Success Beyond the Classroom

5575 W. Broad Street Columbus, OH 43228

The Success Beyond the Classroom (SBC) Foundation was created to raise and award scholarship monies to South-Western City School District (SWCS) students to help offset the cost of participation fees for athletics and marching band. Participation fees for middle school ($75) and high school ($150) athletics and marching band ($100) were instituted during the 2009-10 school year. The fees are applied to each student, per activity, with a cap of $500 per family. SBCs goal is to help SWCS students in need of assistance with their participation fees by awarding as many scholarships as possible each season of each school year. SBC scholarships are awarded in varying amounts which cover up to a maximum of 75% of the corresponding participation fee. Students can apply for an SBC scholarship by completing an application and returning it to their schools athletic director or mailing it directly to SBC before the established due dates indicated on the application. Applications are available on the SBC and SWCS websites and from each schools athletic director. All deadlines are firm, and applications received after the indicated due date will not be considered for scholarships. All submitted applications are blinded (student/parent/guardian names are removed), reviewed, and scored by an independent committee. It is important that student applicants review their application carefully before signing and submitting for consideration. SBC Scholarships are awarded based solely on the information provided on the scholarship application. Missing or incomplete information will lessen an applicants chances of receiving a scholarship. Lists of scholarship recipients are provided to each school approximately one week after the application deadline. All scholarship monies are paid directly to SWCS and applied to the students account, and therefore do count towards the $500 cap per family per year. Each student is responsible for paying the remaining portion of their participation fee to their school. Please be aware that if a student becomes ineligible for an extra-curricular activity for any reason or decides not to participate after the season has started, SBC scholarship monies and any remaining fees paid to SWCS will not be reimbursed. If SBC is notified that a student who has been selected for a scholarship does not make a team, their scholarship will be awarded to another applicant based on the SBC scholarship committees initial scoring (scholarships cannot simply be transferred to another student on the team or at the same school). For more information, please visit our website at: www.successbeyondtheclassroom.org or email at jbillmanroyer4swcs@yahoo.com .

Success Beyond the Classroom, Rachelle Parsley, Treasurer, 5575 W. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43228