We are accepting applications - deadline January 24, 2025
In Aubrey’s three short years of life, she had affected quite a few people with her will to live and her beautiful smile. We would like for you to tell us how you have affected people around you in your life at your grade school and/or at home.
How do I apply for the Aubrey Rose Hollenkamp Scholarship?
- Write an essay about how you have affected people around you.
- Follow the formatting instructions below.
- Complete the application form below.
- Attach your essay to the application.
How do I win?
Students will be chosen from their written work and given a $500.00 scholarship to the private high school of your choice in the Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana area. These scholarships will be based on how you have made a difference in the lives of people around you.
Essays are judged by a panel consisting of the student’s school staff members, a Scholarship Committee, Aubrey’s parents, Jerry and Nancy Hollenkamp, and Aubrey’s sister and brother, Carly and Spencer.
Formatting Your Essay
1. Please make sure to use proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
2. At the top of your essay document that you will attach below, please make sure you have it formatted with your name first, then a hyphen (-), and then your grade school you are attending, and then another hyphen (-), and add your high school that you would like to attend. Please do not put this information in a header format.
3. Please use Arial Font, Size 12, and BOLD and CENTER this heading for ease in identifying your specific essay. If you have multiple pages, please make sure to have this information on every page along with page 2 of 2 or however many pages your essay is. Below is an example of what your heading on your essay page should look like:
Nancy Hollenkamp – Our Lady of Victory – Seton High School
OR
Nancy Hollenkamp – Our Lady of Victory – Seton High School, page 2 of 2
For your essay, please use Arial Font, Size 12, but do not bold nor center.
4. YOUR ESSAY MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT.
5. Do not submit PDF, Zip, or Google Doc files. If your essay is NOT in a Word Document Format, your application will not be accepted!
6. Use the following format for naming your Word Document file. Either .doc or .docx is acceptable.
ARFS-Year-Last Name-First Name.doc
For example: ARFS-2025=-Hollenkamp-Nancy.doc
The scholarship application deadline is Friday, January 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM.
Scholarship Application
If required fields are not filled in, the application is incomplete and will not qualify for this scholarship.
SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION
The scholarships are given out to the students at their graduation or their awards ceremonies where the parents are invited. This is an extremely important piece of our scholarship presentation so that the parents are surprised along with the scholarship recipient to hear their name being recognized for them having a kindheart. A scholarship reception is held each year to honor the students.
To see scholarship reception information, scholarship winners and their essays, CLICK HERE.