Scholarships & Aid
Tuition Assistance Scholarships
Bishop Fenwick High School welcomes students from diverse academic, social, economic and religious backgrounds. We are devoted to developing moral character, self-discipline, and perseverance. Our mission, with the funds available to us, is to help as many families as possible afford a Catholic education. Fenwick is blessed with many generous benefactors whose donations make our scholarship program possible. Last fiscal year, we provided over $500,000 in tuition assistance scholarships to benefit qualified students.
Students receiving tuition assistance scholarships are expected to exhibit by their actions and attitude the four Falcon talons: Integrity, Faith, Service, and Compassion. Students receiving tuition assistance are subject to loss of aid due to disciplinary and/or academic issues.
Bishop Fenwick High School offers merit-based scholarships, scholarships based on financial need, and promotes scholarships that are available to our students through outside organizations.
Merit Scholarships
Merit scholarships are non-need based. Bishop Fenwick High School will award four merit-based scholarships to current eighth grade students for the 2024-2025 school year. Eighth grade students who apply and are accepted to Fenwick are eligible to receive these scholarships. Each scholarship will be renewable annually. Scholarship applications are due Friday, December 1, 2024.
The Mike and Stephanie Smith Merit Scholarship is a $5,000 scholarship awarded to the top performer on the High School Placement Test. This is a renewable scholarship on the condition of the recipient maintaining 3.75 GPA and be in good behavioral standing as determined by Bishop Fenwick High School. An application is not required for this scholarship.
Akers Family Scholarship - This $1,000 scholarship is awarded to 8th grade students who demonstrate extraordinary leadership, as determined by Bishop Fenwick High School. To renew the scholarship, the awarded student must maintain a minimum 3.25 grade point average – first or second honors – for his or her final GPA. Apply here.
Falcon Talon Scholarship - This $2,500 scholarship is awarded to 8th grade students who best exemplify the four Falcon talons of Faith, Compassion, Integrity, and Service. To renew the scholarship, the awarded student must maintain a minimum 3.25 grade point average – first or second honors – for his or her final GPA. Apply here.
Father Krusling Scholarship - This $2,000 scholarship is awarded to 8th grade students who demonstrate academic excellence, as determined by Bishop Fenwick High School. To renew the scholarship, the awarded student must maintain a minimum 3.75 grade point average – first honors – for his or her final GPA. Apply here.
Tuition Assistance Scholarship Application Process
Tuition assistance scholarships require submission of an online form through FACTS. The FACTS Grant and Aid Application must be completed and submitted online. The deadline to submit the application for the 2024-25 school year is December 1, 2024. Applications received after December 1 will be reviewed and awards will be allocated based on any remaining funds. An EdChoice Application must submitted after a student enrolls at Fenwick in order to receive financial aid from Fenwick.
FACTS is contracted by Bishop Fenwick High School to process tuition assistance scholarship applications and provide financial recommendations. The FACTS recommendation is then reviewed by the Bishop Fenwick High School Scholarship Committee and a determination is made based on the amount of available funds. All information is kept in strict confidence. Families who submit an Application for Admission and FACTS Application by the stated deadline and who qualify for assistance will receive notification in January regarding tuition assistance and scholarship packages.
Outside Scholarships
Additional scholarships are available through outside organizations that require separate application, include specific criteria and have varying application submission dates. Please refer to the websites of those organizations for more specific information, including application deadlines.
Bishop Fenwick High School is a provider for the Ohio Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program. – Please refer to the EdChoice tab under Admissions for detailed information.
Kyle Babcock Memorial Scholarship: Open to eighth grade students planning to attend Bishop Fenwick High School OR current Fenwick studets. Kyle James Babcock was an 18-year-old Fenwick High School senior when he was lost in a tragic automobile accident just a few days before graduation. Always an ambitious, industrious young man, Kyle graduated with a 3.8 GPA and had been awarded a scholarship to Wittenburg University. His years of practice and training as a soccer player had earned him starting positions on multiple club teams, saw him elected captain of his high school team as well as placement on the Wittenburg University Men’s soccer team his upcoming freshman year. Kyle’s engaging personality, strident work ethic and unfaltering loyalty to family, friends and teammates endeared him to many and earned the respect of many others. Kyle was a truly happy soul and the scholarship allows his spirit to live on by providing an opportunity to a student who will attend or is attending Bishop Fenwick High School in Middletown. The student must demonstrate community and/or school involvement and exemplify the qualities Kyle possessed – strong work ethic, loyalty, leadership, and a joyful spirit. This scholarship is based on merit and is to be used toward tuition.
Greg Lemmel Memorial Scholarship: Open to eighth grade students graduating from St. Susanna planning to attend Bishop Fenwick High School. Greg was a good, compassionate man who gave generously of himself to his family and friends. He had a great sense of humor, loved people and had a heart for those in need. This scholarship has been established to extend his spirit of giving. Greg was a long-time parishioner at St. Susanna and a longtime supporter of Fenwick High School. It is fitting this scholarship be awarded to students graduating from St. Susanna planning to attend Bishop Fenwick. In the true spirit of Greg, this scholarship will be made available to students who strive to give to their community, participate in school activities and maintain a “B” or better average. This scholarship has an option to be considered for renewal each year the recipient attends Fenwick and maintains the described criteria.
The Knights of Columbus #1610 offers two scholarships to current eighth graders who will be attending Bishop Fenwick High School and whose father or grandfather is an active or deceased member of the Knights of Columbus.
The Ohio Catholic Federal Credit Union: In order to apply for a scholarship, applicants must be a member of Ohio Catholic Federal Credit Union with a minimum balance of $50.00 or a current loan, currently attend a Catholic elementary school or high school in Ohio, and be willing to submit proof of income if chosen as a finalist. All families with students enrolled in Catholic schools are eligible for membership with Ohio Catholic FCU and membership can easily be established by calling 888-696-4462.
The Karen Carns Foundation pledges that a child will never be removed from his or her environment of a private elementary or high school education due to a life-changing event that affects the family’s financial situation. The Scholarship Fund is mainly available to families who experience a life-changing event (death, disability, etc.) within the past 12 months who could not continue their child’s private education without assistance. Scholarship awards are based primarily on financial need as reported by FACTS. The application is open year-round.
The Aubrey Rose Foundation: Around thirty-five students will be chosen from their written work and given a $500.00 scholarship to the private high school of your choice in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana area. These scholarships will be based on how you have made a difference in the lives of people around you. In Aubrey’s three short years of life, she had affected quite a few people with her will to live and her beautiful smile and these scholarships are awarded in her memory.