Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance (WiRSA) Scholarship Guidelines

In recognition of the tremendous efforts put forth by Wisconsin’s rural schools to provide their students with quality education in an ever-changing environment, it is with pleasure that the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance (WiRSA) announces the implementation of an annual scholarship.

Scholarship Rules and Guidelines:

  1. To quality, participating schools must be current paid members of WiRSA.
  2. The scholarship will be awarded annually to one graduating high school senior from each of the four membership regions of Wisconsin as specified in the organization’s bylaws. There will be no discrimination made as to this scholarship based on race, color, religion, national origin or sex, either by WiRSA or participating member schools.
  3. An alternate will be selected in each region as the eligible recipient if the regional winner does not successfully enter the second semester of post-secondary education.
  4. Each recipient will receive a one-time cash scholarship of $500.00, to be used by the student to help defray the costs of post-secondary education and related expenses.
  5. The funds will be distributed directly to the recipient upon submittal of a first semester transcript and second semester class schedule.
  6. Each school is responsible for distributing to its students information pertaining to the scholarship application, rules and guidelines.
  7. Each school must screen and evaluate its own applicants, based upon criteria set forth on the WiRSA Scholarship Application Form, and then choose a single semi-finalist to be forwarded to WiRSA for consideration. (Each school may submit only one entry for consideration.)
  8. Entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than February 15th of each year in order to be considered.
  9. WiRSA will appoint a scholarship committee consisting of members of its board of directors to determine the winners of the scholarship and one alternate for each region.
  10. If a student from a WiRSA board member’s school district is a semi-finalist for the scholarship, that board member will be excluded from any and all aspects of the judging process.
  11. The superintendents of the school districts attended by each of the regional winners will be notified in writing of the award being made to their students.
  12. The scholarship will be announced by April 15th of each year.
  13. Whenever possible, a representative from WiRSA will attend the school awards ceremony to award the scholarship to the winner in each region.
  14. All applications and essays shall be submitted to the executive director of WiRSA.

Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance (WiRSA)

Scholarship Application – Graduating Senior

2013-14

Deadline to apply is February 15, 2014

One application per school district (school district must be a current WiRSA member)

Applicant Name Click here to enter text.

Home Address Click here to enter text.

Home Phone Number Click here to enter text.

Parent(s)/Legal Guardian(s) Name(s) Click here to enter text.

School District Click here to enter text. CESA Click here to enter text.

Grade Point Average Click here to enter text.Class Rank Click here to enter text.Number in Class Click here to enter text.

List involvement in community and civic service. Click here to enter text.

List involvement in extra-curricular activities. Click here to enter text.

List any special honors, awards or recognition you have received. Click here to enter text.

Attach to this application (not to exceed a total of two typewritten pages) a description of:

  1. The benefits of attending a rural school;
  2. Your college and career goals; and,
  3. The value of growing up in a rural community and what are the personal values you have gained from this experience.

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Applicant SignatureDate

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School Counselor SignatureDate

Mail to:or Email to:

Jerry

Executive Director

Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance

1015 21st Street

Prairie du Sac, WI 53578