{"id":3876,"date":"2021-04-07T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:25:43","slug":"brett-meredith-award-for-distinction-in-writing-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/2021\/04\/07\/brett-meredith-award-for-distinction-in-writing-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Meredith Award for Distinction in Writing &#8211; $1000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SCHOLARSHIP DESCRIPTION<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brett Meredith Award for Distinction in Writing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is awa<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rded to a grade 12 student who demonstrates\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">passion and aptitude for creative writing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BACKGROUND<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This award was created in 2017 in memory of Brett Meredith, a well-respected English and Creative Writing teacher at Alpha Secondary.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ELIGIBILITY<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To be considered for the award the student must have:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Been enrolled at Alpha Secondary for their grade 12 year<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">een admitted to a post-secondary institution for the upcoming school year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a strong, positive member of the school community (ex. Grad Council, student council, clubs, sports teams, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Demonstrated<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a passion and aptitude for creative writing (ex. short stories, poetry, script writing, narrative essays)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One scholarship\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of $1000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will be awarded to a gradu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ate of Alpha Secondary annually<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 Funding for the scholarship will come from PAC fundraising.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 Students are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> asked to complete an application which will include a cover letter and a sample of their own creative writing to Alpha\u2019s Scholarship Chair, Ms. McChesney, in room <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A100 by Wednesday, April 21st.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> The writing sample can be of any genre and any length.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 Angela Meredith<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(Brett\u2019s wife)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will cho<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ose the winner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/files\/2021\/04\/THE-BRETT-MEREDITH-AWARD-APPLICATION-1.docx\">THE BRETT MEREDITH AWARD APPLICATION<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCHOLARSHIP DESCRIPTION\u00a0 The\u00a0Brett Meredith Award for Distinction in Writing\u00a0is awarded to a grade 12 student who demonstrates\u00a0a\u00a0passion and aptitude for creative writing.\u00a0 BACKGROUND\u00a0 This award was created in 2017 in memory of Brett Meredith, a well-respected English and Creative Writing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/2021\/04\/07\/brett-meredith-award-for-distinction-in-writing-1000\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3881,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876\/revisions\/3881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}