2025 Madelyn Opal McDowell Butler Servant Leader
$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:
- African-American high school senior attending school in Tarrant County or Grand Prairie, Texas OR a college student who graduated from a Tarrant County or Grand Prairie, Texas high school
- Demonstrate exemplary leadership, academics and volunteerism in the community
- Minimum of 2.8 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Documented minimum 70 hours community service
- Community/extracurricular involvement
- Leadership experience
- 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 or sent from an electronic system
- Application and all supporting materials are due by 11:58 pm CST, on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
- If applicant becomes a finalist, a personal interview MAY BE required.
- Finalist will be notified of interview during the week of Monday, March 3, 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 2025 Academic Student Profile (high school senior applicants only)
- Proof 70 Community Service Hours (e.g. verification form or official school record)
- Minimum 700 word typed essay, 1” margin, doubled spaced, 12 point - Times Roman font style on the topic:
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What does servant leadership mean to you? Give examples where you have demonstrated servant leadership and your observations of other servant leaders.
- 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 contact academic@arlingtoneducation.org
The Arlington Foundation for Excellence in Education
2025 Madelyn Opal McDowell Butler Servant Leader Scholarship