ARCH - Apostolate of Roman Catholic Homeschoolers

Al Clements and the Msgr. James Golasinski Scholarship

We have two opportunities for your student to apply for a scholarship arranged through ARCH.

All details are listed below.  Your student can apply for one or both scholarships.

Please read carefully all rules and deadlines as each scholarship is different

and will require two separate entries.

 

The Al Clements Memorial Scholarship-Award $300

Al Clements was an activist and home-schooling supporter in Texas. He served as a board member of the Texas Home School Coalition, and he and his family are long-time neighbors here in the City of Houston. After his work with Gulf Oil as a sales engineer he later became an executive assistant to Mayor McConn. Al and his wife Vickie, parents to 13 children, were pioneers of the Catholic home schooling movement. Al Clements’ valuable knowledge on legislative items, most importantly in the socio-political fields on the subject of home schooling rights and their social impact on our society has offered great insight to the importance of homeschooling rights. Many of our freedoms to homeschool today in Texas are due to his efforts. It is in this spirit that ARCH is honored to offer the Al Clements Memorial Scholarship in his memory. We wish to thank Mrs. Vickie Clements and her children for allowing ARCH to honor her husband's memory in this fashion.

Details of the scholarship:

The Al Clements Memorial Scholarship is based exclusively on merit and not on financial need.

The student must have graduated from high school with at least the last two years of which were completed in a home school environment. A student's studies can include courses taken at colleges, through correspondence, or through home school cooperatives, but the principle guidance given to the student during their last two years of high school must have come from the student's parents or guardians in a home education setting.

The student may have traveled or have been involved in activities other than academic pursuits during the year prior to application for this scholarship.

The applicant must submit a completed application form, addressed to the Scholarship Committee, by the deadline stated on the application. The completed application must include a transcript of all high school courses and grades, official copy of the SAT or ACT, and should include the applicant's community and volunteer activities.

In addition, the applicant must submit a 200-to-500 word essay outlining the student's dreams and aspirations as they relate to college education, career and future plans.

The Scholarship Committee may call the applicant for an interview.  The Scholarship award will be paid directly to the school. Scholarship recipients will receive notification from from the ARCH Board when payment has been sent to their school.

The applicant’s family must be member of ARCH by October 1st for a spring award.

Applications must be postmarked by April 1st for consideration for a spring award.

Clements Scholarship Application (PDF)

Announcing a one time $500 scholarship award in

honor of Msgr. James Golasinski.

Due to a gift  to ARCH, we are honored to be able to award a scholarship named for Msgr. James Golakinski.  Msgr.Golakinski grew up in Houston, Texas and was ordained in 1958.  He has served over 50 years as a priest, many of them in Korea.  He has been a supporter of homeschooling for 20+ years and is pastor of Annunciation Catholic Church in downtown Houston, the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

The Msgr. James Golasinski Scholarship is based exclusively on merit and not on financial need.

The student must have graduated from high school in the Spring of 2010 with at least the last two years completed in a home school environment.  The student's studies can include courses taken at colleges, through correspondence, or through home school cooperatives, but the principle guidance given to the student during their last two years of high school must have come from the student's parents or guardians in a home education setting.

For a student to be considered for this award, their family must be a member of ARCH by the deadline of April 17, 2010.   (Membership applications can be handed in at the conference or postmarked by that date.)

The applicant must submit their application, addressed to the Scholarship Committee, postmarked by May 28, 2010.  The completed application must include a transcript of all high school courses and grades, and an official copy of the SAT or ACT.

In addition, the applicant must submit a 300-to-500 word essay outlining how a Catholic priest has inspired them as they relate to their college education, career and future plans.

The Scholarship Committee may call the applicant for an interview. The Scholarship award will be paid directly to the school. Scholarship recipients will receive notification from from the ARCH Board when payment has been sent to their school.

The scholarship application is to be mailed to:

ARCH

2800 Broadway

Suite C, PMB 129

Pearland, TX  77581

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