Guidance

(Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling)

Multiple scholarships were awarded in May 2022.  The top recipient received the $1,500 Scholarship in memory of one of our PACAC founding fathers, Benjamin James.  The other three recipients received a $1,000 Scholarship.  These are one-time, nonrenewable scholarships.

Selection Criteria:

• Academic performance in a college prep curriculum, with a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Financial need
• Commitment to furthering their post-secondary education
• PACAC Membership; at least one member of the student’s secondary school counseling office, or community-based organization, must be a current PACAC member. Students who work with an Independent Educational Consultant who holds current PACAC membership may also apply.

• For the 2023 contest, any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild, or legal ward) of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2020, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2020, is eligible to apply. The Elk must also be a paid-up member through March 31, 2023. Great-grandchildren are not eligible.
• The applicant must be a high school senior.
• The applicant must apply online only. The 2023 Legacy Awards application deadline is February 6, 2023, 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
• If the applicant’s parent and grandparent are both Elk members, the applicant must apply through the parent’s Elks Lodge.
• We have waived the standardized test requirement for the 2023 Legacy contest. You do not need to submit ACT and/or SAT scores.
• Students may apply for more than one ENF scholarship; however, they may win only one. In cases where the student wins more than one, we will award the scholarship with the greater value. Students can accept local and state scholarships, which are separate from the awards at the national level.
• Legacy Awards may only be applied to accredited US American schools, colleges or universities. (Note: Applicants from Guam, Panama, Puerto Rico and the Philippines may apply Legacy Awards toward schools, colleges or universities in their respective homes.)

If you are selected as a 2023 Legacy Awards recipient, you will be required to perform three instances of service with an Elks Lodge during the four years you are receiving the scholarship. Click here for more information about serving with the Elks.

Applicants must:

• Be a PSECU member by December 31, 2022. Individuals with custodial accounts are eligible. Joint owners, however, aren’t considered members.
• Be a current high school senior.
• Be planning to enroll in a two- or four-year college or university in fall 2023.

Eligible applicants must attend school in one of the following counties: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Sullivan, Wayne, & Wyoming.

A student is eligible to apply if:

1. The student or their parent(s)/guardian(s) must be an FNCB customer* and;
2. The student must be a graduating high school senior who will be enrolled in a full-time accredited undergraduate or trade/technical school in the 2023-2024 school year.

*All accounts must be active and in good standing, with no delinquent or charged off loans.

Children of FNCB Bank employees or officials are not eligible to apply.

REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible to apply for any of the Horatio Alger Undergraduate Scholarships, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Be enrolled full time as a high school student in the United States; be progressing normally toward graduation with plans to enter a college in the United States no later than the fall following graduation
• Exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree at an accredited non-profit public or private institution in the United States (students may start their studies at a two-year institution and then transfer to a four-year institution)
• Demonstrate critical financial need ($55,000 or lower adjusted gross family income is required)
• Be involved in co-curricular and community service activities
• Display integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity
• Maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0; and
• Be a United States citizen

To be eligible for the award, applicants must be in the graduating class of the year the scholarships are awarded. Applicants who have graduated high school or completed one semester or more at any college or university are ineligible.

STUDENT MUST BE ENTERING FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE IN CURRENT YEAR.

The contest is open to Wayne County students only.

There is no discrimination to race or sex.

• attend school in the Lackawaxen Watershed. (The high schools in the Lackawaxen Watershed are Honesdale H. S., Wallenpaupack Area H.S., Western Wayne H. S., and Canaan Christian Academy H. S.)
• intend to pursue a career supporting environmental conservation
• plan to major in college in a subject area that will lead to the achievement of this career goal.

The amount of the award is $500.

or

See Guidance for details.

Eligible students/learners will reside in Wayne, Pike, or Monroe County. He/she will be planning to pursue a career in Human Services, Social Work, or Special Education. Preference will be given to individuals who are looking to pursue human, social, educational, or health/clinical career paths working directly with individuals with disabilities.

Email your essay, with “Georges Lieber” as the subject, to the Jewish Studies Committee at Gettysburg College:

gettysburgcollegejewishstudies@gmail.com

• Forestry
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Planning
• Environmental Engineering
• Fish, Game, or Wildlife Management
• Ecology and/or Environmental Studies

The scholarship is awarded in increments of $1,000 per year for each year of the degree program.

The amount of the award is $500.