{"id":1177,"date":"2016-02-25T22:14:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T22:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2016-02-25T22:37:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T22:37:20","slug":"bc-excellence-scholarships-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2016\/02\/25\/bc-excellence-scholarships-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Excellence Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.speed-skating.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BCSSA4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1766\" height=\"681\" \/>Important Notice To High Achieving Students of Byrne!!!<\/p>\n<p>BC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP<\/p>\n<p>The province of British Columbia is launching a new scholarship for the 2015\/2016 school year. 55 students currently enrolled in their last year of high\u00a0school studies in British Columbia will be given recognition through this scholarship. Winners will have demonstrated community service, both inside and outside their schools, and shown aptitude and commitment to their chosen career paths. They will receive a $5000 scholarship voucher to use for post-secondary tuition.<\/p>\n<p>Only one (1) student from each school can be nominated for the award.<\/p>\n<p>Nominees must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be enrolled in or graduated from a B.C. Grade 12 graduation program<\/li>\n<li>Be eligible for a BC Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) by August 31st of the school year in which they are nominated<\/li>\n<li>Have at least a:\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;B&#8221; (73% or above) in their Language Arts 11 final mark<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;B&#8221; average in Grade 11 final course marks that fulfill graduation requirements of Science 11, Math 11 and Social Studies 11, 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 in Grades 11 and 12 final course marks required for graduation<\/li>\n<li>Submit a resume<\/li>\n<li>Provide two references, one from their community and one from their school<\/li>\n<li>Provide a written statement (maximum 500 words) describing:\n<ul>\n<li>What lead them to their community service, volunteer activity, and\/or leadership role<\/li>\n<li>What they learned from this involvement<\/li>\n<li>How these skills\/experiences will benefit them in their chosen career path<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students who wish to be considered for nomination must let Ms. Fujiki know by <strong>Monday, February 29th<\/strong>. Students interested in being nominated must have already handed in a completed Student Profile Sheet.\u00a0Students\u00a0must also submit the required written statement,\u00a0resume and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/provincial-scholarships\/bc-excellence-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\">application form<\/a>\u00a0<strong>no later than February 29, 2016 in\u00a0Room B 102<\/strong>.The\u00a0school&#8217;s Scholarships Committee\u00a0will nominate the candidate and\u00a0the nominee\u00a0will be notified on March 2, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to load the application package, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/provincial-scholarships\/bc-excellence-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 29, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Notice To High Achieving Students of Byrne!!! BC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP The province of British Columbia is launching a new scholarship for the 2015\/2016 school year. 55 students currently enrolled in their last year of high\u00a0school studies in British Columbia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2016\/02\/25\/bc-excellence-scholarships-2\/\">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":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}