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 Scholarship Information The Scholarship request deadline for the 2009/2010 school year was April 15,2009. If you have not completed the application and are expecting to require aid please complete and turn your form in ASAP!!
Scholarship Form - click on the link to the left to view a PDF file of the scholarship application AWARD GUIDELINES
The Academy uses the following information as a general guideline to help determine applying parents qualifications for financial assistance. This rule states, that qualifying parents income should not exceed 250% of the Federal Poverty Index. Any parents applying as an exception to this rule must submit an additional page describing their request for help, and attach it to the back of their application.
1. Awards are subject to satisfactory academic performance. High School students must maintain a 2.00 GPA, and elementary students must have a ‘C’ Average. Documentation is required for transfer students.
2. Employment age students are expected to work and apply their earnings to their bill.
3. In addition to academic performance, satisfactory attendance, behavior, and citizenship as defined by the BCA Student Handbook is required.
4. Financial aid may be lost if (a) parents fail to meet their payments on time. Exceptions may be made for financial emergencies if prior arrangements are made with the business office; (b) High School students allow their GPA to fall below 2.00; (c) Elementary students fail to maintain a ‘C’ average; (d) Student’s attendance falls below acceptable school policy allowances; (e) Student fails to exemplify satisfactory behavior and citizenship in accordance with the BCA student handbook.
5. The Scholarship Committee will determine which students qualify for financial aid. If family disagrees with the committee’s decision, they may appeal to the Finance Committee. The decision of the Finance Committee will be final.
6. Because BCA is supported financially by its constituent churches and the Michigan Conference of SDA’s, the following priority for granting financial aid has been established: (a) Constituent students, (b) SDA students who are not constituent students, (c) Non-SDA students.
7. Exceptions to the guidelines must be approved by the Scholarship Committee.
8. Families whose finances exceed the 1/3 tuition guidelines and Federal Poverty Index may only be eligible for up to 50% of the average scholarship award |
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