Scholarship News
Posting Update: March 6/25
Richmond Teachers' Association Scholarship
For the following scholarship, please complete our In-School application form SLSS Scholarship Application (due April 17th, 2025), this is only if you have family (parents/ grandparents) who are or have been teachers in the Richmond School District.
Richmond Teachers' Association Scholarship deadline to apply
The Richmond Teachers' Association (RTA) will be providing a $1,000 scholarship to one graduating high school student at each of the 10 Richmond high schools.
Eligibility:
- The recipient shall be the child/dependent/ward of an active, retired or deceased member of the BCTF; if there are no qualified applicants then
- The student must be entering into the education field, if there are still no qualified applicants then
- The student has financial need.
For more information, visit: https://www.richmondteachersassociation.ca/uploads/1/2/2/4/122447975/rtascholarshippolicyupdated240204.pdf
APR 16/25 Richmond Association for Montessori Scholarship 4:00 PM Deadline
Richmond Association for Montessori Scholarship
Value: $500.00
District Criteria:
-Attended a Richmond District Montessori Program at Garden City, McKinney or Steves for a minimum of grades 4 through 7
-Demonstrated involvement in extracurricular activities and/or part-time work within the school and the community
-Graduating from a Richmond School District secondary school in June of 2025
-Will pursue a post-secondary education and be registered in a post-secondary institution within 18 months of graduation (proof of registration will be required)
-Is a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada and is ordinarily a permanent resident of Richmond •
Complete application form Richmond Association for Montessori Scholarship Application.pdf and 500-word statement describing how your Montessori education benefited your learning in secondary school and will help you in the years ahead.
Email completed application to montessorisd38@gmail.com
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The BC Government offers several different types of scholarships for provincial graduating high school students.
- BC Excellence - in-school nomination required
2) District/Authority Scholarship - in-school nomination required details sent in March 2025
3) BC Achievement Scholarship – automatic consideration given
4) Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship – student self-nominates
(See below for more information about each scholarship, eligibility criteria and links).
In all cases, students must be Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents. To receive a scholarship, students will need to provide their Social Insurance Number (SIN) to the BC Government.
BC Excellence Scholarships (Value $5,000)
To be considered for this scholarship, students must be nominated by their school Principal. Each school can nominate ONLY one grade 12 student. Interested students must first submit an online nomination form to their scholarship committee. Online submission portal will open in December.
School Nomination Deadline: Friday, Jan 17/2025 3:00 PM
MUST Complete in-school nomination form to be considered and please indicate on the form that you are applying to the BC Excellence Scholarship in question #3 of the form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mm_zj9hyJkWPzpJxkJGm7L_h-nBvsqpKvPlB5Ai7GVVUMkxZNEdLQkMzUFpVN1hLTzlITTBaVEJUVS4u
Review the following pages for information regarding scholarship requirements and for resources, such as a sample application.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/scholarships/provincial-scholarships/bc-excellence-scholarships https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/support/awards/bces_-_sample_application.pdf
The BC Excellence scholarship is awarded to 55 well-rounded high school graduates who have demonstrated service and leadership, both at school and in their communities. Recipients receive a $5,000 scholarship voucher that they can redeem with the Ministry of Education after they are attending a designated post-secondary institution or B.C. authorized trades training provider. Students selected as conditional recipients of the BC Excellence scholarship must meet the following requirements by August 31/2025 to be confirmed as a recipient and receive their scholarship voucher.
Eligibility requirements:
- be eligible for a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma)
- fulfill the requirements of the B.C. Graduation Program
- be graduating in the same year the scholarship is awarded; and have the following final marks:
- Minimum “B" average in grades 11 and 12 courses required for graduation.
- Minimum "B" (73% or above) in English or English First Peoples 12.
- Minimum “B" average, no more than one "C+" (67% or above), and no marks lower than “C+" in courses that fulfill graduation requirements for Science 11 or 12, Math 11, and Social Studies 11 or 12.
Note: students may apply for both the BC Excellence scholarship and the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship, but they can only be awarded one. The Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship DOES NOT require a nomination.
To complete your application for the BC Excellence Scholarship, the nominated student must attach a digital copy of the signed nomination form provided by their school principal. The form can be found at the beginning of the BC Excellence Scholarship application.
