U.S. independent boarding schools with the help of visionary supporters like you. The resulting partnership (the students, schools and supporters) is a positive and fulfilling way of honoring those who lead lives of service and providing their children with the stable high school experiences they deserve.

Orion Military Scholars

Our merit scholarships, in combination with financial aid and mentoring, create opportunities for eligible military children to board at select U.S. independent schools.

Given that most military children relocate 1 to 3 times during high school, boarding school provides students with continuous four-year experiences, without disruption of academic achievement, athletic progress, and social development.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ORION

Orion Military Scholars Program explained

on George W. Bush Center Podcast, ‘The Strategerist’

Episode: ‘Stability and Education for Military Kids’

On this episode of The Strategerist, Orion Military Scholars Cofounders, Lisa and Francis Molinari, joined host Andrew Kaufmann and Jason Galui, Director of Veterans and Military Families at the Bush Institute, to discuss how their family’s own journey sparked the idea of Orion Military Scholars. Together, they talk about seeing the difference stability made in their own family, and wanting to make that a possibility for other families. Link to Podcast site: https://www.bushcenter.org/podcast/the-strategerist.