Scholarships/Bursaries/Awards
FINANCIAL HELP FOR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
We aim to provide as much assistance possible to ensure that these future leaders get access to scholarships, bursaries, grants & awards. These opportunities help and assist our polar students with their future pursuits.
1.Here are two links to explore scholarship opportunities. You can create accounts and personalize your information so that you receive scholarship and bursary information specific to your interests, program, school, etc.
2.Also check out the financial planning section of EducationPlannerBC for student aid, scholarship, and tuition planning information:
3.Are you planning a career in Technology. Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Business Enterprise or Applied Scientific research and will be enrolling in a STEM program at one of the Schulich Leaders partner universities? You can apply to be the Schulich Leader nominee from PGSS. More information here: https://schulichleaders.com/
Mrs. LaMarre in the counselling office can provide assistance with access to scholarships, bursaries, grants & awards. She helps many students with applications these kinds of opportunities.
Mrs. LaMarre 250-562-6441 ext: 111 [email protected]
KEEP WATCH ON THIS PAGE FOR BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR!
PGSS Awards
Hello grade 12s!
I have attached the application booklet for PGSS based awards. Application forms are due May 1st at 9:00 in counselling.
Recipients of these awards and recipients of School District #57 awards will be announced at the PGSS Valedictory ceremony on June 2 at CN Centre.
If you have already been notified that you are the recipient of a scholarship, bursary or award from somewhere other than our school district please let me know! We will announce your accomplishment at the valedictory ceremony as you cross the stage. Please include the following:
Name of grad
Name of award/scholarship/bursary
Donor/institution/company/sponsor
Here are some examples:
Gaylene Clark
Raven Award
UNBC
Alexis Gunderson
James W. McLamore WHOPPER Scholarship
Burger King
Mary LaMarre
Turtle Spirt Pathway Award
University of Alberta
BC Excellence Scholarship applications are now open. PGSS can nominate one grad for this scholarship. If you are interested in being the PGSS nominee please prepare your written personal statement (according to the BC Excellence criteria) and hand it in along with your resume to your PGSS counsellor prior to January 10, 2025 at 9:00am. If you are selected as the PGSS nominee you will have until February 17, 2025 to complete your application.
The BC Excellence scholarship is awarded to 55 high school graduates who have demonstrated service and leadership, both at school and in their communities, and who show aptitude for and commitment to their chosen career or area of post-secondary study.
Eligibility requirements
Students selected as conditional recipients of the BC Excellence scholarship must meet the following requirements by August 31 of their graduating year to be confirmed as a recipient and receive their scholarship voucher:
- meet core eligibility requirements;
- be eligible for a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma);
- fulfill the requirements of the B.C. Graduation Program; and,
- have the following final marks.
- Minimum “B” average in grades 11 and 12 courses required for graduation
- Minimum "B" (73% or above) in Language Arts 12
- Minimum “B” average, no more than one "C+" (67% or above), and no marks lower than “C+” in courses that fulfill graduation requirements for Science 11 or 12, Math 11, and Social Studies 11 or 12
Students can follow the link below to gather more information:
- BC Excellence Scholarship - www.gov.bc.ca/bcexcellencescholarship
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The BCGEU 2025 Scholarship applications are now open. The deadline is February 17, 2025. You can find more information about the 2025 Scholarship program and the application form here. Our union is pleased to advise members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement that the application process for reimbursement of professional fees ...
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