2025 The Saydrianne Harris-Magee Memorial 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 Saturday, February 15, 2025.

  
  

• If applicant becomes a finalist, a personal interview MAY BE required.

• Finalist will be notified of interview the week of Monday, March 3, 2025.

• Scholarship award winner will be announced at the AISD Family Expo and Resource Fair on (TBD)

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