BBB/Rotary Districts 5440, 5450 and 5470

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1 /Rotary Districts 5440, 5450 and How does The Four-Way Test apply to your life? partnership between enter

2 Everything you ll need to know Scholarship Guidelines This /Rotary Districts 5440, 5450 and 5470 Ethics Scholarship is for high school students in their junior or senior years. The goal of the scholarship is to reward a student who applies Rotary s guiding principles of The Four-Way Test to his or her life and illustrates this effectively through a written essay. THE SHOLRSHIP: $5,000 is awarded to one high school junior or senior to be used at the higher education institution of his or her choice. The award will be presented to the winning student at the Torch wards for Ethics ceremony on pril 21, 2015 at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, olorado. PPLITION RITERI: omplete Scholarship over Sheet. Must be a U.S. citizen and a high school junior or senior who applies through his or her Rotary lub within the Wyoming and Northern olorado etter usiness ureau service area. ounties Include: WYOMING: lbany ounty ig Horn ounty ampbell ounty arbon ounty onverse ounty rook ounty Fremont ounty Goshen ounty Hot Springs ounty Johnson ounty Laramie ounty Natrona ounty Niobrara ounty Park ounty Platte ounty Sheridan ounty Sublette ounty Sweetwater ounty Uinta ounty Washakie ounty Weston ounty OLORDO: Eagle ounty Garfield ounty Grand ounty Jackson ounty Lake ounty Larimer ounty Logan ounty Moffat ounty Morgan ounty Park ounty Phillips ounty Pitkin ounty Rio lanco ounty Routt ounty Sedgwick ounty Summit ounty Weld ounty pplication is in the form of a 1,500-to-2,000-word essay, approximately 6 to 8 pages double spaced. Specific essay guidelines are on student page 3 of this application. ttach a brief biographical sketch, including school and community activities and involvements. DEDLINE: pplications must be submitted electronically by February 2, 2015 to: scholarship@wynco.bbb.org. You will be informed of the outcome of the Rotary Districts 5440, 5450 and 5470 Ethics Scholarship no later than pril 1, THE FOUR-WY TEST: The four guiding principles applying to what you think, what you say or what you do: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and ETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be ENEFIIL? I am well on my way to a career as a Foreign Service Officer, a dream that originated while I was a Rotary exchange student (in France) and was sustained by the /Rotary Ethics Scholarship. Thank you! Jarek uss, Laramie Senior High School, winner in 2009 Jarek attended righam Young University-Hawaii for two semesters before going on a service mission for the LDS hurch. Upon returning to YUH, he accepted a scholarship to study hinese for a year in Xi an, hina. He ll graduate from YUH with a bachelor s in political science and pursue graduate school. Student page 1

3 Scholarship over Sheet TO E OMPLETED Y STUDENT Student Name Street ity State Zip Phone School Name School ddress GP Transcript (optional) please attach TO E OMPLETED Y ROTRY LU REPRESENTTIVE Rotary ontact Name Street ity State Zip Phone lub Name lub Number

4 Writing the Essay ESSY RITERI: ll essays must be original works and will be judged on how well The Four-Way Test is applied to the writer s past, present or future. Essays should be 1,500 to 2,000 words (6-8 pages double spaced). ttach essay to completed Scholarship over Sheet and submit via to: scholarship@wynco.bbb.org by no later than February 2, ONTENT 45% pplication of The Four-Way Test in writer s life. (15 pts.) Use of examples from peer group and life experiences. (15 pts.) Human-interest appeal and color in examples & writing style. (15 pts.) 2. LNGUGE 25% Spelling (5 pts.) Punctuation (5 pts.) Grammar (5 pts.) Word choice, voice, description, expressiveness. (10 pts.) 3. ORGNIZTION 20% Neatness of essay (5 pts.) Introduction that captures reader s attention and establishes major essay themes. (5 pts.) Development of ideas that are presented in clear, logical order, with smooth transitions between ideas, and supported with good examples. (5 pts.) onclusion that emphasizes and summarizes major theme(s), leaving reader with clear, concise message of creative, real application of The Four-Way test. (5 pts.) 4. RIEF IOGRPHIL SKETH 10% School activities (2 pts.) ommunity involvement (2 pts.) Hobbies and interests (2 pts.) Employment history (2 pts.) GP (2 pts.) The etter usiness ureau/rotary Ethics Scholarship is not only a great boost to the winning candidate s college education, but it is a truly meaningful way to integrate the long-standing Rotary Four-Way Test into the minds of young high school juniors or seniors who can apply the ethics of Rotary to their lives. Thank you for the ethics platform you ve provided for high school students who apply for this marvelous scholarship. Mike Forney, 5450 Past District Governor Student page 3

