Austin High School Alumni Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Selection Criteria

• One Foundation Scholarship is awarded each year by the Austin High School Alumni Foundation.
• The amount of the scholarship will vary each year according to the amount raised by our annual scholarship fundraisers. The amount to be awarded is decided upon each year via a vote by the alumni foundation board of directors.
• The scholarship recipient is selected from senior class students that have been nominated by members of the school faculty.
• The faculty members are briefed on the selection criteria and given the opportunity to nominate a student they feel is deserving of consideration for the scholarship.
• Once a student has been nominated, a letter informing the student of his or her nomination and a scholarship application is forwarded to the student requesting a copy of their high school transcript along with a resume' and a 1 page essay describing the students' academic and career ambitions following high school.
• When all the scholarship nominee submissions are received, each application is reviewed by the Alumni Foundation Board of Directors. The Board of Directors uses the selection criteria of: overall grades and GPA, attendance, financial need, service to school and community and other leadership characteristics and qualities displayed by the student.
• Upon review of all applications, each member of the Board of Directors selects the nominee they feel is most deserving of the scholarship, based on all selection criteria. If the selection is not unanimous, the board opens a discussion dialog on each nominee. Subsequent board votes are not taken based on the remaining eligible nominees until a unanimous decision is reached by the board.
• The recipient of the scholarship is forwarded a congratulatory letter via first class mail informing them of their selection for the scholarship.
• The scholarship is presented to the recipient at senior awards and honors night held each year in May at Austin High School.
• In the past years, the Foundation has received as many as 12, and as few as 2, applicants in one year, but there is no set limit as to the number of nominees each year. The  Alumni Foundation Board of Directors administers all scholarship funds via separate bank Certificate of Deposit accounts.
• To ensure the proper usage of the scholarship monies, the Foundation disburses a check in the amount of the scholarship directly to the financial aid office of the school in which the student enrolls. The check has both the students name and Social Security Number on it to ensure proper tuition crediting
• A receipt is requested by the Foundation for the scholarship funds and is kept in the Alumni Foundation Scholarship records file future reference.

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