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School Year 2018-2019
Wendy O. Ward Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $5,000 first year, $1,000 for three subsequent years
Apply: Application
Application deadline: April 5, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:- graduating senior of a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Columbus (two applicants per school, one male and one female)
- strong work ethic, academic achievement, school/community/parish activities
- strong academic achievement in language arts
Thomas L. Smith Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,250
Apply: Catholic Foundation online https://grants.catholic-foundation.org/scholarships/
Application deadline: March 8, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- graduating senior of a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Columbus or a senior high school student who is a parishioner in good standing of St. Peter or St. Mary Parish in Chillicothe, Ohio;
- a student with proven financial challenges, which may prevent attending a college or university;
- a student who demonstrates strong work ethic by consistently achieving above-average grades or has achieved above-average grades through continual improvement.
Karen Louise Laihr TEACHING Scholarship
Amount: $20,000 ($5,000 per year over 4 years)
Apply: Catholic Foundation online https://grants.catholic-foundation.org/scholarships/
Application deadline: March 8, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- graduating high school student from the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio;
- planning to enroll in a college of education
Brenda Jo Laihr Galbraith NURSING Scholarship
Amount: $20,000 ($5,000 per year over 4 years)
Apply: Catholic Foundation online https://grants.catholic-foundation.org/scholarships/
Application deadline: March 8, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- graduating high school student from the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio;
- planning to enroll in nursing
T. J. Baesmann Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Apply: Catholic Foundation online https://grants.catholic-foundation.org/scholarships/
Application deadline: March 8, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- graduating senior attending a high school in the Diocese of Columbus
- student with financial challenges
- student with consistently good grades
The superintendent of Catholic Schools selects the recipient.
Florence E. Moses Nursing Scholarship
Amount: $2,600
Apply: Catholic Foundation online https://grants.catholic-foundation.org/scholarships/
Application deadline: March 8, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- graduating senior in the Diocese of Columbus
- must be enrolled in the Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Gertrude C. Kuehefuhs Music Scholarship (Elementary Schools)
Amount: $250 to diocesan high school
Apply: Elementary Application
Application deadline: April 5, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- outstanding achievement in instrumental music to a current diocesan eighth grade student
- outstanding achievement in choral music to a current diocesan eighth grade student
- one nomination per elementary school, per category
Gertrude C. Kuehefuhs Music Scholarship (High Schools)
Amount: $250 to college of student’s choice
Apply: High School Application
Application deadline: April 5, 2019
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria:
- outstanding achievement in instrumental music to a current diocesan high school student
- outstanding achievement in choral music to a current diocesan high school student
- one nomination per high school, per category