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2012 OCDFS Scholarships and Criteria
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Student
planning to major in one of the following fields of
study: visual art, performance art, creative writing,
photography, graphic design, interior design, carpentry,
or architecture.
Student
planning to attend a 2 or 4-year college or university,
an apprenticeship, or a vocational school in the arts.
Non-accredited schools are eligible.
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
Essay #4
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
3.25 – 3.9
GPA
Preference
for student pursuing a major in a field related to
medicine or science
Financial
need considered
Essay #3
Graduate
of Oldham County HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Preference
for a student planning to attend a KY college or
university
Financial
need considered
Essay #1
Graduate
of Buckner HS or Oldham County HS
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Attended
Buckner Elementary School
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Essay #1
Attended
Camden Station Elementary School
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Attended
Centerfield Elementary School
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Graduate
of Oldham County HS
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Extra-Curricular Activities
Preference
for student planning to major in a business or marketing
field
Financial
need considered
Essay #2
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Must be a
Crestwood resident and family must pay City of Crestwood
taxes
Graduate
of North Oldham HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Must have
a Goshen zip code and family pays City of Goshen taxes
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school or a
home-schooled graduate
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Must be a
Pewee Valley resident and family must pay Pewee Valley
taxes
Employment
Financial
need considered
Essay #2
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school
2.0 – 2.5
GPA
Preference
for student planning to attend a Kentucky college or
university
Preference
for a student planning to major in the field of
construction
Financial
need considered
Essay #2
Graduate
of any public or private high school or a home-schooled
graduate
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Preference
for a student planning to major in the field of
education
Employment
Essay #3
Attended
Crestwood Elementary School
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Attended
East Oldham Middle School
Student a
member or parent/guardian member of PTSA at your high
school
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Essay #4
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Preference
for a student planning to major in pre-optometry or
pre-med program
Essay #3
Graduate
of North Oldham HS
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Attended
Goshen Elementary School
Student a
member of his/her high school PTSA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Student
has taken at least one AP class
Financial
need considered
Essay #1
or #4 (student's choice)
Attended
Harmony Elementary School
Student is
a member of the North Oldham HS PTSA
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school or a
home-schooled graduate
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Preference
for a student pursuing vet medicine or vet tech major
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Essay #1
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS,
or a home-schooled graduate
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Essay #4
Graduate
of South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
A family
member has attended or is currently attending Kenwood
Station Elementary School
Parent
member of South Oldham HS PTSA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
or private high school
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Preference
for student entering a dental or medical field of study
Essay #3
Attended
LaGrange Elementary School
Preference
for graduate of Oldham County HS, but will consider
graduate of BHS, NOHS, or SOHS
Graduate
of Oldham County HS
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Financial
need considered
Essay #1
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Student
must have completed a program at the Arvin Center (IT,
Nursing, Automotive, Carpentry, Financial, etc.)
Essay #l
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Attended
Liberty Elementary School
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
Graduate
of Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Sibling
has attended or is currently attending Locust Grove
Elementary School
Student
or parent a member of applicant’s PTSA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Essay #4
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Essay #3
Graduate
of any public or private high school or a home-schooled
graduate
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Preference
for student entering a dental or medical field of study
Essay #4
Graduate
of North Oldham HS
Minimum
3.5 GPA
One family
member is a current member of the North Oldham HS
Booster Club
Must be
involved in at least one North Oldham HS athletic sport
Financial
need considered
Essay #3
Graduate
of North Oldham HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Student a
member of North Oldham HS PTSA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Graduate
of North Oldham HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
One family
member is a current member of the North Oldham HS
Booster Club
One family
member was a member of the North Oldham MS Booster Club
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Essay #1
Graduate
of North Oldham HS
Attended
North Oldham MS
Student a
member of PTSA at North Oldham HS
Essay #1
Graduate
of any public or private school or a
home-schooled graduate
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Preference
for student planning to major in agriculture, business
or journalism
Essay #1
or #4 (student's choice)
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school or private high
school
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school or a
home-schooled graduate
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Preference
for student planning to attend a KY college or
university
Preference
for student pursuing major in journalism with plans to
enter newspaper/web/media
3 samples
of work that have been published in the school yearbook,
newspaper, or local newspaper or another publication
(Submit with application to OCDFS)
Extra-Curricular Activities
Both
scholarships require:
Graduate
of Oldham County HS
Student a
member of PTSA at Oldham County HS
Essay #1
Academic Excellence Award
o
Minimum
3.5 GPA (weighted)
o
Minimum
ACT composite score of 26
OCHS
Colonel Award
o
Minimum
3.0 GPA (weighted)
o
Minimum
ACT composite score of 21
Graduate
of Oldham County HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Attended
Oldham County MS
Student
and parent members of PTSA at Oldham County HS
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Essay #2
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school
Minimum
3.5 GPA
Preference
for student planning to major in Physical Therapy (PT),
PT Assistant, athletic training, sports medicine,
nursing or any healthcare field.
