Local Scholarships and Awards
2015
This listing is provided as a guide only. Be sure to check the binders in the Career Resource Center for more detailed information.
The application procedure varies for each group. See Mrs. Simpson or Mrs. Rogers for further information. All Group 1, 2, and
District Dogwood Scholarship applications must be submitted to Mrs. Simpson for processing.
Note: Shaded entries are NOT AVAILABLE this school year.
GROUP 1
SUBMIT ONE SCHOOL APPLICATION ONLY
Award
Value
Criteria
Art Focus
$200
Plans to pursue a career in visual arts; post-sec
Austin Heights Award
$100
Social/cultural contribution to school/commun
Can Federation of Univ Women
$1000
Female, post-sec reg, not necessarily a top
student, Good effort, positive attitude $ need
Citadel Middle PAC Bursary
$200
Attended Citadel, good acheiv.
Post-sec reg, $need
Coq. Retired Teachers Bursary
$500
$ need, post-sec reg, plans to enter teaching
leadership, citizenship, compassion
CTA Bursary
4 x $300
$ need, post-sec reg
CTA Merit Award
$500
A top academic student, Post-sec reg
CTA Cam McKenzie Award
$500
Citizenship, service, leadership; Post-sec reg
EPR Coquitlam
$500
Completed 3 acct/finance courses, plans to
take finance at post-sec
Davidson Memorial Award
TBA
Students who overcome significant difficulties,
disabilities in order to grad
EF Tours Scholarship
$250
Student involved in Rapid Change & Me to We,
student who travelled to Ecuador with Riverside
Harris & Company Award
$200
Top Law student; Post sec reg
Dulce Huscroft Memorial
$500
Citizenship, leadership, academics
Scholarship (DPAC)
Community involvement; Post-sec reg
Kway Middle Bursary
$200
Good citizen, honor roll, FRIM student,
attended Kway middle, Post-sec reg
C McKenzie Memorial Bursary
$150
$ need, post-sec reg
Mountain West Bursary
$500
School leadership, service, post-sec reg $need
Mountain West Scholarship
$500
School leadership, service, post-sec reg
Mountain West Riverside
$300
School leadership, service, post-sec reg $need
Bursary
Norman Stoffberg Mem Schol
TBA
Post sec, HR, leadership, service, pref given to
active lifestyle and overcome adversity
North Fraser Pre-trial Centre
$1000
Lives in SD43, post-sec reg in BC
Scholarship
Plans to study in a criminal justice related field
Pajo’s Fish and Chips
$300
Community leadership
Paton Memorial Scholarship
$150
Academic excellence, Post-sec reg
Pitt River Middle PAC Bursary
$500
Attended Pitt River; Post-sec reg, $need
Pitt River Middle Bursary
$200
Attended PR Middle , Good student/ citizen;
post-sec reg; $ need may be a factor
Rapids Award
20 @ $100
Positive citizen, honour roll; Post-sec reg
Protea Scholarship
$300
Community volunteer work, good citizen, works
hard in academics, post-sec reg
RCMP Scholarship
$200
Citizenship, leadership
Involvement in community service
Post-sec reg, no field restriction
Rotary Club of Coquitlam
$1000
Leadership, citizenship, compassion
Sunrise
degree related to serving others
$ need, post-sec reg
Mayor Traboulay Award
$500
Resident of PoCo; Post-sec reg
High academic Interest in Law and/or French
Westcoast Educations Centre
*NEW
*New
Award
$ used
12 mos
other
6 mos
12 mos
12 mos
12
12
12
12
15/16
mos
mos
mos
mos
14/15
6 mos
12 mos
12 mos
15/16
12 mos
18
12
12
12
mos
months
mos
mos
18 mos
TBA
18 mos
16/17
12
18
12
12
mos
mos
mos
mos
12/13
12 mos
12 mos
12 mos
13/14
14/15
12 mos
13/14
GROUP 2
SEPARATE SCHOOL APPLICATION FOR EACH
Gordon Betcher Scholarship
$300
Discovery House Pre-School
Scholarship
$250
Courtenay Ditchburn Memorial
Scholarship
$500
Andres Laliberte Award
$1000
PoCo Lions Club Bursary
2 x $600
George Seaman Memorial
Scholarship
Riverside PAC -Academic
$500
Riverside PAC-Trades
$500
Riverside PAC Fine Arts
$500
Riverside PAC-Exceptionality
$500
Riverside Leadership
Scholarship
$200
Dogwood/ District
Scholarship
Approx.
30 @
$1000
$500
Minimum 2 school sports at senior level
Good student, positive attitude
Attended Discovery House pre-school for at
least one year; Good citizen; post-sec reg.
*include years attended
Honor roll student; Post-sec reg
Leadership /Involvement in the school
Consideration given to those involved in dance
FRIM student; Enthusiasm, promotion of
French; Good student, post-sec reg *in your
personal letter explain what FRIM has meant to
you (personal letter to be written in French)
Community involvement
Post-sec reg in service field, $ need
Work with special needs students
Inclusionary philosophy; Post-sec reg
University or college, good achievement;
community involvement Post-sec reg
pursue a trade; good achievement in the area,
community involvement
pursue a career in the arts; post-sec reg; good
achievement in the area, community
involvement
Post-sec reg in any area but have overcome an
exceptionality to reach goals; good
achievement in the area, community
involvement
Volunteering above and beyond at Riverside &
in the Community, post-sec reg
12 mos
Students who excel in a non-academic
area: fine arts, applied skills, physical
activity, languages, community services;
post-sec reg;
5 years
12 mos
12 mos
12 mos
12 mos
12 mos
12/13
12 mos
12 mos
12 mos
12 mos
6 mos
Specific criteria apply
Submit application to Mrs. Simpson
GROUP 3
SPECIAL APPLICATION FORM (available from Mrs. Rogers) Submit to organization directly
Aboriginal Education Bursary
$500
Brenda Kearns Aboriginal
Memorial Bursary
Coq. Optimists
Robt Simms Memorial Award
Hal Weinberg Scholarship
$300
PoCo Legion Bursaries
$2000
CPF Scholarship
$250-$500
CTA Roy Krutow Scholarship
2 x $1250
CUPE local 561
PoCo FC Soccer Assoc.
$250
3 x $500
$1000
$1000
Aboriginal descent; Post-sec reg
Good academics, school and community service
Abo student involved in Abo Ed program,
satisfactory academics, post-sec reg
Good academics; , post-sec reg
School or community service; $ need
Anmore resident, volunteering, academic
achievement
$ need (below $40,000 family income)
preference to children or grandchildren of
veterans, post-sec reg; Canadian Citizen
FRIM student, parents CPF member
Son or daughter of dist 43 teacher
Top academic achievement; Post-sec reg
Son or daughter of member
Played for PoCo FC Soccer in grad year
24 mos
May 1
24 mos
May 1
May 7
12 mos
May 31
12 mos
Apr 30
July 1
May 1