2012 OCDFS Scholarships and Criteria

ARTS ASSOCIATION OF OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP (3 @ $5,000)

Graduate of any public or private high school, home-school graduate, or student with a GED

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

BAPTIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

BEDFORD BANK SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

BUCKNER ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Graduate of Buckner HS or Oldham County HS

Minimum 3.5 GPA

Attended Buckner Elementary School

Community Service/Volunteerism

Essay #1

CAMDEN STATION ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Attended Camden Station Elementary School

Community Service/Volunteerism

Extra-Curricular Activities

CENTERFIELD ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $500)

Attended Centerfield Elementary School

Community Service/Volunteerism

Extra-Curricular Activities

CHAMPION CHEVROLET/BUICK SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

CITY OF CRESTWOOD SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

CITY OF GOSHEN SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $500)

Graduate of North Oldham HS

Minimum 2.5 GPA

Must have a Goshen zip code and family pays City of Goshen taxes

CITY OF PEWEE VALLEY SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $2,000)

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

COLDWELL BANKER McMAHAN SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

COLLEGE PREP RESOURCES SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Attended Crestwood Elementary School

EAST OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

GADDIE EYE CENTER SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

GOSHEN ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $500)

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)

HARMONY ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Attended Harmony Elementary School

Student is a member of the North Oldham HS PTSA

HUMANE SOCIETY OF OLDHAM COUNTY “BUCK’S BUCKS” SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER OF OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

Graduate of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS, or a home-schooled graduate

Minimum 2.5 GPA

INTERNAL MEDICINE & PEDIATRICS SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $1,000)

Graduate of North Oldham HS, Oldham County HS or South Oldham HS

Minimum 2.5 GPA

Essay #4

KENWOOD STATION ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

KENTUCKY ORAL SURGERY AND DENTAL IMPLANT CENTER (2 @ $500)

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

LAGRANGE ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $ 500)

Attended LaGrange Elementary School

Preference for graduate of Oldham County HS, but will consider graduate of BHS, NOHS, or SOHS

LAGRANGE ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,500)

Graduate of Oldham County HS

Minimum 3.5 GPA

Financial need considered

Essay #1

LAGRANGE ROTARY ARVIN CENTER SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,500)

Minimum 3.5 GPA

Student must have completed a program at the Arvin Center (IT, Nursing, Automotive, Carpentry, Financial, etc.)

Essay #l

LIBERTY ELEMENTARY PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

LOCUST GROVE PTA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

MEDICAL STAFF, BAPTIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP  (1 @ $1,000)

Graduate of any Oldham County high school

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Essay #3

 

MORTENSON FAMILY DENTAL SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

NORTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $1,000)

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

NORTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Graduate of North Oldham HS

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Student a member of North Oldham HS PTSA

Community Service/Volunteerism

Extra-Curricular Activities

NORTH OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $500)

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

NORTH OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Graduate of North Oldham HS

Attended North Oldham MS

Student a member of PTSA at North Oldham HS

Essay #1

OLDHAM COUNTY DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

Graduate of any public or private school or a home-schooled graduate

Minimum 3.0 GPA

OLDHAM COUNTY DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS CHAPTER/FASTLINE PUBLICATIONS SCHOLARSHIP
(2 @ $1,000)

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)

OLDHAM COUNTY DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS CHAPTER/TRI-COUNTY FORD SCHOLARSHIP
(1 @ $1,000)

Graduate of any Oldham County high school or private high school

Minimum 2.5 GPA

Community Service/Volunteerism

Financial need considered

OLDHAM ERA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

OLDHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $500)

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

OLDHAM COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

OLDHAM COUNTY PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

OLDHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $600)

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

OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS ARTS CENTER SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

OLDHAM COUNTY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP (3 @ $1,000)

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

PEWEE VALLEY WOMEN’S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP (3 @ $2,000)

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

PROJECT GUILD OF LAGRANGE (1 @ $500)

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

RED CROSS OF OLDHAM COUNTY –
Dr. CHARLEEN McAULIFFE YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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

ROGERS GROUP/OLDHAM COUNTY STONE SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

SOUTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB SCHOLARSHIP (4 @ $1,000)
IN HONOR OF WALT SCHUMM and the LATE JEROME J. HARTLAGE

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

SOUTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (3 @ $500)

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

SOUTH OLDHAM LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Graduate of South Oldham HS or Buckner HS

2.0 – 2.5 GPA

Employment

Financial need considered

Letter of recommendation from high school counselor

SOUTH OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

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

SOUTH OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Graduate of South Oldham HS

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Attended South Oldham MS

Essay #1

SOUTH OLDHAM ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP (2 @ $1,000)

Graduate of South Oldham HS

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Community Service/Volunteerism

Financial need considered

Essay #1

THE BANK OF OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

Graduate of any Oldham County HS

Minimum 2.5 GPA

Preference for student majoring in a business field

Financial need considered

TRAN ORTHODONTICS SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $1,000)

Graduate of any public or private high school or a home-schooled graduate

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Employment

DR. AND MRS. JEFF WILLARD SCHOLARSHIP (1 @ $500)

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