Bellevue Public Schools Comprehensive Scholarship List
The following scholarships are offered to Bellevue West students. Read each description carefully and apply for
those scholarships YOU QUALIFY FOR.
SECTION 1
Name of Scholarship
Criteria
Amount
Ada Max Brookover
Planning to attend 2 or 4 year
college/university
Study family and consumer science or
culinary arts
Rank in the top half
Activities and leadership
Do NOT have to major in education
Actively participated in communityoriented projects on own or through active
membership in community service
organizations
Financial need considered
Any college or vocational school
Academics, extracurricular involvement
Positive attitude toward school
$250 (one per school)
Bellevue Education
Association
Bellevue Jaycees
Bellevue Public Schools
$500 (one per school)
$1000 (one per school)
$1500 (four per school)
Bellevue Rotary Club
Any college or vocational school in
$varies (one per
Nebraska
school)
ACT between 19-26
Academics and involvement in activities
considered
Brandon S. Tharp Class
of 1996 Memorial
(in memory of former BW
student)
Eastern Star &/or
Masonic Lodge
Pursue a career in math or science
Financial need strong consideration
$500-$1000 (BW only)
Best exemplifies good citizenship
High moral character
Gpa & financial need NOT a consideration
Any college or vocational school
GPA between 3.5 and 4.5/5.0 scale
Preference given for financial need
GPA between 2.5 and 3.3/5.0 scale
Worked hard to attain their GPA
Most likely not to receive other scholarships
Female planning to attend UNL
Participated in high school sports
$varies (one per school)
Great Western Bank
Matthew Grimes
Memorial
Paula Anticolli Memorial
Additional items
required
$300 (one per school)
$400 (BW only)
$varies (BW or BE)
SECTION 2
Name of Scholarship
Criteria
Amount
Air Force Association
James M. Keck
JROTC member
$500-$1000 (one per
school)
Alpha Delta Kappa
Male or female planning to major in
education
Min GPA 3.0 (on 5.00 scale)
ACT 19 or higher
Demonstrate leadership
$500 (one per school)
Additional items
required
Son, daughter, grandson or
granddaughter of veteran or current
active duty military member
Any college or technical school
academics, extracurricular activities &
volunteer considered
Son or daughter of a BEA member
Bellevue Education
(parent is a teacher and belongs to the
Association
BEA)
Dependents
Bellevue Junior Sports One year in a high school sport AND
participation in BJSA sports
Association
Min GPA 3.0 (on 5.00 scale)
2 or 4 year college or vocational school
of choice
Min gpa 3.0 (5.00 scale)
Good character
Bellevue Kiwanis Club Any college or vocational school
Academics, extracurricular activities,
work experience and future goals
considered
Must be a member of St. Mary’s Parish,
Bellevue Knights of
St. Matthew’s Parish or the Offutt
Columbus
Catholic Community
Plan to attend a Catholic College or
University
Financial need is NOT a consideration
Bellevue Mayor’s Drug 2 or 4 year college/university
Financial need considered
Commission
Always been drug/alcohol free OR who
has overcome drug/alcohol abuse
American Legion
Martin Graves
Bellevue/Offutt
Kiwanis
Bellevue Police
Officers Association
Betz Elementary
School PTA
Delta Kappa Gamma
Fairview Elementary
School PTA
Leonard Lawrence
Elementary School
PTA
Michael J. Zielinski
Any college or vocational school
Academics, extracurricular activities,
work experience and future goals
considered
Any college or vocational school
Rank in the top half
ACT between 17 and 24
Academics, extracurricular activities,
work experience and positive attitude
toward school
Attended Betz for at least three years
Any college or vocational school
Rank in top 30%
Plan a career in teaching
High moral character, values and
citizenship considered
Attended Fairview for at least one year
Any college or vocational school
Attended Leonard Lawrence for at least
two years
Any college or vocational school
Male who participated in football or
$250 (one per school)
Copy of military
service (DD214, id
or orders)
$500 (BW or BE)
$300 (one per school)
Short statement
listing activities with
BJSA & high
schools sports
participation
$500 (BW only)
$1000 (one per
school)
$500 (one per school)
$1000 (one per
school)
$varies (BW or BE)
$100 (BW or BE)
$250 (BW or BE)
$250 (one per school)
$250 (four awarded
between schools)
$250 (BW only)
Essay min 250
words explaining the
impact the statement
“I will be drug free”
has had in your life
baseball at West
Plan to pursue a teaching career
Academics, activities and financial need
considered
Any post secondary institution
Sgt. Lonnie Calvin
Does NOT rank in the top half of class
Allen Jr. Memorial
(in memory of ‘98 BE
Community service, good citizenship at
grad who gave his life as home, school and community
an Army soldier in Iraq
on May 18, 2006)
Attended Twin Ridge for at least one
Twin Ridge
year
Elementary School
PTA
Memorial
Rex & Lois
Cadwallader
$500 (one per school)
$200 (one per school)
$200 (two from each
school)
Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 10727
Son, daughter, grandson or
granddaughter of veteran or current
active duty military member
2 or 4 year college/university in
Nebraska
$250 (one per school)
Veterans Support
Association
JROTC member
Participate in ROTC program in college
$750 (one per school)
Wake Robin
Elementary School
Alumni
Attended Wake Robin for at least four
years
Rank in the top half of class
ACT 20 or higher
Any college or vocational school
Up to $500 (BW or
BE)
Statement of
activities &
memories of time at
Twin Ridge
Copy of military
service (DD214, id
or orders)