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Scholarships
Notre Dame Scholar Scholarship
The Notre Dame Scholar Award is the highest academic honor bestowed upon members of the incoming freshman class. This award is part of a scholarship program that carries a monetary award of at least $1,000 toward the student’s freshman tuition. The criteria for receiving it requires that the student score at the 95th percentile or higher on Notre Dame’s placement exam (Please note: the 95% is based on the number of students who took Notre Dame's exam. It is not based on the national percentile) and receive the recommendation of their elementary or junior high school principal attesting to their exemplary academic achievement and character.
Congratulations to our Class of 2011 Scholars who were honored in a ceremony on May 15, 2007.
Sean Corcoran – St. Eugene
Michael Cunningham – Immaculate Conception
Anthony Pope – Friendship Jr. High
Michael Ingargiola – St. Robert Bellarmine
Adam McClure – Queen of All Saints
Joseph Nilson – Queen of All Saints
Sean Connolly – St. Tarcissus
Kyle Conway – Emerson Jr. High
Michael Kane – St. Cornelius
Daniel French – St. Thecla
Mark Angelini – St. Paul the Cross
Zachary Beller – Our Lady of Destiny
Andrew Franzen – St. Tarcissus
Owen Hirami – St. Tarcissus
Alumni Scholarship
The Alumni Scholarship is awarded to one or more students who apply by submitting an essay demonstrating their commitment to faith, scholarship, and service. The award to an individual student will vary depending on the number of scholarships awarded but will always be $2000 in total. Please contact Augie Genovesi, Alumni Officer, at 847.779.8649 for more information.
Parish Scholarships
Some parishes offer scholarships to their graduates who want to attend Catholic high schools. Recipients of these scholarships are selected by the parishes. Some of the parishes that have made this type of assistance available in the past include the following:
St. Edward
St. Juliana
St. Mary of the Woods
Immaculate Conception (The Taylor Eshoo Scholarship)
St. Emily (The McLoraine Trust Scholarship)
Organizational Scholarships
Many organizations offer scholarships to deserving students. Among those that have given assistance to Notre Dame students are the following:
Irish Cultural Foundation
Czech Catholic Union
Jefferson Park Chamber of Commerce
Shamrock American Club
Additional Opportunities
Other organizations provide financial assistance and support to inner-city, at-risk, and economically disadvantaged students. Among them are the following:
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation - provides four-year academic scholarships to economically disadvantaged Chicagoland eighth grade students to attend private college preparatory high schools. They can be contacted at 312.455.7800 or www.dmsf.org.
Children's Scholarship Fund - provides partial tuition assistance for low-income families to send their children to private schools. Contact them at 312.960.0205 or www.scholarshipfund.org.
Big Shoulders Fund - seeks to offer inner-city children and their parents the choice of a faith-based, value-centered education. Call 312.751.8337 or visit www.bigshouldersfund.org.
Niles Chamber of Commerce - Two $500 scholarships are awarded to graduating eighth grade students. One scholarship will be awarded to a Niles resident and another to any child of a Niles Chamber of Commerce and Industry member. Visit www.nileschamber.org.
Link Unlimited - Link Unlimited is a not-for-profit organization that provides educational services and mentoring to low-income African American youth from Chicago's inner city. Upon entering the Link program freshman year of high school, each student is matched one-to-one with a sponsor/mentor. Sponsors contribute toward the cost of private secondary education and agree to be a friend, motivator and advisor to a student as they grow and develop in the Link program. Visit www.linkunlimited.org.
HighSight - HighSight is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships, tutoring, mentoring and leadership development for students to attend and succeed at private high schools in Chicago. Visit www.highsight.org.