Centier Bank - Schrage Family Foundation Scholarship

Supporting Local College-Bound Students

The Centier Bank – Schrage Family Foundation Scholarship was established in 1995 in recognition of Centier Bank’s Centennial Anniversary and its founder, Henry Schrage. The program reaffirms Centier Bank’s commitment to the families and communities it serves.

About the Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded to local high school students planning to attend college. The program rewards academic achievement, as well as strong school and community leadership. The $2,000 scholarship award is distributed in $500 payments, every August, for four consecutive years, providing that the student achieves a GPA of 3.0 (based on a 4.0 scale) each semester. Special consideration may be made for students who take part in internship programs.

An application can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. Applications are also available in high school guidance departments in the communities Centier Bank serves. Applications must be submitted to the guidance department by April 1, 2010. Since one scholarship is offered per community, each public high school will have the opportunity to provide up to three (3) applications for consideration. The Centier Bank-Schrage Family Foundation Scholarship Committee will then select one winner from all the applications provided.

Applications for the “At-Large” Scholarship are available to high school seniors at parochial schools (Bishop Noll, Andrean, Hammond Baptist) in the communities Centier serves, as well as public high schools in Lake and Porter County, may submit an application directly to the scholarship committee at Centier Bank, in care of Vicki Bukowski vbukowsk@centier.com, or Centier’s Education Department/Learning Center.

Centier Bank Education Department/Learning Center

600 East 84th Avenue

Merrillville, Indiana 46410

If you cannot open the application please click on the button below.

Qualifications

A qualifying student is a young man or woman that has shown strong leadership skills, good work ethic, community involvement, and a successful academic career. The student must finish in the top 20% of their graduating class, attain a minimum of a 950 SAT score, have occupied leadership positions and performed community service during their four years of high school, and provide a grammatically correct completed application. The student must also be willing to sign a publicity release concerning the scholarship.

In order for a school/community to qualify, a student must meet these requirements. If the student does not meet the requirements, a scholarship will not be delivered for the 2009/2010 school year.

Selection Criteria

The selection criteria for the Schrage Scholarship is based on the following:

1/3 Scholastic Achievement (GPA, SAT/ACT, and Class Rank)
1/3 Involvement & Leadership activities within school
1/3 Involvement & Leadership within the community

Scholarship Communities

Local communities offering a Centier Bank - Schrage Family Foundation Scholarship include:

• Chesterton	• La Porte
• Crown Point	• Lowell
• Dyer	• Merrillville
• East Chicago	• Munster
• Gary (Wirt-Emerson, Lew Wallace, West Side, Roosevelt )	• Plymouth
• Griffith	• Portage
• Hammond (Hammond High, Gavit, Clark, Morton)	• Schererville/St.John/Dyer (Lake Central)
• Hanover	• St. John
• Highland	• Valparaiso
• Hobart	• Whiting

At-Large (one (1) student will be selected, if qualified, from all remaining public and parochial high schools in Lake and Porter County. This will include schools such as Andrean, Hammond Baptist, Bishop Noll, Washington Township, Hebron, Calumet, River Forest, Morgan Township, Boone Grove, and Kouts)

Scholarship Banquet

In June of each year, Centier Bank sponsors a scholarship banquet for Centier Bank – Schrage Family Foundation Scholarship recipients, their parents or guardians, and the student’s choice of his or her most influential teacher. A representative of either the Schrage family or Centier Bank is also available to present the scholarship at the individual student’s annual school awards ceremony or commencement celebration.

Summer Employment

Scholarship recipients are given preference for summertime employment at Centier, based on the Bank’s needs at the time. Those recipients with prior Centier experience are given first preference. Compensation, hours, duties, location and other related employment issues are under the same terms as with any other part-time or summer employee.

More Information

To learn more about the Centier Bank – Schrage Family Foundation Scholarship please contact:

Vicki Bukowski, Chief Learning Officer
600 E. 84th Ave
Merrillville, IN 46410
(219) 755-6120 ext. 1815

vbukowsk@centier.com

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