Hewitt & Habgood Group/TKS Merit Scholarship Plan
New Merit Scholarship Opportunity for TKS Students:
- A $500 Merit Scholarship will be awarded to the winners towards TKS tuition in 2017-18
- There will be 2 winners from grades K-2nd and 2 winners from grades 3rd-5th
- Students will be required to write an essay at school on Saturday, Feb. 18th
- Winners will be chosen based on the overall essay score, their GPA, exemplary behavior and teacher recommendations
- Essays will be scored with a predetermined rubric by teachers, Mr. Atkinson and Mrs. Ullmann – winners will be decided and announcedby the beginning of March
- Student will be recognized publically at Graduation in May
- Applicants must be re-enrolled for 2017-2018
- Applications for entry are due by Feb. 15th (re-enrollment deadline)
TKS issued over $35,000 to our families in scholarship funds for the 2016-2017 school year.
The Hewitt & Habgood Group is a Realtor team with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate specializing in the Kessler Park, Stevens Park and North Oak Cliff neighborhoods. They have generously supported our Scholarship Fund for the past 5 years and have personally donated and helped raise over $55,000 for the Scholarship Fund since its inception.
As a result of their ongoing support, TKS is proud to be naming our Scholarship Fund the Hewitt & Habgood Scholarship Fund going forward. Once again, the Hewitt & Habgood Group is offering a matching grant to TKS and will match every dollar donated up to $5000 with the intent of raising $10,000 to support our Scholarships and Merit Scholarships. Families and community members will be encouraged to donate throughout the year to help those students and families who may need some additional financial assistance to enroll or keep their kids in TKS.
There will by multiple ways to donate to the Scholarship Fund. The Merit Scholarship application will have an area where parents may include an amount they would like to donate to the Hewitt & Habgood Scholarship Fund (i.e. $25, $50, $100, other) for dollar for dollar matching – thereby doubling your donation. Applications withmore information will be available to families on Friday, January 27th.
TKS Application for Essay Writing Contest
All students in kindergarten through fifth grade who will be re-enrolled at TKS for 2017-2018 school year are eligible to enter in the contest.
Four contest winners will receive the H&H Merit Scholarship of $500 towards tuition.
Essay writing will be at school on Saturday, February 18th, 9-10:30AM
- There will be a rubric for each grade level, which evaluates the writing based on the 5 criteria (Main Idea, Supporting Details, Coherence, Organizations and Conventions).
- The scores will be balanced according to the writing criteria appropriate for each grade. Kindergarten students will be allowed to include pictures along with the writing, and all other grades will be a written essay only.
- The Kessler School faculty will be scoring the essays. Essay submission will be anonymous to the scoring team.
- The top two scores in K-2nd and the top two scores in 3rd-5th will be awarded the Merit Scholarship of $500 towards tuition in 17-18.
This application is due to Mr. Atkinson no later than February 15th.
My child ______, has my permission to enter in the essay writing contest. I understand it is my responsibility to make sure he/she arrives to school on time Saturday, February 18th at 9AM. I will be available to pick up my child as soon as he/she has completed the essay.
Parent signature: ______Date ______
I would like to donate the amount below to the TKS/H&H Scholarship Fund and be billed for the amount:
___$25
___$50
___$100
___Other amount: $______