Alumni Scholarship

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
PRESENTED BY THE
LEXINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

DESCRIPTION
The Lexington Community Foundation has established an alumni scholarship fund to provide for two annual scholarships in the amount of $750 each.  Each scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior at Lexington High School.  At least one of the scholarships will be awarded to a student whose parent(s) or grandparent(s) has (have) graduated from Lexington High School or St. Ann’s High School.  The scholarships will be given to a high school senior who has plans to attend any university, state college, community college or technical school within the State of Nebraska.

QUALIFICATIONS
Consideration for the scholarship will be given to any graduating senior, who ranks in the upper 1/2 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 2.0 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 1-2009)