High School Grad Scholarship

College Scholarships for 2024 High School Graduates

BGCSM Members who are graduating High School and will be starting college in the 2024/2025 academic year, are invited to apply for scholarships. Applications are due by June 1, 2024.

You will need a letter of recommendation and your high school transcript to submit this application.

High School Graduates Scholarship Application

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*Last Name

*First Name

Preferred Name at the Club

Middle Name

*Address

*City

*State

*Zip

Cell Phone

*Date of Birth

*Personal Email

College/University Email

*List the name and location of the high school you are graduating from:

*Expected Date of Graduation

List any academic awards and honors you have received in high school:

List all high school extracurricular activities:

*Name of College/Post-Secondary Program in which you intend to enroll:

*Expected date studies will begin:

Course of study you intend to pursue, including the degree for which you will be a candidate:

Expected date of college graduation:

*What years were you a Club Member? Please explain what your involvement in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine has meant to you. Which BGCSM activities did you participate in?

List family members who were/are members of BGCSM

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Estimate your financial needs during the upcoming academic year:

Tuition:

Room:

Board:

Fees:

Books, Supplies:

Travel Expenses:

Other:

Total

Estimate your financial resources that you expect to receive to meet the expenses of your post-secondary education during the upcoming year

Savings:

Employment during Academic Year:

Parental Support:

Gifts:

Grants:

Loans:

Other (work-study programs, in-kind assistance):

Total:

Please list other external scholarships that you have been awarded and the amounts.

What do you anticipate being your most pressing financial need for college?

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In order for your application to be considered, you must include:

Official High School Transcript

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One Letter of Recommendation from present or former teacher, instructor, or professor

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Financial Aid Offer Letter

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*Does your citizenship status effect your ability to apply for FAFSA?

Yes

OPTIONAL: Any other documents to support your application

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Hawkes Applicant’s Signature:

I hereby authorize the Trustee of the John L. Hawkes Scholarship Fund to investigate my academic and financial background and, in connection with such investigation, to obtain such information from such persons and institutions as the Trustee, in its discretion, considers appropriate. I hereby authorize any person or institution possessing information about my academic or financial history to release such information to the Trustee or any of its officers, employees or agents at the request of any of them and without notices to me.

I hereby swear that I have read the terms applicable to grants from the Fund and that I will abide by them if I am selected as a grantee. I further swear that the information contained in this application is true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledges as of the date shown below; that I will inform the Trustee of the Fund within two weeks of any material change in my financial condition or my application; and that neither I nor any member of my family is currently employed or related to an officer, director, or employee of the Trustee or any member of the selection committee, except as disclosed and described in the separate attached hereto.

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