Marie K. Bogle Scholarship sponsored by Penn VIPS & Business Services

To apply for the Marie K. Bogle Scholarship, please:

1. submit this online form, and
2. have a teacher, program leader, or other adult complete this recommendation form and send to Isabel Mapp at sammapp@upenn.edu.

EXTENDED deadline to submit all materials: Monday, May 22, 2023

Goal:

Provide scholarships annually to graduating seniors from Overbrook, West Philadelphia, West Catholic, Parkway West, Bartram, Robeson and Sayre High Schools.

Mission:

Help West Philadelphia high school students realize their dream of attending college by providing a scholarship to cover transitionary items needed as students adjust to attending college.

Marie K Bogle Scholarship sponsored by Penn VIPS and Business Services 2017

Objective:

-Hold fundraising events to underwrite the scholarships

-Host annual reception to honor awardees

-Coordinate a selection process to identify awardees

-Disseminate funds to student awardees

-Provide a Senior Seminar to help with the college planning process

Population:

West Philadelphia, graduating high school students, with an interest in and a history of performing community service accepted to an accredited college or university. Students must graduate from the following schools to be considered:

-Bartram High School

-Overbrook High School

-Parkway West High School

-Paul Robeson High School for Human Services

-Sayre High School

-West Catholic High School

-West Philadelphia High School

Eligibility:

Graduating high school seniors accepted by an accredited college or university with a history of community service and C or better grade point average.

Committee Activities:

-Annual awards reception and a Senior Seminar

-Fundraising

-Committee meetings held October-June

-Recruitment of scholarship recipients

-Planning for the senior seminar