Scholarships
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE:
Scholarship Application Process
Scholarships received in the Counseling Office
Nationwide Scholarship Links
Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund
Elizabeth Nickerson Scholarship
Officer Jim D. Swint Memorial Scholarship
Lewis P. Gallagher Family Foundation
SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED IN GUIDANCE OFFICE
The Counseling Office receives many scholarships throughout the year. We maintain a Master List in the Counseling Office and students are encouraged to review this list regularly. Students (and parents) can pick up scholarship applications in the Counseling Office – we always have multiple copies available. If an application is available on-line or by mail, it is noted in the description and on the Master List. Each scholarship listed gives the application deadline and eligibility required to apply.
Click for the Master List of Scholarships with information and details!
Nationwide Scholarships
Don’t miss the chance to receive $$$ for college. There are hundreds of scholarships just waiting for you to apply!!!! Check out the links below and apply today.
BHS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS
Some scholarship applications require an official high school transcript and a teacher and/or counselor letter of recommendation. For transcripts to be considered “Official” they often must be received directly from the school in a sealed envelope. For those scholarships, it may make the most sense to send it all together as a complete package through the Counseling Office. Please check with Mrs. Cota if you have questions. If you are picking up scholarship applications in the Counseling Office please follow the directions below.
Obtain and complete the scholarship application. This includes all the supporting documentation that is requested; such as an essay, resume and/or list of accomplishments or extra-curricular activities, etc.
Request any required Letters of Recommendations from Teachers/Counselors. Your teachers/counselors will deliver this letter directly to the Counseling Office. Be sure to allow the teacher/counselor ample time prior to the deadline date (preferably 2-3 weeks) to complete this letter. Remember that you are most likely not the only student requesting a letter.
Bring this completed packet to Mrs. Cota in the Counseling Office – preferably 2 – 3 weeks prior to the deadline date. This packet should include the scholarship application, essay (if required) and all other supporting documentation EXCEPT the Official Transcript and required Teacher or Counselor Recommendation Letters.
Your application will be processed and mailed out accordingly. If you have any questions regarding the scholarship application process simply contact our office at 319-1912 and we will be happy to assist you
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
Maine Community Foundation makes it incredibly easy to find scholarships for which you’re eligible! Simply follow this link where you register with the system, click “find a scholarship” and complete the eligibility questionnaire; the system will then provide you with a list of scholarships which you are eligible for!!!
Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund
Eligibility:
You are a graduate of, or about to graduate from, Brunswick High School or Mount Ararat High School or
By virtue of your residency in Brunswick, Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin, or Bowdoinham, Maine at time of your secondary school graduation, you could have graduated from Brunswick High School or Mt. Ararat High School, even though you are a graduate of, or about to graduate from, another secondary school or home-school.
Elizabeth Nickerson Scholarship
Eligibility: All Brunswick High School Senior female students are invited to apply for this scholarship
Criteria:
You must have an overall scholastic average of “B” or better in a program leading to college admission
You must have made a written commitment to attend an accredited four-year college or university
You must have demonstrated to the scholarship committee actual need for financial assistance
REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE APPLICATION:
The application needs to be completed accurately & completely
Type or print all application materials clearly
Interviews will be scheduled as part of the application process for finalists & take place at BHS
No interviews will be conducted unless all requested documents are submitted
Copy of FAFSA, with acknowledgment of receipt must accompany the application
Copy of proof of admissions to college or university
Copy of financial aid award letter
Copies of any other scholarships you may have received
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNSELING OFFICE
or on line by Click for Elizabeth Nickerson Scholarship application
Officer Jim D. Swint Scholarship Fund
The Officer Jim D. Swint Scholarship Fund is a living memorial. At the time of his death Jim was attending New Hampshire College. To him, education was the way to help him better serve the public. This scholarship fund will annually award one $1,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a college education in a field of public service.
ELIGIBILITY:
Attend Brunswick High School or attend Vocational Region Ten as a Brunswick student.
Study an area of public service: a field which will benefit the public by supplying an essential commodity or service, i.e. transportation, law enforcement, teaching, nursing, etc.
Maintain an academic average of B- or better
Complete the required essay on “public service”
PROCEDURE:
Complete application
Complete Essay – 250 word max essay on “public service”
Complete financial form included with application
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNSELING OFFICE
TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY
Lewis P. Gallagher Family Foundation
The Lewis P. Gallagher Family Foundation is a non-profit charitable corporation established by S. Margaret Gallagher in honor of her parents, Lewis Palmer Gallagher and Clara Custer Gallagher. It is the desire of the Foundation that the primary use of the scholarship, when practicable, be devoted to scholarship grants that are designed to enable the recipients to seek a vocational education and such further formal education (not to exceed the baccalaureate degree) and to encourage such persons to remain residents of the State of Maine so that their specialized skills and training will benefit Maine’s business and industry.
CRITERIA & PROCEDURE:
Must be a Brunswick High School graduate
Complete application
Applications must be submitted to the Counseling Office no later than the first Friday in May
Check with Mrs. Cota to get an application.