Scholarships

Recognizing Achievement, Encouraging Growth

Archbishop Shaw and the wider Shaw community are proud to offer scholarship awards to students who demonstrate their potential and willingness to work towards a brighter future.

SHAW AWARDS

Academic Scholarships

COMMUNITY AWARDS

RULES

Shaw Award Offerings

Acutis Scholarship

Up to five students per year will share $20,000 in financial assistance, awarded at the discretion of the Director/Head of School.

Students and their parents must demonstrate financial need and meet with the Director/Head of School to apply. Awards are not automatically renewed each year—students must reapply and maintain good behavior and a minimum 2.5 GPA to remain eligible.

The application process opens on January 7, 2025. For inquiries, please contact Mrs. Courtney Bond, Mrs. Aliceia Alexander, or Mr. Nicholas Marchese.

Legacy Award

The Legacy Award recognizes men who stand on the shoulders of those who came before them. This award encourages our alumni to build a legacy of Archbishop Shaw excellence.

This award is available to any student whose father, grandfather, or brother graduated from Archbishop Shaw.

Elizabeth “Betty” Jenniskens Connick Award

This award is available to any student whose parents are Catholic educators.

Br. Dave Verrett House Prefect Award

This scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior who has served as a prefect in a House that wins the Golden Eagle during the fall and/or spring semester. The recipient has demonstrated exceptional dedication, giving generously of his time and talent in service to his House and the wider school community. He will receive $125 for each semester in which his House earns the Golden Eagle.

Saint John Bosco Chapter of the National Honor Society Scholarship

This scholarship is presented to a graduating senior who is a member of the organization and possesses the qualities of character, service, scholarship, and leadership–the leading principles of the society. The recipient is selected by the membership and the moderator and is subject to administrative approval. The amount of the award varies from $250 to $500.

Servant’s Heart Scholarship

Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded annually, with one student from each House selected by the House prefect.

These scholarships honor the legacies of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Dominic Savio, Blessed Carlo Acutis, and St. Francis de Sales—each known for their faith, service, and devotion. Dedicated in memory of Kenneth Ortolano (’74), Gary Laigast (’67), Devin and Larry Cook (’02/’74), and Donald Frank (’76), these awards recognize students who embody the spirit of their House through leadership, service, and commitment to the school community.

Vietnamese Student Scholarship

The Cardinal Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận Scholarship honors the heroic former Archbishop of Saigon, who was imprisoned and held in solitary confinement by Communist forces in Vietnam.

After his release, Cardinal Francis-Xavier was expelled from his country and sent to Rome, where Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal. He wrote the book Five Loaves and Two Fish, noting “how the God who feeds thousands with five loaves and two fish continues to do great things through those who give him what little they have.”

This annual scholarship will be awarded to one Vietnamese student who best exemplifies Cardinal Thuận’s example through strong Catholic faith, courage, cultural appreciation, and love for the Eucharist.

Application Requirements:
–Must be accepted to Archbishop Shaw for the upcoming school year
–Submit an essay on: “Why I Would Like to Receive the Gift of the Cardinal Thuận Scholarship and Become a Shaw Eagle”
–Deadline: April 1st
–Submit in a sealed envelope to the front office labeled: “Cardinal Thuận Scholarship Essay – ATTN: Director, Fr. Steve Ryan, SDB”

The scholarship will be awarded by the Director to one applicant upon essay submission.

African American Student Scholarship

The Mrs. Angela Bates Scholarship honors a respected English teacher who dedicated 28 years to Archbishop Shaw. Beginning her tenure in Fall 1997, Mrs. Bates was a devoted educator highly regarded by both peers and students. A woman of strong faith, she commanded academic excellence and expected nothing more, nor less, than the best from her students, as well as from her son, who is also a Shaw alumnus.

This annual scholarship will be awarded to one African American student entering 8th or 9th grade at Archbishop Shaw who demonstrates financial need, strong academic need, a love for Jesus, and a desire to become a man of God and grow each year.

Application Requirements:
–Submit an essay on: “Why I Would Like to Receive the Gift of the Angela Bates Scholarship and Become a Shaw Eagle”
–Submit in a sealed envelope to the front office labeled: “Mrs. Angela Bates Scholarship – ATTN: Director, Fr. Steve Ryan, SDB”

The scholarship will be awarded by the Director to one applicant upon essay submission.

Music Scholarship

$1000 award. Renewable each year on a prorated basis as long as the student abides by the following criteria: student must participate in both marching and concert bands, must maintain a 2.0 GPA, avoid probation, and/or other disciplinary sanctions.

