The Al Clements Memorial Scholarship

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 applicant’s family must be member of ARCH by October 1^st 2006 for a spring 2007 award.

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

The Al Clements Memorial Scholarship Application

Student Name______________________________________

Mothers Name___________________________Fathers Name_________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________

City_________________State_______Zip­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________Parish__________________________

Home Phone_________________Cell___________________email_______________________

The following information can serve as a checklist of the required information for application. 

A high school transcript.

An official copy of the SAT or ACT.

Community and volunteer activities information.

A 200-to-500 word essay outlining how their Catholic faith has guided the student's dreams and aspirations as they relate to college education, career and future plans.

Please attach the above listed information with the application and mail to:

ARCH Scholarship Committee

ARCH

2800 Broadway

Suite C, PMB 129

Pearland, TX  77581

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