Pierre Goodrich Scholarship 2018 Information

  1. This application “packet” includes:
  2. This information page with timeline
  3. English teacher review page (see #4 below)
  4. Goodrich Foundation instructions page
  5. The two-page application will be e-mailed to interested students, which will allow you to type in the needed information. You will then need to print the completed application, sign and date, and include it in your 3 ring binder presentation. The application is also available online.
  6. The Guidance Office will take care of adding your transcript to your completed application.
  7. The scholarship selection committee for the Winchester Foundation would like to have all of the material placed in a 3-ring binder (not folder) for use in copying. Do not use dividers, tabs, clear plastic pages, etc. to divide the scholarship sections or to protect your pages.
  8. The application should be typed! — Neatly prepared—and proofread for spelling and grammar. You will need to submit your binder to an English teacher for review and editing suggestions. Please allow one (1) week prior to the application deadline. Activity period would be a good time to contact the English teacher of your choice. You will submit the English teacher review sign-off sheet with your application.
  9. Please note the date and time the application is due!! ABSOLUTELY No Exceptions!!

2018 Timeline for Winchester Foundation

Pierre Goodrich Application

Wednesday, January 24, 2018Applications available in Guidance Office

Applications available on WCHS website (wchs.rc.k12.in.us)

(Under the Guidance Tab)

Friday, February 16, 2018Applications are due to the Guidance Office by 12:00 noon,

ABSOLUTELY no exceptions.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 WCHS School Recommending Board meets

3:25 p.m. WCHS Library

Monday, February 26, 2018WCHS School Recommending Board recommendations due

3:30 p.m. to Guidance Office

Thursday, March 1, 2018All Goodrich applications in PDF version will be submitted by email.

Friday, March 9, 2018WCHS will be notified of finalists and times the Goodrich Board wishes to interview each finalist. All applicants will be notified of his/her status. Finalists will be given the date and time of his/her interview.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018WCHS Recommending Board representatives will

meet with bank officials. Then on 15-minute intervals

student interviews will be held for the finalists.

GOODRICH APPLICATION TEACHER REVIEW

The Guidance Office is requiring all Goodrich applicants to submit their applications to an English teacher for review and suggestions. You may submit your application to the English teacher of your choice. It is recommended that you give your application to the teacher about a week ahead of the deadline to allow time for review, suggestions, and any editing changes you would like to make. It is still YOUR application, and it is up to you to edit, choose to use suggestions or not, and finalize your application, as well as turn it in on time. Please turn in this slip with your application, signed by an English teacher. It is not to be included as part of your application.

Applicant’s name: ______

Signature of English teacher: ______Date______

INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION

THE WINCHESTER FOUNDATION-PIERRE GOODRICH SCHOLARSHIP

I.

Application must be typed using the word document sent to you. Place documents in a 3-ring binder in the following order:

  1. Cover page:2018 Pierre Goodrich Scholarship Application

(Small graduation picture)

Jane Doe

Senior, Winchester Community High School

  1. 2-page application form (signed and dated)
  1. A transcript of all grades from high school. You must have attended Winchester Community High School during your last two full school years prior to graduation.

(The 7-semester transcript will be added to your portfolio in the guidance office.)

  1. A neatly prepared listing of all extra-curricular activities in which you have engaged during your tenure at Winchester Community High School. This listing should include activities within the high school and in the broader community. Indicate for each item listed the dates of association with the organization or activity, the listing of any offices or positions you may have held with the organization or activity and the dates of such offices or positions.
  1. A statement, as brief as possible and not to exceed five hundred words, describing the most significant accomplishment you feel you have experienced in the course of your tenure at Winchester Community High School.
  1. A statement, as brief as possible and not to exceed five hundred words, indicating the names of the colleges to which you have applied and why and which college is your first choice among those selected.
  1. A statement, as brief as possible and not to exceed five hundred words, of what you hope to achieve or receive from attending the college of your choosing.
  1. A statement, as brief as possible and not to exceed five hundred words, indicating your perception of what a society of free and responsible individuals means. (A copy of the booklet “Why Liberty” by Pierre F. Goodrich is available on the WCHS website, in the guidance office or may be checked out overnight from the high school library.)

II.

Attention should be given to the fact that it is mandatory that no member of the Recommending Board at the high school be in a position to derive personal benefit from the Selection Committee’s ultimate choice. Additionally, no member of that Board may be a close relative of the applicant. If a conflict is evident, it should be reported to the principal at the high school immediately.

The applicant should be aware that he/she will be expected to appear for an interview before the Selection Committee if asked to do so.