The Youth Service Committee of the Bowmanville Rotary Club will be awarding bursaries to SIX eligible students from Bowmanville High Schools (BHS, DCHS, St. Stephen CSS, Clarington Central SS, Clarke HS, & CCIS) who will be attending Post-Secondary Institutions in 2024. Each student will receive a one-time bursary of $1500 in July, 2024.
Interested students must submit their completed application form (found on the menu to the right on this webpage) to their school Guidance Officers by Friday May 24, 2024. The Guidance Officers from each school will select one student from their school to receive the bursary, based on the selection criteria provided by the Bowmanville Rotary Club.
Successful students will be informed by the Rotary Club by Wednesday June 5, 2024.
Guidelines for school Guidance Officers making the student selection:
EVALUATION CRITERIA WEIGHTING:
1. Financial Need: 40%
2. Community & Extra Curricular Involvement: 25%
3. Academic achievement: 25%
4. Essay: 10%
The above Evaluation Criteria should be used when making the student selection.
The primary intention of the bursary program is to help students who have greater financial need, hence the increased weighting of the Financial Need criteria. For this reason, students who have already received other bursaries should be assessed a lower Financial Weighting.
The primary intention of the bursary program is to help students who have greater financial need, hence the increased weighting of the Financial Need criteria. For this reason, students who have already received other bursaries should be assessed a lower Financial Weighting.
All students that are being considered must have good to excellent Academic records.
Guidance Officers are requested to direct the students to the Rotary website <www.bowmanvillerotaryclub.org> and to assist students, if requested, in completing the application form.
The Guidance Officer is requested to submit the completed application form (including the essay, academic transcripts, letter of acceptance to a university, college or apprenticeship, list of bursary awards, etc.) of the selected student by Friday May 31, 2024. The information must be submitted electronically to Peter Kennedy (Director, Youth Service Committee) at: peterkennedymail@gmail.com.
Guidelines for Students who wish to apply for this Bursary Program:
If you wish to apply for the Bowmanville Rotary Club Bursary Program, please review all the information related to the program found on this site (bowmanvillerotaryclub.org ---> Our Work ---> Student Bursary Program) and then discuss your interest with your school Guidance Officer.
Then complete the application form (found on the menu to the right on this webpage). Please ensure you provide all required information.
Submit the completed application form including your essay, academic transcripts, letter of acceptance to a university, college or apprenticeship program, and a list of any other bursary/scholarship awards to your school Guidance Officer by Friday May 24, 2024.
If you are the student selected for the Bursary award, you will be notified by the Rotary Club by Wednesday June 5, 2024.
Each bursary winner will be invited to participate in the Bowmanville Rotary Club Bursary presentations meeting in early July to make a short presentation about themselves and their chosen field of study. Details of this meeting (time/place/location/Zoom or in-person) will be provided later. Bursary cheques will be presented to students during the Bursary Presentation meeting or will be mailed to the student's mailing address by Friday July 19, 2024.
Important Note:
Students who fail to provide all the information requested on the application will not be considered for the bursary and those who fail to attend the Rotary Club Bursary Presentation meeting, when invited, may forfeit their bursary award.
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