Financial
need considered
Essay #3
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school or any private
school
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Student
has a current Oldham County Public Library card
Preference
for a student majoring in a research-based field
(library science, info technology, statistics, technical
writing,
journalism, or English)
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
Essay #4
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Preference
for a student planning to major in visual or performing
arts
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
SOHS –
Mike Bell Scholarship; OCHS – Katherine Johnson
Scholarship; NOHS – Blake Haselton Scholarship
Minimum
2.0 GPA
Preference
for student pursuing major in Education
Extra-Curricular Activities
Financial
need considered
PEWEE VALLEY MASONIC LODGE VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP (1 @
$1,000)
Graduate
of NOHS, OCHS, SOHS or Buckner HS
Minimum 2.5 GPA
Student
must attend a vocational /technical school after
graduation from high school
(Example: ITT, Galen School of Nursing, Lincoln School
of Technology)
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
Essay #1
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
3.4 – 3.7
GPA
Employment
Extra-Curricular Activities
Financial
need considered
Essay #4
Graduate
of any Oldham County high school or a
home-schooled graduate
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Student
has taken at least one AP class
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Preference
for student planning to attend a Kentucky college or
university
Graduate
of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
2.5 – 3.9
GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Preference
for candidates with leadership experience
Essay #1
Graduate
of Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS
3.25 –
3.74 GPA
Preference
for student planning to attend a Kentucky college or
university
Preference
for student planning to study Agriculture, Civil
Engineering, Construction, or Natural Science
Financial
need considered
Must
maintain at least a 2.0 GPA for first semester of
college to receive second semester payment of this
scholarship
Essay #1
Graduate
of South Oldham HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
South
Oldham HS Booster Club member
Minimum 3
years athletic team participation at South Oldham HS
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Graduate
of South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.25 GPA (2 scholarships)
2.5 – 3.24
GPA (1 scholarship)
Student
and parent/guardian members of the PTSA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra
Curricular Activities
Graduate
of South Oldham HS or Buckner HS
2.0 – 2.5
GPA
Employment
Financial
need considered
Letter of
recommendation from high school counselor
Graduate
of South Oldham MS and South Oldham HS
2.75 – 3.5
GPA
Minimum 5
years of combined middle school and high school
participation in athletics/dance/cheer
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Extra-Curricular Activities
Essay #4
Graduate
of South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Attended
South Oldham MS
Essay #1
Graduate
of South Oldham HS
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Financial
need considered
Essay #1
Graduate
of any Oldham County HS
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Preference
for student majoring in a business field
Financial
need considered
Graduate
of any public or private high school or a
home-schooled graduate
Minimum
3.0 GPA
Employment
Preference
for graduate of South Oldham HS, but will consider
graduates all other Oldham County high schools
Minimum
2.5 GPA
Community
Service/Volunteerism
Preference
for student planning to major in nursing, medical,
veterinary or agricultural field
Financial
need considered
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