The Murray Glauberman Memorial Scholarship

Please note: We recognize that SAT and ACT testing may have been impacted by COVID-19. If that is the case with your child, please let us know so that we can take that into consideration, and instead focus on high school transcripts, extracurricular activities, and community service.

Please submit digital PDFs of the following documents:

1) Student Application Form

2) CollegeBoard SAT® Student Score Report or The ACT® Student Report (finalists will be required to furnish official transcripts of these scores). If both SAT® and ACT® scores are submitted, only the SAT® score will be considered; if no SAT/ACT testing was available, please submit high-school transcripts

3) A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s high school principal, guidance counselor, or teacher describing the applicant’s extracurricular accomplishments and/or leadership qualities in the community.  The recommendation letter should be printed on school letterhead and signed by the principal, guidance counselor, or teacher.  If the applicant’s high school principal, guidance counselor, or teacher is not available, the applicant may ask a responsible community official to provide a recommendation letter, which should be printed on official letterhead and signed.

4) A letter from the applicant to the HCPA Scholarship Awards Committee outlining his/her school and citizenship accomplishments and objectives for the future.

Applicants who entered the military immediately following high school and have been honorably discharged should attach a separate page describing their military experience including duties, skills learned, and awards received. Honorably discharged veterans may use their commanding officer’s letter as the required letter of recommendation if desired.

Application Form

Please note: We recognize that SAT and ACT testing may have been impacted by COVID-19. Please let us know if your child had restrictions from testing based on COVID-19 circumstances. This year’s judging process will take that into consideration (if applicable), and instead focus on high school transcripts, extracurricular activities, and community service (leadership qualities).

All awards will be made based on the following:

1) Academic Achievement: (as measured by high SAT or ACT scores): High scholarship is a necessary condition for consideration for the awards. Only those candidates with the highest SAT or ACT scores will be evaluated as in (2) below. Those candidates will be notified and required to submit official transcripts of SAT or ACT scores to the Scholarship Awards Committee.

2) Leadership Qualities: After the initial SAT® or ACT® screening, potential candidates will be objectively evaluated by the Scholarship Awards Committee on the basis of outstanding leadership qualities and accomplishments, as demonstrated by the supporting documents in the application.

Awards will be made on an individual basis and are non-transferable from one individual to another. The recipient will receive from HCPA a $2,000 scholarship award. A check for $2,000 will be issued and made payable to the recipient prior to the commencement of the Fall semester.

The recipient will continue to receive a check for $2,000 each year thereafter for a total period of four (4) years. Payment each year will be made prior to the Fall semester, provided the recipient maintains a grade point average acceptable to the school for continuing matriculation.

In order to guarantee the continuation of the scholarship award through the four-year term, all recipients are required to submit to the HCPA Scholarship Awards Committee an official report from the recipient’s College or University as to continuing matriculation by July 1st of each year following the initial year after the award is in effect. Failure to annually submit this certification will result in the cancellation of the award.

Recipients of awards who intend to continue education but must involuntarily interrupt studies, through a leave of absence, may postpone no more than one year’s award for valid reasons. Failure to resume studies after postponement, if granted, will result in the automatic cancellation of the award. The Scholarship Awards Committee, based on the facts submitted, will individually consider such situations. Any ruling of the Scholarship Awards Committee is final.