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Important Dates!

Date Event Recording/Presentation
December 5, 2025 Scholarship Information Night: Overview of Scholarship Process and Three Year Grad Plan  
April 27, 2026 District Scholarship Applications Due (schools may set different dates)  
May 4, 5, 6, 7, 2026 District Scholarship Adjudications  

  

District/Authority Scholarships

District Authority Scholarships are offered by the BC Ministry of Education to recognize graduating BC students for excellence in their chosen areas of interest and strength. The scholarships are intended to help students pursue post-secondary education.

The Ministry will allocate 5500 awards distributed across school districts and independent school authorities that recognize graduating BC students for excellence in their chosen areas of interest or strength. The award is a $1250 voucher that can be used toward post-secondary education tuition.

Applications

Scholarships Applications Adjudicated by School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake)

Other Opportunities
SCHOLARSHIP DATABASE COMING SOON! 

NEW - Youth work in Trades Award

Indigenous Students 
Scholarships and Bursaries for Indigenous Students

Eligibility

To earn a scholarship, students must apply and:

1. Meet the basic eligibility requirements

2. Meet criteria determined by the local scholarship committee, which requires a student to demonstrate outstanding achievement in any ONE of the following areas:

  • Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies: Business, Home Economics, Media Arts, Technology, Tourism
  • Community Service (Volunteer Activity): Includes awareness of local, global, and cultural issues
  • Fine Arts: Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts
  • Indigenous Languages and Culture: Demonstrated at school or in the community
  • Languages: External Assessments or Languages Curriculum, including AP and IB courses
  • Physical Activity (and Health): Athletics, Dance, Gymnastics
  • Technical and Trades Training: Coding, Culinary Arts, Mechanics, Robotics, Woodwork
    (e.g. Carpentry, Automotive, Woodwork, Mechanics, Cook Training)

3.   Fulfill the B.C. graduation requirements of either the Graduation Program
or the Adult Graduation Program by August 31st of your graduating year.

Three Year Grad Plans

Provincial Scholarships Program Information

BC Achievement
BC Excellence
Pathway to Teacher Education
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Claiming your Scholarship

If you have any questions or concerns with respect to your District Authority Scholarship voucher, please contact the Ministry of Education here
.

To claim School District No.8 (Kootenay Lake) scholarship awards email a letter of request to scholarships@sd8.bc.ca  and include a program acceptance letter at post-secondary school, a copy of your award letter, tuition receipts and a social insurance number (If you prefer you can submit your SIN through confidential voice mail by calling 250-505-7056).

Pisapio Undergraduate Scholarship
As many as thirty five scholarships are awarded annually, ranging from $500 to $2500.  Awards are paid directly to the university, subject to confirmation of the recipient’s registration as a full-time student at the university.  Your university will distribute the funds directly to you.  Candidates may be awarded a maximum of three scholarships during the course of their first undergraduate degree.

Candidates may be awarded a maximum of three annual scholarships starting the 2nd year of their first university undergraduate degree.

Successful PrioPackager Applicant's 

Pisapio Scholarship First Application

Scholarship & Graduation Program Information References

Past Scholarship Information Night Recordings 

  • Scholarship Information Night (what to expect during adjudication) for families and students - April 2025 - RECORDING
  • Scholarship Information Night (overview of scholarship process) for families and students - November 2024 - RECORDING
  • Three Year Grad Plan (3YGP) Family Information Night: Overview of 3YGP for Parents and Students -RECORDING
  • Scholarship Information Night: Overview of what to expect during scholarship adjudication for parents and student - RECORDING
  • 2022/2023 District Dogwood Scholarship Presentation - PowerPoint