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Eligibility & Guidelines

SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY:

  • Graduating senior - Must be enrolled entire senior year.
  • Overall grade point average of 2.5 on a weighted or unweighted scale.
  • Resident of SWISD or student of “Out of District” employee who has attended SWHS/SWLHS all four years, 9th through 12th grades.
  • 95% attendance rate for the Junior and Senior years will be used and calculated by the set period used for ADA Attendance. 
 
SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES:

Potential applicants from both high schools must submit all information (below) for consideration by using the online application process. Students must be a current senior at SWHS/SWLHS. Each applicant must provide:

1. General applicant information.

2. Short essays including the following information:
  • Description of personal achievements
  • Description of personal area of strength
  • Description of positive experience at SWISD
  • Description of their plans for the future
 
3. Contact information for one reference must be identified in the online application, and a recommendation form from each of those references must be submitted online. At least one recommendation form has to be from a HS teacher. The HS staff will allocate computer use to assist all students toward completion of application. Please visit the counseling or English department for any assistance.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Attendance and GPA requirements must be met for consideration.


APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS:
All applications must be submitted by the designated deadline.  Once submitted the applications will be reviewed by the high school counseling staff to determine if all eligibility requirements have been met.  Staff will then review the essay portion of the application to determine if students have met the parameters for this section.  Once all students are identified the SW Scholarship Committee will reconvene to approve the qualifying students and determine one set amount for each qualifying student based on the funds available.  The committee will then make a recommendation to the SWISD School Board in the Spring to accept the qualifying students and designated amount per student.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD NOTIFICATION:

Upon approval from the Board of Trustees at a scheduled Board meeting, scholarship recipients will be notified in writing of the award with accompanying procedures to facilitate the scholarship process.

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT:

The District Scholarship Committee may make recommendations to the Board for hiring annual part-time clerical support through the SWISD Student Scholarship Funds for management and compliance of the scholarship program.