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The CBA Scholarship Program

2024-2025 CURRENT STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The scholarships below are available for the 2024-2025 school year. We invite you to click on the categories to learn more and determine which scholarships you may be eligible for. Please read the criteria fully to determine if you may be eligible before applying. A student may apply for as many scholarships as he chooses and for which he is eligible, but no student will be awarded more than one applicable scholarship. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The current student scholarships below require an application and supporting materials to be submitted by the applicant.

General Instructions for Applying

You may apply for the scholarships in the categories below by sending an email indicting your interest and attaching the required essay to scholarships@cbalincroftnj.org.

All supplemental materials (letters of recommendation, proof of service, portfolio materials, and performance videos) must be emailed to scholarships@cbalincroftnj.org with the applicants last name and names of scholarships being applied for in the subject line. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Letters of recommendation and proof of service must come directly from the person providing the recommendation or the proof of service.

Please carefully read the criteria for each scholarship to determine your eligibility.

Any student applying for a financial need-based scholarship must submit the financial aid application through FACTS Management in order to be considered.

THE FOLLOWING SCHOLARSHIPS REQUIRE AN APPLICATION FROM CURRENT STUDENTS:

Christian Leadership Scholarships

Eligibility: Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the 2024/2025 school year

APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS MARCH 1, 2024 AND CLOSES APRIL 15, 2024.

The Brother Peter Mannion FSC Memorial Scholarship for Christian Leadership

Founded in the memory of Brother Peter Mannion, this $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student currently enrolled at CBA who has demonstrated superior Christian leadership inside and outside of the CBA community. The completed application includes an essay, documented evidence of Christian leadership inside and outside the CBA community, and documented evidence of financial need.

Required Essay (500 word limit):

This scholarship is awarded for “Christian Leadership.” Based on your relevant experiences, how do you define the term “Christian Leader” and why do you consider yourself to be one?

Please attach your essay to your submission email sent to scholarships@cbalincroftnj.org; the title of the document should include your last name and “Leadership.”

Please have a letter(s) verifying your involvement in Christian leadership sent to scholarships@cbalincroftnj.org. This letter must be sent directly by the person providing the evidence; the title of this file should include the applicant’s last name and “Leadership.”

This scholarship will be applied only in the 2024/2025 school year.

The Ronald Nicholas Marullo '87 Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the 2024/2025 school year

APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS MARCH 1, 2024 AND CLOSES APRIL 15, 2024.

The Ronald Nicholas Marullo ’87 Memorial Scholarship

Founded by his parents, Domenica Donna Como and Ronald P. Marullo, and his brothers, Jerome and Brad Marullo, this $2,500 scholarship in loving memory of Ronald Nicholas Marullo ’87 will be awarded to a student who has an immediate family member affected by cancer. Preference will be given to a student with a documented love of animals or talent in the arts. The completed application requires an essay.

This scholarship will be applied only in the 2024/2025 school year.

Required Essay (500 word limit):

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.” – Rembrandt

Relate the significance of one of these quotes to your life so far.

Please attach your essay to your submission email sent to scholarships@cbalincroftnj.org.

In addition, please include a brief explanation of the manner in which your immediate family member has been affected by cancer; the title of this document should include the applicant’s last name and “Marullo.”

The Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski '00 Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in the 2024/2025 school year

THE APPLICATION WILL OPEN IN MAY of 2024. AN EMAIL WILL BE SENT TO STUDENTS WHEN THE APPLICATION IS READY. PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER MACCARELLA WITH ANY QUESTIONS AT JMACCARELLA@CBALINCROFTNJ.ORG

The Zilinski Memorial Scholarships honor the memory of Dennis W. Zilinski II ’00 (U.S. Military Academy ’04) who was killed in action in Iraq in 2005. The Lt. Dennis Zilinski Foundation and Memorial Fund selects and awards six $3,500 scholarships annually to CBA students who, through creatively designed projects, bring awareness of the value of military service to the CBA community.

These $3,500 scholarships will be applied only in the 2024/2025 school year, but awardees are encouraged to reapply in subsequent years.