Operation Round-Up Scholarship Available for High School Seniors
First Electric Cooperative awards nine $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors living in the co-op’s five districts each year. They are funded through the member-supported Operation Round-Up program.
To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants must be a high school senior whose parents or guardians are First Electric members. They must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average through their senior year of high school and after graduation attend an accredited institute of higher learning in Arkansas on a full-time basis, which includes technical career programs.
For more information about the program, call 800-489-7405 during regular business hours or send an e-mail.
Scholarship applications must be submitted to First Electric offices by 5 p.m. on May 1, 2024.
2023 scholarship recipients are listed below:
- Brooke Zermatten; Sylvan Hills High School
- Faith Maynard; Sylvan Hills High School
- Kamryn Bates; Rose Bud High School
- Paige Spicer; Bryant High School
- Payten Shafer; Cabot High School
- Piper Spann; Benton High School
- Rose Gunther; Bigelow High School
- Zackary Birminham; West Side High School
FIRST ELECTRIC TRUST
OPERATION ROUND-UP 2024 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
SCHOLARSHIP:
- Nine $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to nine high school seniors, funded by the First Electric Trust / Operation Round-Up fund.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Any high school senior who will be graduating at the end of the 2024 school year, whose parents or guardians are members of First Electric Cooperative.
- Must have a high school grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale through the first semester of their senior year.
APPLICATION:
- The First Electric Trust Scholarship Application, a high school transcript, a 150-word essay and two letters of recommendation. Please complete online applications and upload needed documents at https://www.firstelectric.coop/scholarships. This information must be submitted to First Electric office by 5 p.m. on May 1, 2024.
SELECTION:
- Selection criteria will be based on scholastic achievement, school involvement, community involvement and financial need.
NOTIFICATION:
- Scholarship student/recipient will receive notification by First Electric Cooperative and will be presented a scholarship award certificate. A scholarship award certificate will also be made available for the applicable school award ceremonies.
DISBURSEMENT:
- Each scholarship awarded shall be up to a total of $2,000, payable in two semesters as follows:
- The first semester check in the amount of $1,000, will be paid to the college or vocational/technical school after the student/recipient provides First Electric Cooperative with registration documentation from the college or vocational/technical school.
- The second semester check in the amount of $1,000, will be paid to the college or vocational/technical school after the student/recipient provides First Electric Cooperative with a copy of the second semester registration documentation and an official school transcript indicating that the student/recipient successfully completed the previous semester with a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
OTHER:
- The scholarship must be used by student/recipient to attend, on a full-time basis, any Arkansas accredited institute of higher learning, including technical career programs.
- First Electric Cooperative and Connect2First employees, directors and their immediate family members are not eligible.
- Operation Round-Up Board of Trustees and their immediate family members are not eligible.
- Please call 1-800-489-7405 with any questions.