Education Sponsorship

 

Baw Baw Shire Council’s Education Sponsorship aims to encourage students in Year 9 and over (or aged between 15 -21 years) in their preferred education pathway by supporting local education providers with an opportunity to recognise and acknowledge attributes and effort.

Education Sponsorship is a stream of Council’s Community Financial Assistance Program that has invested over $630,000 in 2018/19.  It supports local secondary- and pathway-education providers to recognise and financially award students who meet the eligibility criteria.

Eligibility

Eligible Education Providers can nominate up to two students from Year 9, 10, 11 or 12, or aged between 15-21 years. All students are eligible for the first award. The second award is for a student who is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Applications can be made in September for a November/ December presentation.

All students nominated have the opportunity to receive $250, a letter and certificate.

These education providers are eligible to apply in 2019:

Chairo Christian College (Drouin Campus)	Community College Gippsland (Warragul Campus)
Drouin Secondary College	TAFE Gippsland (Warragul Campus)
Lowanna College, Newborough	Marist-Sion College
Neerim District Secondary College	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Trafalgar High School	Warragul and District Specialist School
Warragul Regional College

Nominees will be outstanding in two or more of these qualities:

Authentic	Optimistic
Pragmatic	Respectful
Supportive