Lexington High School Class of 1977 Scholarship

DESCRIPTION
The Lexington High School Class of 1977 has established a scholarship in memory of our classmates who have passed away. Our reunion committee had always wondered what to do when one of our classmates died. We decided we would each be responsible for our on memorial gift by donating money to the Lexington Foundation. All money collected would go in to our Class of 1977 Scholarship Fund. This was all voluntary, no set amount was given and we had donations from $10 to $200. We hope to keep our fund financed by encouraging future donations to Lexington Foundation and designating Class of 19977 Scholarship Fund.

The Lexington Community Foundation will administer the $500 annual scholarship that will be awarded to a Lexington High School senior who enrolls in any university, college or technical school in Nebraska.

QUALIFICATIONS
Consideration for the scholarship will be given to any graduating senior who shows qualities of good character, leadership, academic achievement, financial need, has participated in extra-curricular and community activities AND has at least one parent who is a graduate of Lexington High School or St. Ann’s High School.

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 with GPA of 2.5 and enrollment in the second semester of the freshman year. All payments will be made directly to the college, university or technical school.

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.

(1-2008)