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AWARDS:

Brooks Grade 12 Major Awards include the Max Cameron award, Herb Marion award, and Pauline Galinski award. Specific criteria are used to select winners and each award comes with a financial scholarship. Nominations for each award will be released in March-April 2025, and will be available here on the school website.

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS:

Each year, Graduates can apply for local scholarships and bursaries. Over 40 different organizations give out over $50,000 to qSD graduating students to financially support their post-secondary goals. A general Scholarship package is completed, but some organizations require specific criteria to be eligible. We recommend that all graduates complete a general application if they are pursuing any kind of post-secondary program (both Trades and Academic). 

Example of last year's Scholarship package:
qSD 2025 Scholarship Application package coming in March 2025.

INSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS:

Graduates applying for post-secondary programs may be eligible for an entrance scholarship upon acceptance to an Institution. These entrance scholarships are typically applied to a student's first year tuition. Major entrance scholarships can be renewable each year if a minimum GPA is maintained. These major scholarships can range from $20,000 up to $80,000. When applying to specific University programs students should investigate the types of entrance scholarships available. 

PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS:

Graduates applying for post-secondary programs may be eligible for a Provincial or National Scholarship. These scholarships require a specific application and typically have a set of criteria that need to be met. There are many scholarships available to students, so we encourage all students to do some investigating and see what is out there! Below is a list of sites for students to see which scholarships are available:

Provincial Scholarship: BC Excellence Scholarship

To be considered for the , students must submit a nomination form to Ms. Gunn or Mr. Barcelonne before February 2025 (Nomination forms available in the counselling suite at Brooks).  If selected by the scholarship committee as Brooks BC Excellence nominee, the nominee will then complete an online application to the Ministry.  Recipient will receive a voucher worth $5,000 that can be reimbursed for post-secondary tuition paid. Eligibility requirements and application instructions can be found online at . Please note that a Brooks student must be nominated to apply through BC Excellence link online. 

Requirements for BC Excellence:

Students selected as conditional recipients of the BC Excellence scholarship must meet the following requirements by August 31 of their graduating year to be confirmed as a recipient and receive their scholarship voucher:

2. be eligible for a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma);
3. fulfill the ; and,
4. have the following final marks:

• Minimum “B” average in grades 11 and 12 courses required for graduation
• Minimum "B" (73% or above) in Language Arts 12
• Minimum “B” average, no more than one "C+" (67% or above), and no marks lower than “C+” in courses that fulfill graduation requirements for Science 11 or 12, Math 11, and Social Studies 11 or 12

Note: students may apply for both the and the but they can only be awarded one.