{"id":1377,"date":"2016-10-21T23:09:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2016-10-21T23:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:11:15","slug":"bc-excellence-scholarships-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2016\/10\/21\/bc-excellence-scholarships-3\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Excellence Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarshipjazz.blogspot.ca\/2016\/10\/bc-excellence-scholarships.html\">BC Excellence Scholarships<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-6216425045942223970\" class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<h1>BC Excellence Scholarships<\/h1>\n<div class=\"topicThemeCarousel\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introduction\">\n<div>There are 55 BC Excellence Scholarships available to recognize well-rounded B.C. graduates. Winners will have demonstrated service\u00a0and leadership, both at school and in their communities, and\u00a0shown aptitude and commitment to their chosen career paths. They will receive a $5000 scholarship voucher to use for post-secondary tuition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<h2 class=\"bc_h2\">Nomination and Application<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Students must be nominated by their\u00a0secondary school in order to apply for this scholarship. Only one student from each school may be nominated. Please inquire with Ms. Falsetto in B110 if you would like to be considered for nomination. Students\u00a0must confirm their\u00a0nomination by having their\u00a0school principal sign and date the verification section of the application form.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/support\/awards\/bc_excellence_scholarship_application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">application package (PDF)<\/a>, includes a written statement worth 60% overall, and the\u00a0resume worth 40% overall. \u00a0It must be completed online in\u00a0the mandatory format, printed, signed, and submitted by mail.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/support\/awards\/bc_excellence_scoring_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Scoring guides (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0are available for\u00a0reference. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Completed applications must be sent to the Ministry by the School no later than <strong>February 15, 2017.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>Nominees\u00a0must:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/provincial-scholarships\/basic-eligibility-requirements\" target=\"_self\">Meet basic eligibility requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Be in their graduation year with graduation to occur by August 31 of the school year in which they\u00a0are nominated<\/li>\n<li>Be eligible for a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) and fulfill graduation requirements of the 2004 Graduation Program by August 31, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Have at least a:\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;B&#8221; (73% or above) in their\u00a0Language Arts 11 final mark<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;B&#8221; average in\u00a0final course marks that fulfill graduation requirements of Science 11 or 12, Math 11 and Social Studies 11 or 12, with no more than one &#8220;C+&#8221; (67% or above) final course mark, (marks lower than \u201cC+\u201d are not accepted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a \u201cB\u201d average or better in Grades 11 and 12 final course marks required for graduation<\/li>\n<li>Write and pass a Language Arts 12 provincial examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>You cannot win both a BC Excellence Scholarship and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/provincial-scholarships\/pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship\" target=\"_self\">Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"bc_paragraph\">Nominees&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/support\/awards\/bc_excellence_scholarship_application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">application package (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0must include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Resume in the mandatory format<\/li>\n<li>Two reference letters, one from your community and one from your school<\/li>\n<li>A written statement, maximum 500 words, which must describe:\n<ul>\n<li>What led you to your most relevant community service, volunteer activity, and\/or leadership role, and<\/li>\n<li>What you learned from this experience, and<\/li>\n<li>How this experience will benefit you in your chosen career path.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Schools will be notified in June if their nominee is a conditional winner.\u00a0Winners will be notified directly in September when eligibility is confirmed.\u00a0They must redeem their voucher within 5 years of graduation.\u00a0Expiry dates are shown on the vouchers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BC Excellence Scholarships BC Excellence Scholarships There are 55 BC Excellence Scholarships available to recognize well-rounded B.C. graduates. Winners will have demonstrated service\u00a0and leadership, both at school and in their communities, and\u00a0shown aptitude and commitment to their chosen career paths. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2016\/10\/21\/bc-excellence-scholarships-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4966,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}