1. SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

3. It is not necessarily the best PERSON who gets the scholarship,
It is the best person who APPLIES
who gets the scholarship.

4. TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE AWARDS (UBC deadline Dec 1st)
BC ACHIEVEMENT– [gr – top 8000 in BC – out of 48,000]
(8000 students get $1250 VOUCHER) – DON’T NEED TO APPLY
TAMANAWIS AWARDS (PAC & COMMUNITY)
PATHWAY TO TEACHER EDUCATION - $5000x20
BC EXCELLENCE-$5000 X 55 - one nomination per school
DISTRICT AUTHORITY (DOGWOOD) $1250 (NON-ACADEMIC) x34 TAMANAWIS STUDENTS
SD 36 SCHOLARSHIPS
BURSARIES (FINANCIAL NEED)
SSA SCHOLARSHIP (APPRENTICESHIP)
NOMINATED BY SCHOOL (Loran, Schulich…)

6. EXTERNAL AWARDS:
PARENT’S WORKPLACE
UNIONS (BCGEU is one)
BANKS & CREDIT UNIONS
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS
EMPLOYERS
ETHNIC GROUPS
CLUBS
CITIZENSHIP/LEADERSHIP AWARDS

7. PLAN AHEAD LORAN AWARD(Service & Leadership) = $100,000
Deadline Oct. 19 We nominate 3 students – form due Oct 7
FILLABLE NOMINATION FORMS AVAILABLE ONLINE (TAMANAWIS CAREER CENTRE)
HORATIO ALGER – UP TO $10,000
-for students with critical financial need –Apply directly
Deadline Oct 25
MOREHEAD-CAIN (Leadership, Character, Physical Vigor) FULL RIDE! – must attend Chapel Hill U, N. Carolina) We can nominate 3 students
Deadline Oct 31 (Michael Jordan attended Chapel Hill)

8. PLAN AHEAD TD COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP = $70,000
Deadline Nov Apply directly
BC EXCELLENCE = $5,000 (55 awarded)
Deadline: Feb 15 We nominate 1 student – form due Jan 6
FILLABLE NOMINATION FORMS AVAILABLE ONLINE (TAMANAWIS CAREER CENTRE)
Schulich Leader (for STEM students) = $80,000
Deadline Feb 22 We nominate 1 student – form due Jan 20
CMOLIK (overcome adversity) = $30,000
Deadline Feb 26, 2017

9. Tamanawis database: DOUBLE CHECK DATES APPLY by MUST BE RECEIVED by

11. OTHER SCHOLARSHIP SITES

14. TAMANAWIS SCHOLARSHIPS
Community Businesses provide scholarships for careers in:
Health Care
Business
Law
Creative Writing
Soccer/Rugby
Ministry of Education provides 34 x $1000 for excellence in NON-academic areas: Art/Carpentry/Community Service/Cooking/Choir/Drafting/Dance/Drama/
Electronics/Metalwork/Music/Textiles/Trades
(DISTRICT AUTHORITY or “DOGWOOD” awards)

15. TAMANAWIS SCHOLARSHIPS
OTHER FUNDS PROVIDED BY:
SCHOOL P.A.C.
WHITE ROCK/PEACH ARCH ROTARY CLUB
ARTONA (Photographers)
MEMORIALS (Sunny Sidhu/Christina Martin/Melissa Chatham)
LOCAL BUSINESSES
Due by Friday April 7, 2017

20. PARTNERS 36 SCHOLARSHIPS
Only Surrey students can apply
SUBMIT COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO CAREER CENTRE
- DUE APRIL 7, 2017

22. PRINT & SUBMIT TO CAREER CENTRE BY APRIL 7th

23. PARTNERS 36 SCHOLARSHIPS
TIPS:
Use the same supporting documents for more than 1 award, but CUSTOMIZE your statement.
Provide 10 days notice for a reference to write a letter (& give them a “Brag Sheet”)
Use a table composed in Word or Excel for your activity sheet:
TYPE your applications – handwritten forms will not be considered!

25. STATEMENTS & ESSAYS A GOOD STATEMENT INCLUDES REFLECTION
- NOT JUST WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT HOW IT HAS AFFECTED YOU.
- WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM
YOUR EXPERIENCES & ACHIEVEMENTS?
- HOW HAVE YOU OVERCOME A CHALLENGE?

26. STATEMENTS & ESSAYS MANY APPLICATIONS ASK THE SAME GENERAL QUESTION
- ONE STRONG ESSAY IS A TEMPLATE TO USE FOR OTHERS
(COMMUNITY WORK CHALLENGES LEADERSHIP)
HOOK THE READER WITH YOUR INTRODUCTION
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? HOW WILL YOU CONTINUE?
BREAK THE TOPIC DOWN INTO EASY-TO-ANSWER COMPONENTS
EDIT! AND HAVE OTHERS EDIT FOR YOU

27.
From: Unlock Your Future website
Brittany Palmer

28. HAVE YOU BEEN AWARDED
A SCHOLARSHIP?
LET US KNOW!