ELIGIBILITY
Applications are limited to children of uniformed protectors currently serving in Union County.
Police and Law Enforcement
Fire Department (including volunteer firefighters)
State Police living in or assigned to Union County
Prosecutor's Office
Sheriff's Department.
TO QUALIFY
• A parent must be actively serving Union County in a branch of public safety.
• Student Status: The applicant must be a bona fide member of the June graduating high school class of the Effective Academic School Year.
• Diploma Requirements: The applicant must be eligible to receive a high school diploma prior to September 1st, of the Effective Academic School Year.
• School Attendance: The applicant must be a bona fide student in any private, parochial or public school located in or out of Union County.
• Aspirations: The student must have a definite plan to pursue a post-high school program of education or training.
• Character: The applicant must have exhibited good citizenship traits and be of sound moral character.
• Post-High School Program: The applicant must plan on the pursuit of his post-high school program on a full-time basis.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Scholarships are awarded for each academic year and may be renewed for a total of four academic years. The number of individual scholarships and amounts awarded in any year will depend upon financial resources and budgetary constraints of The Two Hundred Club in each year.
Applicants will be judged on the basis of financial need, S.A.T. scores, class standing, and citizenship. A professional staff will coordinate the processing of all applications for review and selection by the Scholarship Committee of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees will ultimately approve the scholarship awards.
Announcement of the awards will normally be made in May at an appropriate awards assembly. Payments will be made directly to the institution each semester.
Scholarships are renewable each year upon re-application, proof of academic eligibility and approval of the Scholarship Committee. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to discontinue the scholarship program at any time.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Applications for the following academic year, i.e. September – July must be received no later than March 1st. The application form should be completed and mailed to:
The Two Hundred Club of Union County
222 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076
Academic Excellence Application
Applications received after March 1st will not be considered. The applicant must arrange with the school’s guidance counselor for the forwarding of his or her Secondary School Transcript (including S.A.T. Scores) and the School’s Recommendation with a special notation relative to character and citizenship.
* Eligibility is limited to the children of public safety personnel engaged in the branches reflected above only. It does not include children of personnel working in clerical or other non-related public safety duties. Children of members of The Two Hundred Club are ineligible.
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