{"id":12172,"date":"2015-10-07T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2015-10-07T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:16:31","slug":"st-andrews-college-unveils-new-substantial-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/st-andrews-college-unveils-new-substantial-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Andrew\u2019s College unveils new substantial scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St. Andrew\u2019s College has released plans for a scholarship that could provide immense support for prospective day students.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced to welcoming ears at last Tuesday\u2019s open house that the college\u2019s new scholarship is to be named after D. Bruce MacDonald, SAC\u2019s longest-serving headmaster from 1900-1935. He was instrumental in bringing the college to the town of Aurora in 1926.<\/p>\n<p>The D. Bruce MacDonald scholarship will be open to prospective students between Grades 5 \u2013 9 from York Region, with one merit-based scholarship handed out per grade. The numbers are staggering \u2013 awards are set at $15,000 for Grades 5 and 6 and $20,000 for Grades 7, 8, and 9. It will be renewable each year the student is at the college, provided they continue to excel.<\/p>\n<p>St. Andrews\u2019s College\u2019s Admission Director Michael Roy anticipates \u2018a great deal of competition\u2019 for these scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis scholarship is important to St. Andrew\u2019s as it demonstrates our commitment in providing young men within our community the opportunity to experience SAC,\u201d said Roy.<\/p>\n<p>He brought up that the school is entering its 90th year in the Town of Aurora, and says this is one of a number of ways the college can give back to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 15 years, SAC has invested over $65M in facilities and programs. The school has a phenomenal 110-acre campus to help deliver one of the top academic experiences in North American independent school education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The merit-based scholarship will be based on a boy\u2019s ability to demonstrate excellence in academics, leadership, co-curriculars (athletics and\/or arts) and community involvement. There is an application process, as well as an essay portion on why they would make a good recipient for the scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Applications must be submitted online on the school\u2019s website, and award recipients will be notified no later than the beginning of next April.<br \/>\nMore information can be found at www.sac.on.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Andrew\u2019s College has released plans for a scholarship that could provide immense support for prospective day students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-08-11.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}