Christian Student Service Scholarship
St. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus Council 8909 is pleased to announce the 2025 Christian Student Service Scholarship award program for graduating high school seniors. The council is awarding 4 scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Each scholarship is a cash grant of $2,000.00 to be used for the first academic year after your graduation from High School. It will be paid in equal amounts of $1000.00 each semester or the first two quarters of that first year. It is non-renewable.
The first part of the scholarship will be paid when you enter college. In order to receive the remainder of the grant, you must maintain a 2.0 average on a scale of 4.0. A grade report and a letter of progress must be forwarded via mail or email at the end of the grading period before subsequent payments will be returned.
Eligibility Requirements
- Have a parent, grandparent or a guardian as a registered Parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church or a parent, grandparent or a guardian as a member of St. Francis of Assisi Council #8909.
- Have maintained at least a 2.0 average on a scale of 4.0 your junior and senior year.
- Have applied and been accepted by an accredited college, junior college, or trade/vocational school by August of the year you graduate.
Application Details
Download and complete the attached application, including:
- A copy of the acceptance letter from your accepting school for the next academic year
- Three completed recommendation forms (found within the application form); one from your pastor or church/youth leader, one from your High School teacher, and one from someone other than a relative.
- A copy of your current transcript of your high school grades.
- A written testimony of your religious faith.
Submission
The application with all supportive material must be returned to Grand Knight via mail or email as soon as possible, but no later than June 30, 2025. Questions regarding this scholarship program may be submitted to the Grand Knight of St. Francis of Assisi Council 8909.
Contact
Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus
St. Francis of Assisi Council 8909
P.O. Box 2316
Castle Rock, CO 80104
GrandKnight@KofC8909.org
