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Benefactor Scholarship Application for Incoming Class of 2030

St. Joseph Hill Academy offers several Benefactor Scholarships to incoming freshmen, funded by generous donors. Each scholarship has specific eligibility criteria and varying award amounts. 

  • Benefactor Scholarship Applications Open: October 7, 2025

  • Eligibility: Review the criteria for each scholarship and apply if you meet the requirements.

  • Financial Aid Form Deadline: December 16, 2025. Please note, all applicants, with the exception of those who are applying for the Mary Alice Lucey O'Malley Scholarship, must complete the financial aid form on FACTS to be considered for any benefactor scholarship or additional financial aid. Benefactor Scholarship recipients will also be considered for additional financial aid, which can be combined with the scholarship.

  • Benefactor Scholarship Applications Due: December 16, 2025

Available Scholarships:

  1. Costa Family Scholarship (read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: $5,000 per year, for 4 years (1 recipient)

  2. Daughters of Divine Charity Scholarship (read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: $5,000 per year, for 4 years (1 recipient)

  3. The Dorothy Skiba Pisarski Scholarship Fund read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: $1,000 per year, for 4 years (1 recipient)

  4. Holy Family Province Scholarship (read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: $2,500 per year, for 4 years (1 recipient)

  5. Mary Alice Lucey O'Malley Scholarship read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: 80% of tuition per year, for 4 years (3 recipients)

  6. Sister M. Charlotte Gulban, F.D.C. Memorial Scholarship (read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: $5,000 per year, for 4 years

  7. Sister M. William McGovern, F.D.C. Scholarship (read here for additional information and defined criteria for earning and maintaining this scholarship) Award: $2,500 per year, for 4 years (1 recipient)

Please check the box next to each Benefactor Scholarship(s) you are applying for below. *
Applicants are encouraged to submit applications for all scholarships for which they meet the eligibility criteria. However, please note that each successful candidate will be awarded a maximum of one Benefactor Scholarship.
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Do you have family members who attended St. Joseph Hill Academy?*
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**Attention Mary Alice Lucey O'Malley Scholarship Applicants: please review and complete the following requirement.**

Qualified Parent Information
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**Attention Sister M. William McGovern Scholarship applicants only: please review and complete the following requirement.**

Sister M William McGovern FDC Scholarship must upload a copy of your baptism record here.
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Please download the STATEMENT OF ACCURACY FOR QUALIFIED PARENT OF APPLICANT and upload it below signed by both the applicant and one qualified parent. 

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REQUIRED ESSAY(S) 

**Each scholarship application requires its own unique essay. Applicants must submit a separate essay for every scholarship they apply to.**

 

Costa Family Scholarship Essay Topic

St. Joseph Hill Academy prides itself in the education and development of young women who will represent the qualities of leadership, community service and integrity. Please write an essay (250-500 words) that describes the factors that motivated you to apply to St. Joseph Hill Academy and why you feel that you will be a valuable addition to the Hill family. Please choose one topic below:

Discuss a challenge you have faced and how you overcame this challenge, preparing you to be an asset to St. Joseph Hill Academy.

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Discuss a special attribute, experience or accomplishment that sets you apart, and why. Tell us how you have used your talents and passions to bring people together or influence positive change.

 

Daughters of Divine Charity Scholarship

Please write an essay (250-500 words) answering the guidelines below:

The mission of the Daughters of Divine Charity is to serve others and make God's love visible in the world. Given the opportunity to attend St. Joseph Hill Academy, how would you use your past experience along with the knowledge and experience you gain at St. Joseph Hill Academy to make God's love visible in the world?

 

The Dorothy Skiba Pisarski Scholarship Fund

St. Joseph Hill Academy prides itself in the education and development of young women who will represent the qualities of leadership, community service and integrity. In a separate document, please write an essay answering the guidelines below:

  1. A short essay (200-300 words) that describes a recent experience or accomplishment that sets you apart in your successful studies of mathematics, and share a vision for how you might intentionally use mathematics in your future education or profession.
  2. A short reflection (200-300 words) on what has led you to active participation in the life of your parish and what most enhances your faith from those experiences.

 

Holy Family Province Scholarship

As an almost graduate of the St. Joseph Hill Academy Elementary School, please share how being a member of the Hill community has shaped you not only academically, but as a person of faith in God and service to your community.  Include in your essay (250-500 words), the factors that motivated you to apply to St. Joseph Hill Academy High School and why you feel that you will be a valuable addition to the High School family.

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Share a family, social or school situation, in which your leadership made the difference. What was the impact?

 

Mary Alice Lucey O'Malley Scholarship

Please write an essay (250-500 words) answering the guidelines below:

Reflect on how your parent’s career in public service has shaped who you are today and why their public service career is important. Discuss any challenges or obstacles your family has faced and explain how these experiences will help you succeed in high school and beyond.

 

Sister M. William McGovern, F.D.C. Scholarship

What does your Catholic faith mean to you and what is its importance in your life? Please discuss in your essay (250-500 words) any challenges or obstacles you have encountered and overcome in life and how this will help you succeed in high school and beyond. Please also briefly explain why it is important to you to attend St. Joseph Hill Academy High School and why you plan to pursue our Humanities Pathway.

 

Sister M. Charlotte Gulban Memorial Scholarship

St. Joseph Hill Academy High School values and appreciates the thousands of outstanding alumnae who are emblematic of the academic excellence, Catholic values and long- standing traditions of our school. Based on what your family member has shared with you about her experiences as a student at St. Joseph Hill Academy, please write an essay (250-500 words) on what it means to you to be a Hilltopper and how you will not only benefit from you time at Hill, but also how you will bring benefit to Hill.

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Please have a letter of reference (academic or character references preferred) emailed to [email protected] clearly stating the applicant's name. References should not be relatives. If you have a copy of the letter you may upload it here.
Please note: O'Malley Scholarship Applications require two letters of reference.
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As part of the scholarship application, applicants must demonstrate financial need by completing the financial aid form in FACTS by 12/16/25. I understand this form needs to be completed by 12/16/25 in order for my application to be considered complete for all applications except the O'Malley Scholarship Application.*
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The financial aid form in FACTS is linked here.

If you would like to be considered for our Merit Scholarships, please register for the Merit Scholarship Exam on December 3, 2025 here. 

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