Dear friends in Christ,
Council 9676 of the Knights of Columbus is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the 2020 Catholic High School Scholarship Award. This scholarship will be awarded to an eighth grade student who will be attending one of the Birmingham area Catholic High Schools or St. Bernard’s Academy starting in the 2020-2021 school year. The applicant must be a member of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church.
If the student maintains at least a 3.0 average all four years a final payment of $500.00 will be awarded to the student at graduation. A student graduating with a GPA 3.5 or above (4.0 scale) will receive a total cash payment of $1000 at graduation. Total value of the scholarship over 4 years is up to $6000.
Any graduating student from the eighth grade is eligible no matter what school they currently attend. The scholarship will be awarded based on need, academics and extracurricular activities.
The application form may be typewritten or handwritten as long as it is legible. We ask that all essays be handwritten. Completed applications may be submitted either electronically via email or mailed through the postal service. See below for routing instructions.
Download PDF application form here:
2020 Scholarship Application
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Mailed Submittals:
Knights of Columbus Council 96765514 Double Oak Lane
Birmingham, AL 35242
Attn: Scholarship Committee