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Prairie Heights Future Leaders Scholarship Program
Live application window: January 23, 2025 through April 21, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time

Muriel C. Majneri Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee has established a scholarship program to assist graduating high school seniors of Prairie Heights High School in LaGrange, Indiana who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice.

This program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the Prairie Heights Future Leaders Scholarship Program must be:

  • Graduating high school seniors of Prairie Heights High School, LaGrange, Indiana.
  • Planning to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

PNC employees or Trust committee members, their immediate family members, and members of their households are not eligible to apply.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $1,000 award. Up to 10 awards will be granted. More awards may be granted if there are enough qualified applicants and funds are available, at the discretion of the Trustee.

Awards are not renewable.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in June.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Muriel C. Majneri Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee. Payment is made in August. Checks are mailed to each recipient’s school and are made payable to the school for the student.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Honors
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation.

Financial need is not considered.

Evaluation and ranking of applicants is done by Scholarship America. Selection of recipients is made by a committee established by PNC Bank, N.A. as Trustee of the Muriel C. Majneri Trust.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than April 24, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.

Muriel C. Majneri Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.