Application Process

Applications for these awards must be received electronically by the Guidance Department of your school by APRIL 15 and include the following:

1.  A 500-word essay that includes paragraphs that outline

• challenges you have overcome

• your positive attitude/work ethic

• your contributions to your school and/or community

• how this award will assist you with your post-secondary education

Format your essay with a header that includes

• your full name

• secondary school name

• cell phone number​

• personal email address (NOT  your school email address as we need to be in contact with you after you graduate)

2.  A copy of your post-secondary acceptance.

NOTE - If you have not received your acceptance by APRIL 15, please attach a document that includes

• names and postal addresses of the post-secondary institutions to which you have applied

• name of the program and length (e.g., Life Sciences—four-year program; Journalism—two-year program)
  to which you have applied

• expected dates of acceptance

To be eligible, the female applicants must

• be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada

• be a graduating student who has been accepted by a post-secondary institution (university, college, or apprenticeship program)

• benefit from financial support to continue their education

• have overcome challenges to graduate from high school

• have demonstrated a positive attitude and work ethic

• be involved in school and/or community activities

• be receiving no more than one other school or community award

Note:  Students taking a gap year after graduation are not eligible to apply for these awards.

• Our Lady of the Lake Catholic

• AcademyRenaissance Ecole Secondaire Catholique

• Sacred Heart CHS

• Saint Katharine Drexel CHS

• Saint Maximilian Kolbe CHS

• Sir William Mulock SS

• Stouffville District SS

• Sutton District HS

Eligibility

Female graduating students from the following secondary schools in York Region are eligible to apply for this award:

Selection Process

Applications for the CFUW Aurora/Newmarket Secondary School Award will be collected by the Guidance Department of the eligible schools.

Based on the applications received, the following review process will be used:

• School Level - If a school has more than one applicant, these applications will be reviewed by staff to select ONE application to forward to the CFUW Charitable Trust Awards Committee.

• CFUW Aurora/Newmarket Charitable Trust – Students will be selected by the Awards Committee from the applications submitted from the schools to receive the Secondary School Award.