2025 The Saydrianne Harris-Magee
Memorial Scholarship
$1000 Scholarship
Scholarship Guidelines:
This scholarship may be used at any two or four-year College or University. (Trade, Technical and Cosmetology Schools are ineligible.)
Eligibility:
- The Saydrianne Harris-Magee Memorial Scholarship is a non-renewable award offered to a high-school senior attending school in Tarrant County, Grand Prairie, Texas, or surrounding area.
- Recipient must be a student from a single-parent household
- Involvement in community/ extracurricular activities
- Minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Recipients must display academic achievement, a commitment to serving others, a strong work ethic, and demonstrate leadership qualities
- Completed Scholarship Application with supporting documents uploaded
- An Official High School transcript (Non-weighted grade point average on 4.0 scale) emailed by your high school counselor
- Application and all supporting materials are due by 11:58 pm cst, on Sunday, February 23, 2025.
- If applicant becomes a finalist, a personal interview MAY BE required.
- Finalist will be notified of interview the week of Monday, March 10, 2025.
- Scholarship award winner will be announced at the AISD Family Expo and Resource Fair on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Application Package - before you begin the application have the following items available to upload:
- Two letters of recommendation from anyone (not related to you) who can speak to your college readiness and leadership ability within a club, organization, UIL group, or with a community service project.
- Proof of SAT or ACT score – Students can order their scores from the ACT/SAT testing websites. Check with your counselor because scores may already be on your official transcript.
- Completed Academic Profile signed by your school counselor CLICK HERE FOR 2025 ACADEMIC PROFILE
- Two minute recorded audio-essay using the following prompt/guidelines:
- Why education is my chosen career path? Why secondary education is personally important to me?
- Audio-Essay (voice recording only) must be communicated in your own voice. The use of AI or ChatGPT is strictly forbidden. Essays utilizing this format/software will be disqualified.
***SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WILL BE DISBURSED DIRECTLY TO THE AWARD WINNER UPON SECONDARY ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION***
For more information, please contact: academic@arlingtoneducation.org
www.arlingtoneducation.org
The Arlington Foundation for Excellence in Education
2025 The Saydrianne Harris-Magee Memorial Scholarship