Malinda Wendt Perseverance Scholarship
Due: Deadline has passed
Amount: $1,000.00
Scholarship Information
In honor of Malinda Wendt's 80th birthday in 2008, her family established a scholarship honoring her perseverance. Malinda was an inspiration to all who knew her. She triumphed over a difficult childhood, serious health issues, and personal tragedies. While never complaining, she was a shining example of what can be accomplished by sheer determination.
Malinda worked for 20 years at an elementary school, many of them as an unpaid volunteer. She valued education and hard work and was very supportive of her grandchildren's scholarship pursuits at Union Mine. We would like to award this scholarship to a student who has demonstrated great courage by overcoming significant life challenges on the path to high school graduation.
Scholarship Requirements
- High School Requirement:
- El Dorado High School, Oak Ridge High School, Ponderosa High School, Union Mine High School
- Financial Needs Requirement:
- Yes
- Other Requirements:
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- Applicant must be a senior at one of the four comprehensive high schools in the district.
- Student must be planning to attend a four-year college, community college or accredited trade school.
- Applicant must be a senior at one of the four comprehensive high schools in the district.
- Considerations Not Applicable:
- GPA, Ethnicity, Gender, College Choice, Intended Career/Major
Required Documents
- General Application - qty 1 , Create a PDF of your general application from this website and upload it using the 'Scholarship Specific Application Link'. Click here.
- Essay - qty 1 , Topic: Explain a significant personal challenge you conquered to arrive at this important point in life. This challenge could be a family situation, economic hardship, health problem, learning disability, peer pressure, etc., Word Count: 500 minimum
- Financial Statement - qty 1 , click on the link below to complete the Financial Statement. Please then upload it to your documents. Click here.
Submission Details
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Additional Scholarship Information
The Malinda Wendt family will be selecting the winner. Presentation of the scholarship will be at your school's awards night.
The perseverance demonstrated by the student, and their ability to document this in a brief essay, will be the most important selection criteria -- not the GPA or extracurricular activities or difficulty of classes taken.