Hey Grade 12s!

Please make sure that you are consistently checking your “O365-ByrneCreek-2020-2021-Scholarships” website for information and updates on scholarship opportunities. We are well into scholarship season!

If you don’t think you have this Team in your O365 Teams site, please see Mr. Davies in room B106 asap.

Good Luck!

Hello again, Grads!

I am sorry, but you will see several posts very close together for the next few days because there are several scholarships with deadlines in early October! Thus, you need to quickly prep yourselves with all the tips and info so that you can be a successful applicant for any scholarships of your choice.

ScholarTree is back for another year of helping graduating students find scholarships. Over the summer they added over 100 new awards to ScholarTree.

Since it is early in the year, here are some of the blogs that may be useful to students looking to apply to scholarships this year:

• The 6 Most Common Mistakes When Applying to Scholarships
• How to Win the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership
• How to WIN the Loran Scholarship

Additionally, here are a couple of significant scholarships that are available now:

• https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/horatio-alger-canadian-scholarships/ygaPZSxKV
• https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/loran-scholars-foundations-scholarship/0q6c1o346
• https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/loran-scholars-foundations-scholarship/0q6c1o346

Best wishes,

Judy Fujiki & Darrin Davies

Our school Scholarship Committee will be finalizing school-based scholarships this Monday morning.  We have thousands of dollars available for grads who have demonstrated excellence in academics, service, community involvement as well as demonstrated integrity in their character!  Please complete this form before this Sunday, May 10th at 3pm to be considered for school-based scholarships.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=LV7swROUrEqeab99Ida2QqZ8wzAocudPhQ0xhmfJbpNUM0JQV0NUQ1dEWExCOVRLNVA3R1VVVDBCTS4u

Thank you for your urgent attention.

Contact me with questions.

I am happy to help. 🙂
LF

laida.falsetto@burnabyschools.ca

The ScholarTree’s daily traffic has been halved since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For students who are still interested in applying to scholarships, this can be an opportunity to gain an additional competitive edge as there are fewer students competing for these awards.

Here are a few resources to help students who are applying to scholarships:

• At the bottom of https://scholartree.ca/educators there is a downloadable budget planner that students can use to prepare for next year
• At the bottom of https://scholartree.ca/educators there is an email template that you can use to let students know about ScholarTree
• Here is a blog outlining the most common mistakes we see on scholarship applications – https://scholartree.ca/blog/the-6-most-common-mistakes-when-applying-to-scholarships

Hi everyone,

If you plan to apply for any of the Burnaby District Scholarships, please email me ASAP to receive the link to submit your application(s).  I will be emailing you the link to join the Scholarships TEAM on Office 365.

Once you receive the link, you will need to sign in to TEAMS.  To do this, you will:

• go to byrnecreek.burnabyschools.ca
• click on OFFICE 365 at the top of the screen
• login
  • to do this, you need your user ID and password.
  • your user ID is:123456@edu.burnabyschools.ca.
  • your password is the same as the one you use to login to any computer at school.
• click on TEAMS
• click on 0365_08_Falsetto_Scholarships
• click on ASSIGNMENTS
• click on the scholarship for which you are applying
• click on +ADD WORK
• click on TURN IN assignment

Please ensure your work is saved as ONE PDF with the name:

Last name- First name – name of scholarship.

Ex. Doe-John-BASES.pdf

Then, I will receive a notification that you submitted your application. That’s it!  🙂

Please contact me with questions.  I am happy to help!

Thank you and keep well,

LF

laida.falsetto@burnabyschools.ca

PS Wash your hands!

Hello Graduates,

Thank you for your patience as we determine the safest way for you to submit your scholarship applications.  Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, applications will be submitted online.

There are 2 important pieces of information you must recognize here: 

1. You will be required to submit your application package as one pdf.  For instance, if you are applying for BASES, you will submit the following documents as one pdf:

• Application form for the specific scholarship
• General Scholarship/Awards Application Form
• Financial need statement
  • Do you live in a single-income home? Do you work part-time to help with family responsibilities? What is the nature of your parents’ job(s)?
• Updated Resume
• Copy of your grade 11 and 12 transcripts
• Minimum of THREE reference letters to support community and school service
• Documentation like certificates, pictures of trophies or medals…

2. Be sure to save your file with a name in this format:

Last name-first name-name of scholarship.pdf  For example: Doe-John-BASES.pdf

I am still working on the most efficient format to officially submit each application – your continued patience is much appreciated.  In the mean time, please note that the application deadline for the Burnaby District Scholarships will still be this Tuesday, March 31st at 4:30pm.  

Please let me know via email if you do not have adequate access to a computer or the internet to submit your application.  We will determine an alternate method, if this is the case for you.  We will work together!

Feel free to email me with questions at laida.falsetto@burnabyschools.ca.

Please stay home, wash your hands, stay safe.

Thinking of you,

LF

The following BCIT Entrance Awards are available to students who are planning to attend BCIT commencing April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021.

• Up to 25 BCIT President’s Entrance Awards, available only to current High School students
• Valued up to $4,000 each
• Deadline: August 5, 2020

•  Over 125 additional BCIT Entrance Awards
• Valued up to $6,000 each.
• Deadlines: August 5, 2020 and/or January 6, 2021

A copy of the Entrance Awards poster is HERE. More information about BCIT Entrance Awards and the application forms can be found at bcit.ca/finaid. 

For more information, please feel free to contact:

BCIT Student Financial Aid and Awards

Building SW1, Room 2132

3700 Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby, BC

V5G 3H2

(604) 432 – 8555

sawards@bcit.ca

Eligibility Criteria

Terry Fox Humanitarian Awards are open to students of all abilities.

To be considered for the Award, applicants must meet be:

• In good academic standing.
• Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.
• Students graduating from secondary (high) school or students completing their first year of CÉGEP or students who have completed secondary (high) school
• Involved in voluntary humanitarian activities (for which they have not been compensated).
• Planning to or are already studying towards their first university degree or diploma at a Canadian post-secondary institution, or entering their 2nd year of CÉGEP in the upcoming academic year.

Website link is HERE.

Due date is February 1, 2020.

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