{"id":2468,"date":"2018-05-23T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2018-05-23T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:03:31","slug":"update-and-reminder-1250-dogwood-scholarship-applications-due-on-tuesday-may-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2018\/05\/23\/update-and-reminder-1250-dogwood-scholarship-applications-due-on-tuesday-may-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE and REMINDER: $1250 Dogwood Scholarship Applications due on Tuesday, May 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are 22 scholarships available for Byrne students. You must excel in one of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine Arts<\/li>\n<li>Applied Skills<\/li>\n<li>Physical Activity<\/li>\n<li>International Languages<\/li>\n<li>Technology and Trades<\/li>\n<li>Community Service<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous Language and Culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be eligible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must have taken a concentration of at least 4 senior courses in your area<\/li>\n<li>One of the 4 courses can be Work Experience 12A, provided it was done in your chosen elective areas. Other courses outside of the chosen area (both academic and non-academic) that have a direct and obvious relationship to the chosen elective area may also be counted among the FOUR. (If you are in doubt about this submit your application and we will decide)<\/li>\n<li>You must graduate from high school before August 31, 2018 and be <strong><u>enrolled in post secondary program to continue studies in your chosen elective area.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You must demonstrate good attendance, punctuality, work habits and cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>You must pass English 12 or Communications 12.<\/li>\n<li>You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident<\/li>\n<li>You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA (C+ average) based on your best 10 grade 11 and 12, 4 credit courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More details:<\/p>\n<table width=\"487\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\"><strong>Elective area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"269\"><strong>Course\/experience requirement<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">Fine Arts<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Visual, Dance, Drama, Music<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">Applied Skills<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Business Ed, Tech Ed, Home Economics, Cooking or Culinary ACE_IT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">Physical Activity<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Athletics, dance, gymnastics. Not limited to Physical Education-i.e. provincial volleyball, sports camps, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">International Languages<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Taken more than two languages with IRP\u2019s or External Assessments, including AP courses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">Technical and Trades<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Carpentry, Automotive, Mechanics, Cooks Training, Construction and any of the tech\/trade Ace-It programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">Community Service<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Must have two or more leadership type classes (Peer tutoring counts), be going into a field of service and must have two or more letters demonstrating over 300 hours of community involvement. There is a demonstration of local and global issues and cultural awareness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"218\">Indigenous Languages and Culture<\/td>\n<td width=\"269\">Students must be of Aboriginal decent, must be taking an Aboriginal studies course and be heavily active in their Aboriginal Community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Be sure to list your eligibility evidence on your application <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/dogwood-application\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>See Ms. Falsetto with questions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>LF<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 22 scholarships available for Byrne students. You must excel in one of: Fine Arts Applied Skills Physical Activity International Languages Technology and Trades Community Service Indigenous Language and Culture To be eligible: You must have taken a concentration &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2018\/05\/23\/update-and-reminder-1250-dogwood-scholarship-applications-due-on-tuesday-may-29th\/\">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\/2468"}],"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=2468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}