BEFORE YOU START
By completing and submitting scholarship applications, you place yourself in a pool of equally talented students who are all vying for these scholarship awards. Your application(s) must represent your absolute best effort!
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY! Each scholarship has unique requirements. Submit what is requested and PROOFREAD everything! Typos and missing materials can cost you a scholarship.
norwell HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MARCH 10, 2023
OR DELIVERED IN PERSON TO THE FOUNDATION BY 4:00 P.M. MARCH 10, 2023.
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THE WELLS COUNTY FOUNDATION, INC.
222 WEST MARKET STREET
BLUFFTON, IN 46714
(260) 824-8620
Mabel M. Wilson Archbold Scholarship -Word doc — Provides scholarships to Norwell High School graduating seniors pursuing baccalaureate and/or post baccalaureate degrees. Archbold-GoogleDoc
Loren and Helen Decker Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to high school graduates from Rock Creek Township in Wells and Huntington Counties who have displayed good citizenship. Decker-Google Doc
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Daniel and Ruth Eichorn Scholarship-Word doc — Provides a scholarship to a graduating Norwell High School senior. Priority is to be given to those pursuing a career in Veterinary Medicine or a field of study relating to Agriculture. Eichorn-GoogleDoc
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Zack W. McKee Memorial Scholarship-Word doc — Provides a scholarship to a graduating senior of Norwell High School. Must be a first or second generation descendent of a veteran or an active member of the United States Armed Forces (DD-214 Form must be included with the application to verify this requirement. Must demonstrate financial need. McKee-GoogleDoc
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Sherrie's Kitchen Scholarship In Memory of Sherrie Mosser - Word doc — Provides a scholarship to a graduating Norwell High School senior. Preference given to those having demonstrated financial need; have a GPA of 2.7 – 3.3; have been a member of the swim team; or have an intent to pursue a Culinary Arts major. Sherrie'sKitchen-GoogleDoc
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Rex, Marceille, and Jerry Shutt Memorial Scholarship-Word doc — Provides a scholarship to Norwell High School graduating seniors, ranking in the top 25% of the class, planning to attend an accredited 2 or 4-year trade school, college or university in the state of Indiana. Shutt-GoogleDoc
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ALL WELLS COUNTY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
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Christian Care Retirement Community Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to individuals entering into one of the following fields of study: medical, food preparation, recreational therapy (occupational or physical) or social services. Preference may be given to individuals who have expressed interest in pursuing a career relating to services for the elderly, and current employees of Christian Care Retirement Community. ChristianCare-GoogleDoc
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Claude and Helen Decker Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating seniors from each of the three public high schools. Preference given to those who have been active in community service. Can be used for trade/technical programs at a publicly supported Indiana postsecondary institution.
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Jill Dreyer Memorial Nursing Scholarship for Graduating Seniors-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating seniors who reside in Wells County or are employed at a healthcare facility within Wells County and have been accepted to a 2- or 4-year nursing program. Dreyer-GoogleDoc
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K. Robert Ehrman Trade/Technical Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating seniors from each of the high schools in Adams and Wells counties for individuals pursuing post-secondary trade/technical training. Must be a full time student. Ehrman-GoogleDoc
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The Scott Hanni Memorial Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School, Norwell High School or Southern Wells High School who plans to enter a 4-year academic college program at an accredited postsecondary institution in pursuit of a degree in the field of education with the intent to teach. Preference given to those applicants with a GPA of 3.0 to 3.4.
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LiGHT The Way Gifting Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to a graduating female senior of Bluffton High School, Norwell High School or Southern Wells High School and have attended the Wells County high school for a minimum of two years. LiGHTtheWay-GoogleDoc
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Wells County Master Gardener Scholarship-Word doc— Provides scholarships to students studying horticulture, landscape architecture (with consideration in allied sciences, ie: forestry, botany, plant or soils sciences), must live in Wells County and be accepted into Purdue University. GPA 2.5 required. MasterGardener-GoogleDoc
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Montpelier Pony and Saddle Club Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating seniors from each of the three public high schools. Can be used for four-year college degree or two-year trade/technical program as a full-time or part-time student at an accredited public or private postsecondary institution. Preference given to those who have been active in Horse and Pony Club or a Wells County 4-H animal program. MontPony-GoogleDoc
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Gaylord and Crystal Mounsey Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating seniors from each of the three public high schools. Can be used for a four-year college degree or a two-year trade/technical college program at an accredited postsecondary institution. Preference given to those applicants with a GPA of 3.0 to 3.4. Mounsey-GoogleDoc
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Forrest Dwight Ramseyer Memorial Scholarship-Word doc — Provides grants to graduating seniors from each of the high schools in Wells County for individuals pursuing post-secondary educational or trade/technical training. Must be a full time student and a resident of Wells County. Ramseyer-GoogleDoc
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Sellers Family Memorial Scholarship for Manchester University Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to high school seniors who plan to attend Manchester University and are graduating from Blackford High School, or any of the three Wells County public high schools. SellersforManchester-GoogleDoc
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Six Mile Church Scholarship-Word doc — Provides grants to graduating seniors from each of the three public high schools in Wells County for individuals who plan to pursue a degree in the field of child ministry, youth ministry or clergy. SixMile-GoogleDoc
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August and Eleanor Streater Mathematics and Science Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors entering into one of the following fields of study: engineering, physics, mathematics, statistics, premedicine or astronomy. Streater-GoogleDocs
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G. Robert and Emma Studabaker Agriculture Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors entering an agricultural related field of study. Studabaker-GoogleDoc
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Wells County Pilot Association, Inc. Scholarship-Word doc — Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors planning to enter an accredited postsecondary aviation related field of study. Pilot-GoogleDoc
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Zadylak Family Wrestling Scholarship-Word doc — Provides one scholarship to a Bluffton High School senior and one to a Norwell High School graduating senior affiliated with the wrestling team during their junior or senior years (managers included). Must plan to enter a 2-or-4-year academic college and a minimum GPA of 2.5. Zadylak-GoogleDoc