Legends for Kids Scholarship Application

Legends for Kids Scholarship Application
Purpose:
Legends for Kids awards scholarships to college-bound high school
seniors who have demonstrated leadership/commitment in school
athletics, their community and academic achievement.
Criteria:
The students eligible for assistance must be graduating high school seniors who reside in or around the
areas outlined on the map attached and intend to continue their education at a two or four-year college
or university in the fall directly after their graduation from high school. The student must have a
cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher in high school. The student must have participated or
contributed to their high school athletic program in any way.
Guidelines:
Scholarships will be awarded in two equal payments in August and January of the first year of posthigh school education and after an official transcript has been sent in for confirmation. Students must
continue to attend classes and maintain no lower than a 2.5 grade-point average (or equivalent).
Amount:
Each scholarship awarded will be $5,000 to be paid in two equal installments directly to the
academic institution.
Deadline:
The application deadline is Thursday, April 21, 2016
Renewal Process:
This scholarship is not renewable. Only high school seniors intending to enroll in a two or four-year
college or university are eligible to apply. Previous scholarship recipients cannot re-apply.
Scholarship Criteria:
1.The student(s) must be a senior as defined by the high school.
2.The student(s) must have a minimum 2.5 GPA.
3.The student(s) must be nominated by school official (e.g. principal, athletic director, coach).
4.The student(s) must display high character and values that make them a positive role model within
their respective community.
The following guidelines will be observed by the selection committee:
• Applications will be reviewed and scholarship recipients selected in accordance with the written
criteria established.
• All qualified applicants will be considered.
• For each scholarship recipient selected all application criteria, questions and appropriate paperwork
must be completed.
Legends for Kids is now accepting applications for the Legends for Kids Scholarship. This
scholarship seeks to identify the most outstanding graduating senior(s) and to grant an award to
be used for higher-level education. The $5,000 prize was created in 2016 by Legends for Kids,
Hy-Vee Food Stores, Sanford Health and First Premier. The award recipient must be a graduating
senior. Additionally, the award recipient will have demonstrated exceptional character and leadership
in furthering his/her own progress and in enriching the lives of others, especially in athletics and
school involvement.
Those interested in nominating a student(s) for this prize need to submit a nomination packet to
Sanford Health, by no later than April 21, 2016 at 5 p.m.
The application criteria should address the ways in which the student exemplifies this award. Specific
examples of activities and achievements are especially helpful to the selection committee. Finalists,
who are selected by a committee designated by the Legends for Kids Board of Directors, will be
notified in May of 2016.
For more information, contact Tyler Schulte at [email protected] or at (605) 312-7909.
Application Criteria (filled out by school official):
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Nomination Questions (filled out by school official; 250 words or less for each):
1.How did this individual consistently surpass expectations in his or her pursuit of excellence,
model exemplary leadership, and/or improve the experience of teammates, students, faculty,
and/or the school as a whole?
2.How did this individual consistently provide a superior level of service while meeting the needs of
the people assisted? Please identify those whom the nominee serves or helps.
3.How did this individual demonstrate the extraordinary spirit of being a team player?
4.A Closing Story. Please tell us the story of a specific situation or project that demonstrates how this
nominee has met and surpassed the criteria this category rewards.
Student Questions (filled out by student; 250 words or less for each):
1.Future goals
2.Community involvement
3.Why do you think you have been nominated?
Scholarship Packet Must Include:
1.Application Criteria
2.Nomination Questions
3.Two letters of recommendation (different school official than person nominating the student)
4.Official Transcript (Final Transcript must be sent after graduation to receive scholarship)
Photo and Media Release:
I hereby grant Sanford Health, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns and transferees (collectively,
“Sanford”), the right to use my picture, portrait, biographical information, audiotape or videotape
recordings and sound or silent motion pictures of me and to copyright, use and publish, in print and
electronic format, with or without my name, for any lawful purpose including, but not limited to,
promotional, advertising and for any other purpose in furtherance of Sanford’s objectives.
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NORTH DAKOTA
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Legends For Kids Scholarships
applications are limited
to students that meet the
criteria listed within the
application and reside within
communities that fall within
the shaded map area below.
ABERDEEN
SOUTH DAKOTA
WATERTOWN
MINNESOTA
MARSHALL
BROOKINGS
MADISON
FLANDREAU
MITCHELL
SALEM
BRANDON
LUVERNE
SIOUX FALLS
WORTHINGTON
ROCK RAPIDS
VIBORG
SIOUX CENTER
YANKTON
VERMILLION
IOWA
NEBRASKA
Visit LegendsForKids.com for
more information.
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Please send the scholarship packet to:
Sanford Health Attn: Deb Salava/Academic Affairs, Route 5684
1305 W. 18th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57117
The scholarship will be awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis. The group of applicants from which the recipients are selected must be sufficiently
broad as to be considered a charitable class. No grants will be awarded to an officer, manager or trustee of the organization, nor to a member of the selection
committee, a substantial contributor or certain U.S. government officials. Family members of these individuals are also no eligible to receive these grants.
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