<p>I just found out that I was selected to receive two scholarships! One’s the 2005 Rose Bud Award for community service (five receipients total each getting $500) and the other is the John Craig Allen Scholarship! The info for that scholarship is below:</p>
<p>John Craig Allen Scholarship</p>
<p>Eligible Applicants: Battle Creek area public high school graduating seniors.
Selection Criteria: Character and citizenship, industry and effort, test data and grades received in high school.
Mr. Allen was a highly respected English teacher at Battle Creek Central High School from 1926 to 1936. Mr. Allen loved
music and dramatics and often traveled to New York and Europe to see top programs. He died on September 18, 1986, and
left the major portion of his estate to the Battle Creek Community Foundation to be used for scholarships.
Selection By: Battle Creek Community Foundation Volunteer Committee.
Average grant amount: $2,000; Number of grants: four
Renewable up to four years
Support materials: Attach the General BCCF Scholarship Essay explained on the last page of application.</p>
<p>Besides the above, I also already have the $2,500 dollars for passing all of the areas (in other words, scored a 1 or 2 on all of them) in the MEAP test during junior year, and several other scholarships that I applied for this year are still pending so there’s a possibility that I may be getting even more money. I’m so happy right now!</p>
<p>BTW, thanks to all of the parents who have watched my posts and given me advice over the past few months. I really appreciate the help and genuine interest. Even though I’m going to be in college in a few months, I’m still planning on being an active member on CC.</p>
<p>Congrats! These scholarships not only represent money, but as importantly, achievements. Well done! Good of you, too, to post details of the scholarships.</p>
<p>Good for you! It’s wonderful when your accomplishments and commitment to excellence <em>and</em> service are recognized like this! You deserve to feel good about your awards, congrats!</p>
<p>I meant to post this the other day, but my exclamation point key wasn’t working! <em>lol</em> What a wonderful accomplishment! It is always so nice to see hard work pay off. I am so glad that it has for you with these two scholarships!</p>
<p>Thanks Simba and Berurah! One of the other recipients of the Rosebud Award is in my AP English class, and we congradulated each other. (She also asked how much money I received, and I told her $500. However, she stated that she only received $100 and was a runner up; I had no idea that they even had those for this since it seemed from my letter that all five of us got $500. Maybe I was the grand prize winner? Hmmm… I guess I’ll find out on May 2nd when we have to go to a reception for the scholarship.)</p>
<p>Oh well. I really need to get a dress or something else that would be nice to wear to all of the events that I have to go to over the next few weeks. I have a senior commencement ceremony for the Math and Science Center on this Tuesday, that reception for the Rosebud scholarship on May 2nd, the Foundation’s reception for winners of all of the various scholarships that they have available to seniors on May 12th, and my official graduation ceremony on June 5th. I still have nothing to wear to any of them!!! ;)</p>
<p>So much to look forward to! How exciting! Hey, come on over and you and I can go shopping together (and we can take my 3 daughters!). I have NOTHING to wear for my S’s graduation either! <em>lol</em> Again, congrats! ~berurah</p>
<p>Hurray, Reeses! Good for you…we’re proud of you, as you should be of yourself! And I want to go w/you and Berurah on that shopping-for-a-dress expedition…sounds like fun to me!!!</p>
<p>I have some more good news though. Today, I found out that I was selected to interview for the Curtis Memorial Scholarship next Wednesday at 10:00 am! Unlike the other scholarships that I’ve received so far (which allow students from several high schools in our area to apply to which was why I was so happy and surprised to have been granted them), this one’s just for students at my home school. However, the only students that can apply for this one are those with disabilities (One of the essays that I had to write for it asked about how I have overcome my own disability as well as what my disability entails exactly). It’s $1,000, and I believe it’s renewable for four years. I hope that I have the same luck as I had with those other scholarships with this one, but I’ll still be happy that I just got the interview if it turns out that I don’t get it.</p>
<p>Hey guys! I found out at my school’s senior awards ceremony on Wednesday that I got the Curtis Memorial Scholarship (It’s $1,000, but it’s not renewable. I was wrong)! That really made my day.</p>
<p>However, my day would be made again this very afternoon. I just got a letter that stated that I am receiving the Pennfield Schools Retirees Scholarship for $500. What’s funny about that one is that I was basically 100% positive that I was completely screwed in even having a chance at getting it when I applied. I have never attended Pennfield for any of my schooling, and the only reason why I qualified for it was because my mom teaches there (is for children of current or precious faculty members - However, I’m sure there were others that applied that are graduating this year). I thought for sure that they’d give it to someone that actually attends/attended that school. Plus, I was swamped with homework the weekend that I filled out their application and wrote their essay (though the person that wrote my award letter said that she liked it). Oh well. That’s just some more happy news for me!</p>