Awards

Award recipients are selected by established committees at the specific school district or post-secondary educational facility. In some cases, award recipients are selected by an application process and the application link is provided by the fund name and description.

To apply for all Schuylkill Area Community Foundation scholarships and awards, click the GoApply Application button below:

The Scholarship and Graduation Award GoApply Application is open each year between December 15 and March 1. Please click the button below between those dates to apply.

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Blue Mountain

• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.

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Gillingham Charter

• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.

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Mahanoy Area

• Susan B. Berezwick Memorial Education Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior of Mahanoy Area High School who during his or her high school career has exhibited a commitment to education, sports and/or activities within school or in the community and plans to attend on a full time basis an institution of higher education.
• Jeffrey Donnelly Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Mahanoy Area High School who is an athlete at the time of graduation and plans to further his/her education.
• William J. Jones, Jr. Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating seniors of Mahanoy Area High School who during his or her high school career has exhibited a commitment to education, sports and/or activities within school or outside in the community and plans to attend on a full time basis an institution of higher education or military service.
• Paul M. Krukas Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating high school seniors of Mahanoy Area High School who actively participated in the high school's football program and/or golf program for at least two years, plans to enlist in the United States Navy or attend an institution of higher education, and had demonstrated good sportsmanship and leadership during his or her high school career.
• Leonard L. Ludinsky Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating high school senior of Mahanoy Area High School who excels in business subjects and plans to attend a college or university to major in Business Administration or Accounting.
• Andrew Neidlinger Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Mahanoy Area High School who plans to enter a medically-oriented post-secondary program. Preference shall be given first to a member of the school's football team, second to a member of the high school's cheerleader squad, and lastly to other members of the graduating class.
• Jonathan “Feet” Palubinsky Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Mahanoy Area High School who has demonstrated the most "Bear Pride" throughout their high school career.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.

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Marian

• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.

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Minersville

• Russell A. Frantz Memorial Award
  This fund provides awards to graduating seniors from Minersville Area High School and Nativity B.V.M High school who have demonstrated a commitment to community service.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.
• Tim Stine Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Minersville Area High School who excels as a lineman on the football team.

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Nativity

• Russell A. Frantz Memorial Award
  This fund provides awards to graduating seniors from Minersville Area High School and Nativity B.V.M High school who have demonstrated a commitment to community service.
• Pottsville Catholic Alumni Fund
  This fund provides an award to students entering their freshman year at Nativity B.V.M. High School. There are designated geographical boundaries for the residence of these students, covering the same areas as originally served by Pottsville Catholic High School.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.
• Jean A. Tielman, R.N. Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Nativity B.V.M. High School who is pursuing training leading to an R.N. diploma or a B.S.N. degree.
• Craig R. Troutman Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating seniors of Pottsville Area High School and of Nativity B.V.M. High School who are planning to pursue a degree in Secondary Education and who meet the criteria established by the donor. If there are no qualified students entering into the post-secondary education field in any given year, then the award shall be made to the student who has attained the highest GPA in English.

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North Schuylkill

• Mark R. Bell Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who is going to pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education.
• Mark and Wanda Edelman Fund
  This fund provides an award to a female member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who is planning to attend Bloomsburg University on a full-time basis and to major in secondary education. If in any year there is no student attending Bloomsburg, then the award shall be made to a female member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who is planning to attend any college or university on a full-time basis and to major in secondary education.
  
• Stephen Fago Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who specialized in math or science, and an award to a student of the North Schuylkill Technical Center for his/her outstanding academic record.
• Felker-Smith Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School, who demonstrates superior academic effort over his/her high school career. Student or parent/legal guardian must be an active member of the Lavelle Volunteer Fire Company for a minimum of two years (social members excluded).
• Robert C. Fetterolf Memorial
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who is pursuing training leading to an R.N. diploma or a B.S.N. degree.
• First Baptist Church of Ashland Fund
  Distributions from this fund are made to the Ashland Public Library, Baptist Children's Services, Washington Fire Company #1, American Hose Company, Schuylkill Women in Crisis, and provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School pursuing a degree in the nursing field.
• T. Stuart Goyne Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who has the second best record for excellence in mathematics.
• Emma T. Irwin Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of the North Schuylkill High School who excels in art.
• Betsy Rubright Kent Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who excels in home economics.
• Maud M. Prichard Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who excels in mathematics.
• William J. “Rex” Roberts Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of the North Schuylkill High School who excels in English.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• David Lee Sener Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class at North Schuylkill High School who is the outstanding member of the brass section of the high school band.
• Spartan Wrestling Boosters and Coaches 2004-2012 Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating high school senior of North Schuylkill High School who wrestled Varsity in the high school's wrestling program for three years of his/her high school career, and who meets the criteria established by the committee.
• Roy P. Steeley Music Scholarship Fund
  This fund provides an award to the most deserving graduate of the North Schuylkill High School Band.
• The Jack Travis Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a graduating high school senior of North Schuylkill High School who has excelled in History throughout his or her high school career.
• Ruth A. Wagner Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School, who is a resident of Butler Township, and who excels in physical education.
• Edward H. Watkins Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who has excelled in swimming.

