LCF/Francelene Skinner Memorial Scholarship

DESCRIPTION
A scholarship fund has been established from a bequest to the Lexington Community Foundation from the Francelene Skinner Estate. Two scholarships in the amount of $500 each will be awarded from this fund to a Lexington High School graduating senior who is enrolled or has completed one of career classes offered at LHS, including but not limited to Business Internship, Mechanics, Certified Nurses Assistant, and Construction classes, and will be attending a trade school, technical school or community college within the State of Nebraska.

QUALIFICATIONS
Consideration for the scholarship will be given to any graduating senior, who ranks in the upper 1/3 of the class, shows qualities of good character and leadership, academic achievement, financial need and participation in extra-curricular and community activities.

INSTRUCTIONS
Each applicant should complete the application. (The application is provided on-line in .pdf format. To view and print this application you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. To download the reader
click here. Or Application in MS Word form.) The applicant must also provide three letters of recommendation. Two are to be completed by instructors whose class the applicant has completed or in which he/she is currently enrolled. The third is to be completed by an adult designated by the applicant outside of the school other than a relative. Attach a recent photograph. The application should be submitted to the counselor who will submit it to the Lexington Foundation Scholarship Committee. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The scholarship will be awarded at Honors Night.

PAYMENT
Payment of this scholarship will be made after successful completion of the first semester or term of the freshman year with a grade point average of 2.5 or better based on 4.0 grading system.

In the event the recipient does not meet the required GPA, a probationary term, immediately following the recipients first term, will be granted. If the recipient’s 2nd term GPA meets the scholarship requirement, the scholarship will be awarded following the probationary term.

An alternate will be named and will be awarded if the recipient does not attend a college within the state of Nebraska.

(updated 1-2008)