Bursaries and Scholarships

To acknowledge our diverse student population and encourage excellence, the college is excited to offer a number of internal scholarships and external bursary opportunities to students to recognise excellence and reward students for their achievements.

ENRICHMENT

Mercy Academic Internal Scholarships

St Joseph’s College is committed to valuing effort, achievement and excellence in learning. The provision of academic scholarships is one way of making explicit this value placed on the pursuit of excellence. Principled, hard-working individuals with a love of learning provide an outstanding model for their peers and younger students. Scholarship provision also reflects confidence that the college provides the high standard of teaching and learning required to allow highly academic students to realise their full potential.

The Mercy Academic Scholarships are offered on the basis of academic merit to students continuing Years 11 and 12 at St Joseph’s College in 2023 and 2024. These scholarships have a tenure of two years. The scholarships are for the remission of 50% of the school fee for each year of the scholarship.

INSPIRATION

Year 11 Founding Sisters of Mercy Scholarships

The Sisters of Mercy have established a wonderful and rich legacy in the Sunraysia community. These internal scholarships both reward and preserve educational excellence and personal integrity at St Joseph’s College. Our Catholic heritage and Mercy Core Values remain integral tools that support our vision and mission to educate future students within the Mercy tradition.

St Joseph’s College present scholarships annually to Year 10 students who respect and display our Mercy Core Values: Hospitality, Compassion, Service, Community, Justice, Excellence and Spirituality. The college will offer up to nine internal scholarships of $1,500 to Year 10 students transitioning into Year 11 at the college. These internal scholarships will recognise students who have shown excellence both in their academic and personal school life.

ACHIEVEMENT

Postgraduate Year 12 Award Scholarships

VCE Academic Excellence Scholarships

The college is delighted to offer academic excellence scholarships to assist Year 12 students in their postgraduate endeavours. Year 12 students who achieve an ATAR ranking of 90 or above will receive a $2,000 cash scholarship. The Dux of the college will also receive an additional $1,000 cash scholarship on top of the $2,000 received for achieving an ATAR ranking of 90 or above. The Proxime Accessit will receive an additional $500 cash scholarship on top of the $2,000 received for achieving an ATAR ranking of 90 or above. These scholarships are all dependent on recipients achieving an ATAR of 90 or above.

VCAL Excellence Scholarship

There will be a $2,000 scholarship for one Year 12 VCAL student who has demonstrated comprehensive excellence both in their area of study, as well as their involvement in the college community. To be eligible for this scholarship, each interested student must submit an application to the Scholarship Committee. This application addresses criteria based on VCAL achievement, personal conduct, college community participation, and a confidential reference by a college VCAL teacher.