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Pine Grove

• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.

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Pottsville

• Mechanicsville Ladies Auxiliary Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to members of the graduating class of Pottsville Area High School who have resided in the borough of Mechanicsville during all four years of his/her high school career.
• Tara M. Corson,Timothy R. Kimber & Joseph P. McGeoy Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Pottsville Area School District who achieved a superior scholastic record and who participated extensively in some form of athletics.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.
• Craig R. Troutman Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating seniors of Pottsville Area High School and of Nativity B.V.M. High School who are planning to pursue a degree in Secondary Education and who meet the criteria established by the donor. If there are no qualified students entering into the post-secondary education field in any given year, then the award shall be made to the student who has attained the highest GPA in English.
• Loretta Pollack Woznisky-Lonoskie Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating seniors of Pottsville Area High School and of Nativity B.V.M. High School who are planning to pursue a degree in Secondary Education and who meet the criteria established by the donor.

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Schuylkill Haven

• Philip and Josephine Rosenkrantz Scholarship Fund
  This fund provides a graduation award to a Schuylkill Haven Area School District graduating senior who plans to major in business at a college or university.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.

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Schuylkill Technology Center

• Stephen Fago Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who specialized in math or science, and an award to a student of the North Schuylkill Technical Center for his/her outstanding record.
• James R. Kruss Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to graduating high school seniors of Pottsville Area High School who are enrolled in the Carpentry Program at Schuylkill Technology Center.
• Joseph M. O’Neill, Jr. Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior whose course of study was Electromechanical/Industrial Automation and Robotics at the Schuylkill Technology Center.

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Shenandoah Valley

• Leonard Chaikowsky Academic Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Shenandoah Valley High School who plans to pursue educational study and who has performed credibly both academically and in service to the community which makes up the Shenandoah Valley School District.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.

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Tamaqua

• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom.

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Tri-Valley

• The Opportunity Award Fund
  The purpose of the Fund is to provide an annual award to a current year graduate of Tri Valley High School who has been accepted and plans to attend a post-secondary educational program which will qualify the individual for employment in a technical field but which will not necessarily lead to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from a college or university. The phrase "technical field" shall include, but not be limited to architectural, automotive, carpentry, construction, automotive repair, software engineering, electrical, diesel, mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic engineering, drafting, HVAC, metals, plumbing and welding technologies, business administration, computer and networking systems administration, and health care services not requiring a Bachelor's degree.
• David R. Schmaldienst Music Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior of Tri-Valley High School pursuing post-secondary education and majoring in Music or related field. The student must be accepted into a four-year undergraduate program on a full-time basis. Candidates will be considered based on musicianship, achievements, leadership ability, academic achievement, extra-curricular involvement, as well as financial need.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.

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Williams Valley

• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in an allied health career field.

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Other Educational Awards

• John and Anna Breitigan Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to students who are Schuylkill County residents enrolled at The Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing. Preference will be given to students who reside in the Borough of St. Clair or City of Pottsville.
• Ethel M. Jones Ermert, R.N., Memorial Award in Obstetrics
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing who has the highest mark in Obstetrics.
• Leslie E. Harner Instrumental Music Memorial Fund
  This fund provides awards to graduating seniors who are members of the Tremont Fire Company Community Band.
• Rae Ann Lubold Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to the person in the Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing who is the Valedictorian of that class.
• Mary E. and Warren E. Wert and Gertrude C. Shuler Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of the Millersburg Area High School who is going to pursue a degree in Elementary or Secondary Education.

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