Scholarships
The qualifications and guidelines are:
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Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must be members of San Bernard Electric Cooperative.
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Must be a graduating senior at one of the High Schools in our service territory or an accredited home extended studies program. (Bellville, Columbus, Faith Academy, Hallettsville, Hempstead, Magnolia, Rice, Royal, Sacred Heart, Sealy, Waller, and Weimar High School)
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Applicant must show proof of enrollment to an academic, vocational, or technical college in order to receive scholarship funds.
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The applicant must be in the top 50% of their graduating senior class.
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Scholarship Application deadline was March 11, 2022. Applications are now closed.
San Bernard will provide ten (10) scholarships for students to attend Prairie View A&M University for the first two semesters of college attendance and shall be established in the sum of $1,250.00 per student per semester, a total of $2,500.00. In a joint effort between SBEC and Prairie View A&M University, the scholarship will be promoted to the high schools that are in the SBEC service area. Prairie View A&M University will provide the application to be distributed to the high schools. San Bernard Electric Cooperative will award the scholarship in the recipients' name and Prairie View A&M's ID number and mail the scholarship amount to the Prairie View A&M University Financial Aid Department.
The following are the stipulations for the scholarship:
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Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must be members of San Bernard Electric Cooperative.
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Must be a graduating senior at one of the High Schools in our service territory or an accredited home extended studies program. (Bellville, Columbus, Faith Academy, Hallettsville, Hempstead, Magnolia, Rice, Royal, Sacred Heart, Sealy, Waller, and Weimar High School)
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Applicant must show proof of enrollment to Prairie View A&M University
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The applicant must be in the top 50% of their graduating senior class.
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Applicant must be attending Prairie View A&M University in the fall of 2022
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Scholarship must be postmarked by Friday, March 11, 2022.