Graduation Newsletter

Seniors - here's the information you've been waiting for! You should find a printed copy in your mail soon.

Updated 5/9/17 to include BOTH pages!

Scholarship Opportunity: Kendall County Abstract Company

Kendall County Abstract Company will once again be presenting the ‘Freedom Award’ to a graduating senior from BHS, Champion High School, or The Geneva School who plans to attend either college or a technical training school.  The award will be in the amount of $3,000.00 and will be based on the writing of an essay approximately 1000 words in length. 

This year’s topic is ‘Is our freedom being eroded?’

Students must submit the typed essay to the counseling office no later than Friday, May 5^th @ 9:00 am.  NO NAME should appear on the essay.  Students are to provide a cover page with their name and student id#.  

More information can be found here.

GRADUATING SENIORS: Volunteer to Deliver Opening or Closing Remarks

If you would like to volunteer to deliver the Opening or Closing remarks at the 2017 Graduation Ceremony, please either pick up (or download) an application and return it to Mrs. Aviles in the Counselors' Office by 4 PM on Friday, April 21. We will notify you by Friday, May 5 if you are chosen.

Good luck!

*Edited - deadline extended!

Scholarship Opportunity: Desk and Derrick Club of San Antonio

The Desk and Derrick Club of San Antonio was founded over 50 years ago in order to provide learning opportunities to employees of the oil and gas industry. Because they strongly believe that education is a powerful and necessary tool for success, the club created a scholarship fund. This year, they will award scholarships to graduating seniors from a public school, charter school, or home school in Bexar County or an adjacent county.

Scholarship recipients may be students who have excelled academically with a minimum 3.0 grade average. Students may be the ones who radiate leadership qualities but may not necessarily have been involved in many extracurricular activities or community service because of financial and/or other personal circumstances. They are seeing students who strive to reach for their goals despite their personal situations.

The packet with scholarship application, sealed transcript, and sealed recommendations must be postmarked by April 30, 2017,  and sent via US Mail to:

Desk and Derrick
Attention: Kathy Johnson
P.O. Box 782228
San Antonio, TX 78278

Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will not be considered. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Download the application here.

More scholarships may be found here.

Scholarship Opportunity: Federation of Insurance Women of Texas

The Federation of Insurance Women of Texas, Inc. (FIWT) is proud to offer a two thousand dollar scholarship to a current high school senior or college student.  The money is distributed $1,000 in the fall of 2017 and $1,000 in the spring of 2018.  This scholarship is regional and will be offered to students in the San Antonio, Coastal Bend Region and Harlingen, Texas areas.

The requirements are: 

1.       Must complete the application and submit by the deadline of May 12, 2017. 

2.       Must take a minimum of 12 hours with a least 1 course being insurance or business related. 

3.       The college or university must be located in Texas.

4.       The applicant must maintain a grade point average of B or above to be eligible.  Eligibility will be checked again at the onset of the spring 2018 semester before the 2^nd payment is made.

Please complete the application below and mail to the following address:   FIWT c/o IACC, PO Box 271571, Corpus Christi TX 78427.   The deadline is May 12, 2017.  Anything post marked after that date will not be eligible.  Scholarships will be awarded by a committee and decided by May 31, 2017.  The winner will be notified by phone call and by mail.

If you have any questions about our organization, please feel free to look at our website at www.fiwt.com or you may check us out on Facebook!  You may also contact me by email at dtrees@higginbotham.net.

Scholarship information

Scholarship application

Additional scholarship opportunities may be found here.

Scholarship Opportunity: Kendall County Democrats Scholarship for Civic Engagement

Any graduating senior from a public high school in Kendall County (Boerne High School, Boerne Champion High School, or Comfort High School) planning to attend an accredited college or university in the fall of 2017 may apply.

Deadline is April 14, 2017.

UPDATE: The deadline for the Kendall County Area Democratic Women $1,000 college scholarship has been extended to APRIL 24!  

We know the spring is such a busy time for students and want to be sure they have sufficient time to submit their applications.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Alison Beam, KCADW Scholarship Chair, at 830-981-2326.

Download the application here.

More scholarships may be found here.