Students must schedule an audition with Mr. Cameron Mayfield, Director of Bands.

Academic Scholarships

Our academic scholarships are awarded to students and are renewable each year on a pro-rated basis based on the criteria below:

Qualifying scores on the Archbishop Shaw Placement Test

Maintains a weighted semester Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 (3.0 for 8th grade)

At least a B average in major subjects for the previous two years

Avoids disciplinary probation or other serious disciplinary sanction

Don Bosco Merit Award

Scored a 90% or higher on the Placement Test.

Dominic Savio Merit Award

Scored an 80% or higher on the Placement Test.

Perrin Rittiner, Sr. Merit Award

Scored an 80% or higher on the Placement Test.

Fr. Ted Ciampi Memorial Scholarship

The Fr. Ted Ciampi Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 to promote academic excellence within the student body. The recipient is selected by the Director in consultation with the administrative team. Candidates must be of the Catholic faith, of good character, loyal to the school, and rank among the top 5% of the students in the junior class based on their cumulative GPA on a weighted scale.

This scholarship is usually presented at the Junior Leadership Mass & Ring Ceremony. It consists of a $2,400 credit applied to senior-year tuition.

Br. Jimmy Rolando Scholarship

The Br. Jimmy Rolando Scholarship was established in 1988 to promote a strong work ethic within the student body by annually recognizing a junior who possesses this virtue. The student must be of good character, loyal to
the school, and in good academic standing. Preference is given to candidates who demonstrate financial need.

The recipient is selected by the Director in consultation with the administrative team. This scholarship is usually presented at the Junior Leadership Mass & Ring Ceremony. It consists of a $1,200 credit applied to his senior-year tuition.

Alumni Association Scholarship

The Archbishop Shaw High School Alumni Association annually sponsors a $1,000 scholarship to three members of the junior class in honor of a deceased alumnus at the Junior Leadership Mass & Ring Ceremony. It is applied toward the recipient’s senior-year tuition. A committee appointed by the association selects the recipient at its April meeting. In addition to the criteria stated below, consideration will be given to the qualities of character, leadership, and service to the school community.

The applicant must submit a completed application with supporting documentation (third marking period report
card) by the beginning of the 4th quarter.
The applicant must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a weighted scale.
The applicant must be involved in at least one extracurricular/co-curricular activity.

Community Scholarships

The wider Archbishop Shaw community is proud to offer scholarships to young men of exceptional character, work ethic, and achievement. These scholarships are funded by Shaw’s alumni and friends, and each donor or donor group sets the criteria for their awards and is involved in the distribution of the monies—usually paid directly to Shaw and deducted from tuition payments.

Currault Family Scholarship

$7,000 award
Renewable each year on a prorated basis as long as the student abides by the following criteria:
- Student must possess extraordinary skills in Mathematics and have high Standardized Test scores from prior school.
- Must maintain a 2.0 GPA, avoid probation, and/or other disciplinary sanctions.

Goodwin Family Scholarship

$2,000 award
A student that loves God, has a true financial need, has a minimum 2.0 GPA and maintains that GPA while attending Shaw, is involved heavily in the community outside of school, has no behavioral issues before or while at Shaw, is involved at school with at least one extracurricular (clubs included), and is chosen by the Goodwin family based off the essay they provide for the scholarship.
Renewable each year on a pro-rated basis as long as the student abides by the following criteria:
- Student must demonstrate financial need.
- Must maintain a 2.0 GPA, avoid probation, and/or other disciplinary sanctions.

Dr. Gerald DeLuca Memorial Scholarship

Award varies
Renewable each year on a pro-rated basis as long as the student abides by the following criteria:
- Student must possess extraordinary skills in Mathematics and Science and have high Standardized Test scores from prior school.
- Must maintain a 2.0 GPA, avoid probation, and/or other disciplinary sanctions.

Perrin Rittiner Family Scholarship

$1000 Award
This scholarship assists current or incoming Shaw students who are not financially able to attend a faith-based school but have good Christian character, conduct, and faith participation.

RULES FOR ARCHBISHOP SHAW FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS

Students may receive only one Archbishop Shaw funded scholarship at any given time. A student who is offered more than one scholarship may accept the scholarship of his choice. A student receiving financial aid who is subsequently awarded a scholarship will have his financial aid reduced by the value of the scholarship received.

Students are not eligible for scholarship consideration if they are subject to disciplinary probation or other disciplinary sanctions. Students on scholarship who do not meet the requirements associated with the specific scholarship they received will also forfeit their award in keeping with the noted stipulations. Once a scholarship is forfeit it cannot be reinstated.