Penfield High School Student Scholarships

For Senior High School Students only. Take pictures throughout the process
1) Determine the dollar amount the club will support for scholarships. Determine club members to be on the scholarship committee.
2) Obtain the Penfield scholarship application and infomration from the Google drive or other location. Create applicable packages to be provided to the school
3) Contact the High School Principal to make an appointment to talk about the scholarships and ask for contacts in the english / guidance department. Have school secretary set up the initial meeting between Rotary and the school. (If the club will support BOCES scholarships, get the information for the BOCES individuals. Set a meeting with them also.
4) Meet with the Principal and the english / guidance individuals and explain the scholarship contest rules and what it entails. Provide general dates of activities. Provide what the school needs to do and what Rotary needs to do. Also identify the monetary rewards. Provide a maximum number of students that the committee will entertain for scholarships it should be2x - 2.5x the number of scholarships available.

6) Provide the school with the scholarship application package for the students

5) Provide the cutoff dates to receive applications for the scholarships. Determine the date of the awards night

6) Coordinate with the school to obtain the completed scholarship packages

7) Create the package and criteria to evaluate the student application

8) Obtain the scholarshiop application packages and distribute them to the committee members for review
9) Review the packages and discuss with committee members to determine the winners of the scholarships
10) Communicate the scholarship winners to the Penfield Rotary Club
11) Communicate the scholarship winners to the school
12) Plan certificates, etc. to be presented to the students on awards night. Get some talking points per student from the school for awards night.
13) Coordinate with the club secretary to create and obtain the Scholarship checks
14) Attend the high school awards night to announce the winners of the scholarships
15) Coordinate with the school, students and their parents (if necessary) so the students can receive their checks.