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Vitacca Mitchell Scholarship

Congratulations to the newest Vitacca Mitchell Scholars!

2024 Liana Forster, Champion HS

2024 Alana Mendoza, Northview HS

 

Congratulations to the previous Vitacca Mitchell Scholars!

2023 Dayana Pamplona – NVHS

2022 Sabrina Rincon – NVHS

2021 Giovanna Dimas – NVHS

2019 Cassandra Sapien – NVHS

2018 Nadine Ghezzo – NVHS

 

Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell is a graduate of Northview High School in Covina, California, Class of 1988. Because of the encouragement of a teacher, she applied and received a full-ride to Stanford University where she earned a Bachelors and Masters. Kasandra is an Author, Leadership and Success Speaker, and small business owner who, along with her husband and furbabies, lives in Boerne, Texas just north of San Antonio.  

This scholarship is in honor of the teachers, coaches, and administrators who educate and encourage our future leaders. It will be awarded to one graduating senior who meets the following eligibility: 

  • Academic Achievement (3.0 or higher)
  • Community Involvement 
  • Acceptance into a degree or certificate granting institution or enlistment in the U.S. Military 
  • Two (2) Letters of Recommendation: One (1) from a school personnel and One (1) from a non-familial adult from the community 
  • 300-500-word essay 
  • 1-2 minute video 

A one-time scholarship in the amount of $1000 will be awarded to a student who has been accepted into a college, university, community college, trade or technical school or has signed a contract to enlist in the US military the same year of graduation.

  • One $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from Northview HS in Covina, CA.
  • One $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from either Boerne HS or Champion HS in Boerne, Texas. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. 
The application (details below) along with a high school transcript, two letters of recommendation, a typed 300-500 word essay, and the 1-2 minute video must be completed one month before the school’s annual Awards Ceremony usually held in May or June. The winner will be announced at their Awards Ceremony.
 
Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell and select volunteers, some of whom are also NVHS or Boerne ISD alumni, will review all applications. 

Vitacca Mitchell Scholarship Entry Instructions

Email the answers to the following prompts to: kvm@kasandravitacca.com

  1. Full Name
  2. Address
  3. Date of Birth
  4. Name of Parent/Guardian
  5. GPA (unweighted)
  6. Name of the college, university, community college, trade or technical school you will attend or branch of the military in which you have enlisted:
  7. What is your intended major or career choice or Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)?
  8. List your service to the community both internal and external to your school. Briefly explain your role and reason for choosing this specific service to others.
  9. Personal Video: The scholarship committee would like to get to know you. Your 1-2 minute video will inspire us to “buy” you because you are the main star, the “product” of your 1-2 minute commercial. Remember, your video is akin to a job interview and not a “You’ve Got Talent” audition. Impress us with your professionalism and aplomb. And, PLEASE, do not simply repeat everything you already told us in the written portion of your application.
  10. The Essay: Examine the images and quotes below. Use the images and quotes to write a 300-500 word essay that tells the selection committee who you are and what you will offer the world that will inspire them to keep on learning, keep on growing. Tell us who you are and why you are the best representative of the Vitacca Mitchell Scholarship.
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