5 Scholarship Recipients, Forging right Futures 2002 Sasha Gartin Merino, olorado Merino High School 2003 Gabriel Recchia erthoud, olorado 2004 my Kreykes Windsor, olorado Windsor High School 2005 Emily Garcia Fort ollins, olorado Rocky Mountain High School 2006 Kelly Joy Lemon Vail, olorado attle Mountain High School 2007 Sonja Koldewyn erthoud, olorado 2009 Jarek uss Laramie, WY Laramie Senior High School 2010 Laura Jo Washle Fort ollins, O Poudre High School 2011 Lauren Sawinksa erthoud, olorado 2012 Hayley eard Eagle,O Eagle Valley High School 2013 Steffani Messick erthoud, olorado 2014 Reece Kothe Eaton, olorado Eaton High School 2008 Joshua Mertherd Wiggins, olorado Wiggins High School Student page 4

6 dministration Guidelines 1. ROTRY ND PRTNERSHIP PROESS: Rotary lubs in Districts 5440, 5450 and 5470 will coordinate The Four-Way Test essay contest with their local schools. To promote student participation, have a volunteer contact local public high school counseling department and principal on or before October 15, You may then distribute application information to each school s counseling department and teachers. The application may also be accessed online at: lick on Quick Links/Rotary/-Rotary Ethics pplication OR go.bbb.org/ofna3c Students will submit their scholarship applications via no later than February 2, 2015, to scholarship@wynco.bbb.org. Respective Rotary lub contacts will be notified by February 10, 2015, and sent, via , the applications for the students in their area. Rotary lubs from each community will choose one finalist using the judging criteria on dministration Page 2 of this application and notify the enter for haracter Ethics of their final selection (one application) by March 10, On March 25, 2015, an independent panel will judge the final essays and announce one scholarship winner. Students and participating Rotary lubs will be informed of the winner no later than pril 1, Local community recognition for the winner SHOULD NOT E MDE until after the award recipient is formally announced at the Torch ward ceremony. The student winner will be presented at the Torch wards for Ethics ceremony on pril 21, 2015, at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, olorado. It is the responsibility of the local Rotary lub sponsoring the winner to host and pay for the student and up to two guests at this event. Funding for the scholarship is donated by ccredited usinesses. 2. DMINISTRTORS/OUNSELORS/PRENTS/TEHERS: Please distribute application information to junior and senior students by November Help students ensure essays meet the judging criteria by referencing the essay criteria on dministration Page 2 of this application. Remind students of submission deadline of February 2, Questions regarding the essay contest should be addressed to your local Rotary lub or contact: Lorna Reeves Rotary lub of Fort ollins lorna@frii.com etti Seay etter usiness ureau Serving Northern olorado and Wyoming or ext. 116 bseay@wynco.bbb.org wynco.bbb.org dministration page 1

7 /ROTRY DISTRITS 5440, 5450 ND 5470 ETHIS SHOLRSHIP ESSY JUDGING RITERI 1 ONTENT (45%) ESSY NUMER pplication of The Four-Way Test in writer s life. (15pts.) Use of examples from peer group and life experiences. (15pts.) Human interest appeal and color in examples & writing style. (15pts.) 2 LNGUGE (25%) Spelling. (5 pts.) Punctuation. (5 pts.) Grammar. (5 pts.) D Word choice, voice, description, expressiveness. (10 pts.) 3 ORGNIZTION (20%) D Neatness of essay. (5 pts.) Introduction that captures reader s attention and establishes major essay themes. (5 pts.) Development of ideas that are presented in clear, logical order, with smooth transitions between ideas, and supported with good examples. (5 pts.) onclusion that emphasizes and summarizes major theme(s), leaving reader with clear, concise message of creative, real application of The Four-Way test. (5 pts.) 4 IOGRPHIL SKETH (10%) School activities. (2 pts.) ommunity Involvement. (2 pts.) Hobbies & interests. (2 pts.) D Employment history. (2 pts.) E Grade Point verage. (2 pts.) TOTL POINTS dministration page 2