Complete details and the online application can be found at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/scholarships/provincial-scholarships/bc-excellence-scholarships
Interested students may apply for both the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship and be nominated for the BC Excellence scholarship but can be awarded only one. For more information about the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship, go to:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/scholarships/provincial-scholarships/pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship
District/Authority Scholarships (Value $1,250)
The District/Authority scholarship is awarded to 5,500 high school graduates who have demonstrated excellence in their chosen area. SLSS is able to nominate approximately 25 - 30 graduating students for the District/ Authority scholarship. While the Ministry of Education sets basic eligibility requirements, the SLSS Scholarship Committee will determine awarding criteria and select their conditional recipients. Please see table below for areas of selection.
Note more than one student can be selected per subject area and more details will be made available to you in March 2025.
The Ministry confirms that the selected students have meet basic criteria and then sends these confirmed recipients a $1,250 scholarship voucher that they can redeem with the Ministry after they are attending a designated post-secondary institution or B.C. authorized trades training provider.
Students selected as conditional recipients of the District/Authority scholarship must satisfy the following requirements by August 31/2024 of their graduating year to be confirmed as a recipient and receive their scholarship voucher.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Meet basic eligibility requirements
- Fulfill the graduation requirements of either the B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) or the B.C. Adult Graduation Diploma (Adult Dogwood)
- Meet criteria determined by the student’s local scholarship committee, including demonstration of outstanding achievement in one of the areas listed below.
Areas of Interest
Applied Design, Skills, & Technologies Business, Home Economics, Media Arts, Technology, Tourism
Community Service/Volunteer Activity Awareness of local, global, and cultural issues
Fine Arts Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts
Indigenous Languages & Culture Demonstrated at school or community
Languages External Assessments or Languages Curriculum,
including AP and IB courses
Physical Activity (Health) Athletics, Dance, Gymnastics
Technical & Trades Training Coding, Culinary Arts, Mechanics, Robotics, Woodwork
For more information visit:
Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship (Value $5,000)
DEADLINE: PM PT
The Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship is awarded to 20 outstanding high school graduates who have demonstrated a commitment to and aptitude for a career in K–12 teaching.
Recipients receive a $5,000 scholarship voucher that they can use to be reimbursed by the Ministry of Education for tuition paid after they are attending an approved K–12 teacher education program at one of B.C.’s nine Faculties of Education.
Students have seven years to redeem their Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship vouchers; an expiry date is printed on each voucher and extensions are not possible.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be a Canadian citizen or PR (landed immigrant) at the time of registration in the school year for which the scholarship is awarded
- Be a B.C. resident
- Be or have been in the school year for which the scholarship is awarded
- Enrolled in a British Columbia public school (including Distributed Learning schools), or
- Enrolled in a Group 1, 2, or 4 British Columbia Independent School, or
- Enrolled in a Continuing Education Centre, or
- Registered with a public, independent, francophone or distributed learning school in B.C. as a homeschooled child
- Be graduating in the same year the scholarship is awarded by August 31/2023
- Meet the selection criteria for each scholarship.
Note: students may apply for both the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship and the BC Excellence scholarship but can be awarded only one.
Example of a Pathway To Teacher Education Scholarship Application (2021) https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/support/awards/example-only-pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship-application.pdf
For details about this scholarship visit:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/scholarships/provincial-scholarships/pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship
BC Achievement Scholarships (Value $1,250)
The BC Achievement scholarship recognizes the 8,000 graduates with the top academic achievement in the province of British Columbia.
For the purpose of this scholarship, academic achievement is based on the subset of grades 10–12 courses that are used to meet graduation requirements (including electives). Most students graduate with more credits than required; only the courses used to meet graduation requirements are considered. Furthermore, the flexibility in the BC curriculum means that this subset of courses varies among graduates.
Recipients receive a $1,250 scholarship voucher that they can use to be reimbursed by the Ministry of Education for tuition paid after they are attending a designated post-secondary institution or B.C. authorized trades training provider.
Students do not apply for the BC Achievement scholarship. If a student is eligible, their grades will be automatically considered.
For a student to have their grades considered alongside the grades of all other eligible graduates, they must satisfy the following requirements by August 31/2025 of their graduating year:
Core Eligibility Requirements:
- be eligible for a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma)
- fulfill the requirements of the B.C. Graduation Program
- have no more than one Transfer Standing (TS) or Standing Granted (SG) reported among course marks used to satisfy graduation requirements, regardless of the credit value of the courses; and,
- have for the course used to fulfill the Language Arts 12 graduation requirement a percentage score reported and at least a “B” (73% or above)
For more information visit:
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