Asociación de Becas Eton, A.C.

Mission

Grant scholarships to guarantee that Eton School Mexico students who lose their registered economic support provider, either due to death or complete and permanent disability, can continue their studies until they finish high school or its equivalent, always considering the school’s evolution and any new needs that surface.

Vision

To be the means through which Eton School Mexico students who receive scholarships from this association can have a solid academic foundation that will allow them to continue their higher education successfully.

History

In 2000, several members of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) encouraged the creation of a monetary fund, financed by contributions from families enrolled in the school, to cover tuition for students whose economic support provider died or became completely and permanently disabled. The fund would allow them to continue studying at Eton until the last year of high school, as there had been unfortunate losses in the past that had caused students to abandon their studies due to lack of funding.

After several meetings between the then PTA president and some other former presidents, they invited parents to join this initiative, which was strongly backed and promoted by the school’s founder, Ms. Margarita Arzac. A committee was formed to pursue the cause and, after two years, they decided that they would work independently from the school and the PTA as a non-profit association. Thus, Asociación de Becas Eton, A.C. was finally born and formally established on June 5, 2002.

To manage resources safely and transparently, the association established an Irrevocable Management Trust with a fiduciary institution in 2003. The trust would remain governed by regulations and bylaws that established the procedural rules of the Technical Trust Committee and the Board of Directors for the granting of scholarships. Since then, the Technical Committee meets every month to work towards achieving the goals for which it was created and to ensure that the scholarship beneficiaries complete their studies at Eton.

Founding Members

• Samuel Nanes Venguer
• Mercedes Latapí Ortega
• Beatriz Rivón Renero
• Laura Patargo Muriedas
• Ana Cristina Fernández Valdez
• María Elena Mercedes Rodríguez Giacinti
• Patricia Trejo Espinosa