Celebrating Wisdom Scholarship
OVERVIEW
The Celebrating Wisdom Scholarship aims to expose you to innovative ideas that extend your learning and open your mind to what’s possible by reading works from various authors who embody the type of wisdom that we want all Vertex students to emulate. The goal is to give you the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest present-day thinkers with a variety of perspectives that can help enrich your own understanding of the world and the different ways that you can emulate our cardinal virtues as a Vertex student.
This scholarship is meant to celebrate wisdom; all Vertex students, including registered rising 9th graders, are encouraged to apply.
The Celebrating Wisdom Scholarship is a one-time $1,000 scholarship, deposited into a 529 College Savings Account and a $50 Amazon gift card. We will award ten $1,000 scholarships and one grand prize scholarship of $2,500.
List of authors for the Celebrating Wisdom Scholarship
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Clarence Thomas - Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Thomas Sowell – Economist, Professor, and Author. Considered one of the Greatest Thinkers of our time.
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Condoleezza Rice - First Female African-American US Secretary of State
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Coleman Hughes - Writer, Podcast Host, and Forbes 30 Under 30
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Glenn Loury - First Tenured Black Professor at Harvard
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Ian Rowe - CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies
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Robert Woodson - Civil Rights Leader – Marched With MLK
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Roland Fryer - Youngest Tenured Black Professor at Harvard
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Mauricio Miller - Social entrepreneur, public speaker and author
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Jason Riley - Bradley Prize recipient and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute
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Shelby Steele - Author and documentary filmmaker specializing in race relations
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Thomas Chatterton Williams - American cultural critic and writer
INSTRUCTIONS
The Celebrating Wisdom Scholarship application process is as follows:
Step 1: Watch at least one video interview with or about an author your select from the list above to learn about that person and about their personal history and ideas
Step 2: Read at least one book by or about the author selected (available to pick up at Vertex)
Optional additional component: read at least one article written by or about the person selected
Step 3: Your must summarize in an essay of at least 500 words what is said in the book and share your own thoughts on what was said. Explain how this person embodies one or more of the cardinal virtues – courage, justice, temperance, wisdom – and how you can emulate this as a Vertex student.
AWARD AMOUNT
Ten $1,000 scholarship + $50 Amazon gift card
One $2,500 grand prize scholarship + $50 Amazon gift card
SUBMISSION
Email the essay to Mrs. Pleitez at karina.pleitez@verexacademies.org by Friday, September 6th.
