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Scholarship Rules

 
    1. The number of Scholarship awards shall be:

      • Two (2) (Grades 1-8) Private Elementary/Grammar School Awards

      • Three (3) (Grades 9-12) Private High School Awards (two awards will be funded by the Scholarship Fund Committee and the other Award, known as the "Richard Reynolds Award," will be funded by accounts of Leitrim Society)

      • Two (2) of either a 2 or 4-Year accredited Full-Time Undergraduate College Course Awards

               

      One alternate will be drawn in each category to replace a winner should they not qualify or are otherwise unable to accept the award.

       

    2. Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students are not eligible for the Elementary/Grammar School Award.
    3. Applications for Scholarship Awards must be received not later than March 31st each year.
    4. These one year Scholarship awards will be drawn at the monthly meeting of the Leitrim Society in the month of May annually.
    5. A Leitrim Society member may submit applications only if they are the legal parent or guardians of an applicant who is a full time resident of the United States. Upon submission of the application, the member must have paid its membership fee for the current year as well as the prior two years, for a total of 3 years. Said members must also have paid dues timely on an annual basis.
    6. Such applicant/parent/guardian shall complete, verify for accuracy and date the application form that shall contain information deemed necessary by the Scholarship Committee.
    7. Eligibility of the applicants for consideration for Scholarship shall be within the sole discretion of the County Leitrim Society Scholarship Fund Committee.
    8. All applicants are eligible to apply each year in which the lottery is conducted, however, no applicant will be considered eligible for more than eight (8) years Elementary, four (4) years High School or four (4) years College. No applicant may receive an award two consecutive years in any category.
    9. These awards shall be paid directly to the Private Elementary/Grammar School and the Private High School which the applicants are attending. The College Awards will be paid to the undergraduate student's) attending either a two (2) or four (4) year accredited institution, upon presentation of a satisfactory transcript at the end of the first marking period, taking a minimum of 12 earned credits and in good academic standing.
    10. Any applicant who is tuition free or on full scholarship is ineligible for any of these awards.
    11. In order to receive the Scholarship award, a recipient of a scholarship and/or such recipient’s parent/legal guardian or other designee must attend the County Leitrim Society’s Annual Scholarship & Communion Brunch in November where the awards will be presented. In the event such recipient and/or parent/legal guardian or other designee does not attend this event, such scholarship award will revert back to the scholarship fund and will not be provided to the alternate applicant.

       

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 Scholarship Application Form