Announcement of Scholarship Opportunity
The Bensenville Rotary Club has been offering scholarships to Fenton High School graduates since 1987 and has provided 83 scholarships during that time, totally over $150,000. This year the Bensenville Rotary Club will make one of their scholarships available to high school seniors who live within the Fenton High School District 100 boundaries but attend another high school.
Qualifications for the $500 per year, four year scholarship, include:
Top 25% of their class as of the end of the first semester senior year
- Answer an essay question based on the motto “service above self”
- Participate in community service and extracurricular and/or school activities
- Provide at least 2 letters of recommendation that address character and leadership
- Demonstrate enrollment in a four year college or university or continuous enrollment in a four year academic program.
- May be asked to interview at Fenton High School
Students may apply, using the same application and criteria as Fenton students, by requesting an application from: Jill Rodriguez jrodriguez@benlib.org .
The deadline for completed applications is April 8, 2013.
Bensenville Rotary Club
c/o 200 South Church Road
Bensenville, IL 60106