WHO CAN APPLY?

All graduating high school seniors who attend one of the following schools in New Albany and Union County and plan to attend college in Mississippi are eligible to apply:  

New Albany High School , Ingomar Attendance Center, East Union Attendance Center, West Union Attendance Center

Myrtle Attendance Center,  Victory Christian Academy. 

A minimum of three applications from each school is required to be evaluated and considered for the scholarship.

DEADLINE TO APPLY:  MARCH 8, 2024

SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT

Provided a minimum of three students apply for the scholarship from each school, BNA Bank will award the following scholarship amounts:

A $300 scholarship to a graduating senior at Victory Christian Academy,

$1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior at East Union Attendance Center,

$1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior at Ingomar Attendance Center

$1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior at Myrtle Attendance Center

$1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior at West Union Attendance Center,

THREE $1,000.00 scholarships to three graduating seniors at New Albany High School. 

The scholarship is to be paid at the beginning of the student’s freshman year and is to be issued directly to the college, university, or community college of the student’s choice, which must be in the state of Mississippi. 

EVALUATION AND JUDGING PROCEDURE 

The judging will be conducted in two phases.  

Phase One 

The applications will be scored by out of town judges  based on the outlined table WITHOUT the names of the applicants. The absence of the student’s name will help insure objectivity in the evaluation process. 

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION SCORING

(10%) ACT or SAT Composite Scores

(20%) Grade Point Average

(15%) Student Curriculum

(20%) Financial Need

(15%) Extra-Curricular Activities

(20%) Work Activities and reason for scholarship

The top two scoring applicants from each Union county school and Victory Christian Academy and the top six scoring applicants from New Albany High School will advance to Phase Two.  The school guidance counselor will be notified of the finalists. 

Phase Two

During Phase Two, individual interviews will be conducted by the judges to determine the scholarship recipients.  The purpose of the interviews is to determine which of the finalists will be named the recipients of the scholarships.  The evaluation up to this point has been based on academics, financial need, extra-curricular and work activities.  The interview will allow the student to express his/her ability to think, reason and communicate ideas and feelings, not only about himself and others, but also about his community as well.

A date will be determined for Phase Two, the interviews.  The finalists and judges must all be present to participate in the individual interviews. 

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS

The scholarship recipients will be announced in April with the scholarship certificate to be presented at graduation exercises in May. As soon as the interview process is complete, we will announce the winners of the scholarship on Twitter (www.twitter.com/bnabank) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/bnabank). We will contact the guidance counselors on the next business day to notify them of the winners. 

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