Glendale Kirkwood Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria

  • High school senior
  • Live within city limits of Kirkwood or Glendale OR attend Kirkwood High School, Ursuline Academy, or St. John Vianney High School

Scholarships will be judged on the following standards:
1. Service to your community.
2. Achievements, grade point average or marked improvement over high school years.
3. Work Experience/extra-curricular activities and service involvement (List projects and honors).
4. Honors – Academic Work, sports, community, other.
5. Educational Objective: Plans and Goals, including future plans in the area of service.
6. Two letters of recommendation.
7. Financial Need

The scholarship recipient will need to furnish a copy of parent/guardian(s) 2023 Adjusted Gross Income tax return (with redacted social security numbers).

Contact glendalekirkwoodkiwanis@gmail.com with any questions.

Award
$3,500
Deadline
04/20/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Adjusted gross income of parent/guardian(s) (from 2023 IRS 1040)
  2. ACT Score (Composite):
  3. List any work experience.
    • 1. Job
    • 2. Role
    • 3. Approximate hours worked per week
  4. List high school activities (sports, clubs, offices, etc.).
    • 1. Activity
    • 2. Describe involvement (position, office, award, honors, letter, recognition)
    • 3. Years
  5. List community service and volunteer activities
    • 1. Organization
    • 2. Activity/service
    • 3. Number of hours
  6. ESSAY: Upload a document no longer than two pages that summarizes: 1) your educational plans and goals, and 2) What your service has meant to you, what you would tell others about serving in your community, and what your future plans are in the area of service.
  7. RECOMMENDATION - TEACHER/PROFESSOR - Enter the name and e-mail address of a qualified individual who will submit a recommendation on your behalf. NOTE: As the applicant, it is your responsibility to inform that person to watch for an email sent on your behalf that will explain how to complete this process.
  8. SCHOLARSHIP CENTRAL SECOND RECOMMENDATION: Enter the name and e-mail address of an instructor, counselor, advisor, supervisor or other similarly qualified individual who will submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf. NOTE: As the applicant, it is your responsibility to inform that person to watch for an email sent on your behalf that will explain how to complete this process.
  9. APPLICANT SIGNATURE: By entering my full name below, I authorize the Glendale Kirkwood Kiwanis Club and its agents to examine, verify and discuss my academic and/or financial records and other information which applies to the consideration of this application. I certify that all answers are accurate and truthful to the best of my knowledge, and that all information in the application and essays are my own work.
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