2024 Scholarships

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We offer four $1,000 Scholarships as well as Youth Of The Year and ACE Student Of The Year. 

The local Youth and Ace Scholarships recipients move on and are eligible for National Scholarships.

Exchange Club of Wolcott, Connecticut

2023-2024 Scholarship Award Program

Purpose

To provide financial assistance in the form of scholarship awards to high school students residing in Wolcott who meet the criteria established for such purposes regardless of which high school they attend.

Selection Criteria

The applicant must be:

1. A Wolcott resident.
2. A graduating senior of an accredited high school of the current year.
3. A student who is pursuing a degree in an accredited institution of higher learning.
4. A student who has consistently demonstrated exemplary citizenship and has shown community and/or school involvement.

Eligibility

The scholarship awards established by the membership of The Exchange Club of Wolcott are open to any applicant who fulfills the selection application process.  Scholarships are based on academics, school involvement, and need.

Application form

Application forms will be distributed in paper form, via the Exchange Club of Wolcott’s website: (https://exchangeclubofwolcott.com/),  the Wolcott Community News, the Wolcott Public Library, and to the Wolcott High School Counseling Dept. on or before February 17, 2024. All information the applicant wishes to be considered must be entered on the application form,  printed, signed and returned along with a copy of  his/her high school transcript and a total of four (4) letters of recommendation, - two (2) from your faculty and two (2) from other community members. Completed application forms printed and signed by the applicant and all other pertinent data relative to the application must be mailed to The Exchange Club of Wolcott, P.O. Box 6072, Wolcott, CT  06716,  and postmarked on or before March 15,  2024. Incomplete applications and/or applications postmarked after that date will not be considered for selection.

Scholarship Award Notification

Scholarship award recipients will be formally notified of their selection and will be fully apprised of all particulars relative to their award.,

Scholarship Awards

1. Four (4) $1,000.00 scholarships will be awarded; three of the four are in the name of past members of the Exchange Club  -Mr. William Lyga, Mr. Joseph Petruzzi, and Mr. Dennis Desaulniers.
2. Each scholarship award will be presented to the selected applicant as a tuition reimbursement.
3. Each scholarship recipient will receive their scholarship award money upon receipt of their first semester college transcript. This transcript must be received by the scholarship chairperson no later than January 15th, 2025.
4. No applicant will be awarded more than one scholarship.

Confidentiality

Scholarship award winners will be determined by The Exchange Club of Wolcott, CT  Scholarship Committee based on the information provided in the scholarship applications.  All information provided from scholarship applicants will be held in strict and complete confidence.

Scholarship Committee Decisions

The number of and awarding of any and all scholarships shall be at the discretion of The Exchange Club of Wolcott, CT  Scholarship Committee.