Ancient Order of Hibernians - Padraig Pearse Division 1 (AOH)

Ancient Order of Hibernians - Padraig Pearse Division 1 (AOH) Kansas City, Missouri Scholarship Committee

2017 Essay Topic “An Irish Saint - Not Named Patrick”

Dear Applicant:

We appreciate your interest in our scholarship program. AOH will award four $500 scholarships to Kansas City area Catholic youth parishioners attending a Catholic High School.

Application forms follow this letter. To qualify for potential selection all applications must be completed and electronically submitted by email before midnight July 3, 2017 to email address [email protected] on the subject line please type in AOH. All entries must be submitted as Microsoft Word files.

A completed application consists of these four items:

1) The first page of the application must be completely filled out.

2) The second page of the application provides you with the opportunity to tell us about yourself. Tell us what makes you an exceptional candidate for selection.

3) This year’s applicants must provide an original essay, on “An Irish Saint not Named Patrick”. You may submit a biographic sketch but the judges will also welcome input as to why you selected this saint and if there is any personal significance in your selection.

Please do not put your name on the essay title page or on pages of the essay. Your name should only appear on the first page of the application. The essay should be double-spaced with a 12-point font. There is a maximum of 500 words excluding “a” and “the.” Please put the total number of words at the end of your essay. A bibliography is required and is not included in the 500-word count maximum. Credit all relied upon sources and any historical facts cited.

4) In addition, please attach a scanned copy (this may be a .pdf file and submitted as a separate file) of your most recent transcript.

All scholarship winners must be able to attend and be prepared to read their essay during the Order’s awards presentation on August 10 at 7pm. Additionally, scholarship recipients may be invited to read their essay during the Kansas City Irish Festival, September 1-3, 2017.

Scholarship winners are selected based on the quality of the submission. Volunteer judges are members of the Hibernians and they will not know the name of the applicant whose paper they are scoring. All applicants will be notified of the results by email by August 5, 2017.

If you have any questions please email them to Kurt Killen at [email protected].

Thank you for your interest. The scholarship committee looks forward to receiving your application. AOH Scholarship Committee Ancient Order of the Hibernians Scholarship Application

The scholarships are awarded to parishioners of either the Kansas City/St. Joseph or Kansas City, Kansas diocese that will be attending a Catholic High School during the 2017-2018 school year.

NAME ______

DOB ______

ADDRESS ______

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PHONE ______

EMAIL ______

FATHER’S NAME ______

MOTHER’S NAME ______

WHAT GRADE WILL YOU BE ATTENDING NEXT FALL ______

IS A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS ______

IF SO, WHO AND WHAT IS YOUR RELATION ______

WHAT PARISH DOES YOUR FAMILY ATTEND ______

WHAT HIGH SCHOOL WILL YOU ATTEND ______

WHAT IS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF YOUR CURRENT SCHOOL ______

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ______

ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS APPLICANT BACKGROUND

 This portion of the Application is worth 40 points  Use 12-point font and only one page in responding to all four information requests  Applicants are encouraged to explain their roles in activities rather merely list activities

1) Community Activities, Leadership and Recognition (only community not religious)

2) Religious Activities, Leadership and Recognition

3) Scholastic Activities - including Leadership and Recognition

4) Extracurricular Activities, hobbies and special interests (this is intended to show the breadth of your interests and talents)

ESSAY GUIDELINES

 This portion of the application is worth 70 points  Your name should not appear on the Applicant Background page, the Essay title page, or any pages of the essay

Original theme – An Irish Saint – Not Named Patrick - maximum 500 words show the number of words at the end of the essay (do not count “a” and “the” as words).

Bibliography required but not included in the word count. Show references and quotations used and historical facts cited.