The following is a brief description of the scholarship and its criteria.

Applying for and awarding of scholarships occurs only in the spring for the next academic year (defined as summer through spring terms).

YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP
The SCF-Three-Rivers School Scholarship

This scholarship awards up to a maximum of $2,000 per recipient in the first year. The scholarship is annually renewable up to the completion of a bachelor’s degree with the possibility of incremental annual increases.

An applicant for this scholarship MUST have attended Three-Rivers School in the Sunriver Business Park for a minimum of one school year.

Any applicant who meets the Three Rivers requirement can be either:

A high school senior who will be graduating from a Bend-LaPine School District high school in the spring when applying for this scholarship, and is planning to attend an accredited college/university or accredited trade/technical school.
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Already a high school graduate from a Bend-LaPine District high school and is either (1) applying for college admission for the upcoming academic year, or (2) is already attending an accredited college/university or an accredited trade/technical school

Other Criteria

• Professed religious faith or church attendance is not required.
• The applicant must have a 2.5 grade point average in their senior year of high school.
• The same grade point average is required of those first-time applicants who are already attending a higher education school.
• An applicant will be or is enrolled full-time in a specific vocational or degree program (regardless of the program’s length).
• If a scholarship recipient wishes to reapply annually, he/she must maintain a minimum 2.5 grade point average throughout their particular higher education program.
• Each applicant will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the need and/or academic merit.