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Bureau Valley students earn Edith I. Boyd scholarships · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Bureau Valley students earn Edith I. Boyd Scholarships. Written by
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  Kate Santalan. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett Emerson. Lettergerber and Emily
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  Wright are the twenty twenty six recipients of the Edith I.
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  Boyd Scholarships at Bureau Valley High School. The scholarships are
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  open to graduating seniors residing in the former Western School
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  District for all four years of high school. The scholarship
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  criteria also includes submit a two hundred and fifty word
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  or less essay entitled Why I Am Deserving of the
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  Edith I. Boyd Scholarship. The student's name may not appear
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  in or on the essay. The essay judging will be
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  done anonymously by another school district. The student scores will
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  be tabulated and ranked by the total points on the
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  essay and teacher evaluations. Students must submit three teachers evaluations.
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  Evaluations speak to the applicants' character, motivation, and leadership qualities.
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  Students must submit to the high school Guidance Office a
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  class schedule in a curriculum that will lead to a
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  bachelor's degree in any field. This schedule may be from
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  a college, university, or junior or community college. Boyd was
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  a teacher who lived in the Old Western School District.
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  The scholarships have been awarded to help further students education
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  at the post secondary level for over thirty years. Interest
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  earned from the invested Edith I. Boyd estate will be
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  used for the scholarships. A local committee composed of four
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  community members, one faculty member, and an administrator determine the
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  amount to be expended and allocated. The applicants' names remain anonymous,
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  and students are selected by an identification number.