LCF Annual Scholarship
DESCRIPTION
The Lexington Community Foundation will award three annual scholarships
valued at $2,000 each. Scholarships are payable $500.00 each year
for up to four years. Each scholarship will be awarded to a Lexington
High School senior who enrolls in a four-year program at any university
or 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
Community 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 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.
(update 1-2003)
