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Scholarship Fund Criteria
Purpose of the Alumni Association Scholarships
The Camden Alumni Association By Laws include the objective
to provide a scholarship(s) award(s) to (a) deserving student(s) of the current graduating class of CCS.
Scholarship Selection
Criteria
The student applicant must:
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Have a mother, father, step parent, or legal guardian who was a graduate of Camden High School
or Camden Central School;
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Be a graduating senior;
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Be accepted at any two or four year accredited college;
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Apply for such scholarship
through the Guidance Department of the High School;
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Submit a complete and accurate application to the guidance office by the first
Friday in May.
The Association Scholarship Selection Committee shall:
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Not discriminate between applicants on the basis of physical
disability, race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, national origin, or financial status of the family;
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Announce the selection criteria
to the community in advance of the application and selection process so that all are aware of the standards that will be applied in
the selection of recipients;
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To the best of their ability be fair and equitable in determining recipients, realizing that not all applicants
can be awarded a scholarship despite the quality of their application and the merits of their needs.
The Operating Procedures
for the Scholarship Committee
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The President provides the Guidance Department with the Scholarship Application Forms sometime in January.
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In
mid-March, the Chairperson enters scholarship notices in the QCN, and Cable TV.
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Students must submit completed applications, containing
all required information, to the guidance office by the first Friday in May.
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The Scholarship Chairperson scans each application to
ascertain that the form is complete (i.e. telephone number, address, letter of acceptance from college, etc.) and calls the applicant
if anything has been left out.
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The Scholarship Chairperson sets a date for the scholarship committee meeting, at which 5 of the 7 voting
members must be present, for the purpose of reviewing the applications and selecting the scholarship recipients.
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Early in June, the
Scholarship Chairperson calls the parents of the winners and the Alumni Registrar for reservations and free tickets for the recipients
only.
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Only the Alumni President, Treasurer and/or Scholarship Chairperson are authorized to handle scholarship monies.
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All scholarship
recipients must show proof of college enrollment to the Scholarship Chairperson by Sept 15th so that the Treasurer can make payment
to scholarship winners by Oct 1st (as stated in the By Laws).
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The Scholarship Chairperson writes a note of appreciation and thanks
for scholarship gifts given in memoriam.
The Scholarship Committee Application Review Process
The Scholarship Chairperson
will:
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Conduct the Scholarship Application Review Meeting.
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Provide each Scholarship Committee member with a copy of each application,
and collect the copies at the end of the meeting.
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Conduct a vote for each scholarship applicant based on the selections made by the
Scholarship Committee members
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(The Scholarship
Chairperson is a non-voting member of the Committee).
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Determine the applicants with the highest vote total from the Committee vote.
Conduct a second vote as a tie-breaker, if needed.
Each member of the Scholarship Committee will:
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Read each application.
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Verify that
all information is accurate and complete.
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Select applications equal to the number of scholarships to be awarded confidentially from
among those submitted.
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Vote for the applicants they selected by secret ballot.
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The Scholarship Chairperson, assisted by the President,
will conduct the tally.
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