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Through their scholarship program, the CBA Alumni Association seeks to help make a CBA education possible for an incoming freshman whose family could not otherwise afford a CBA education. As this scholarship provides full tuition support, it will be awarded to a student who demonstrates high financial need via the FACTS Financial Aid application.

This full tuition scholarship is renewable each year the student attends CBA. A committee of members of the CBA Alumni Association will review all applications and determine finalists who will be invited to an interview with the committee.

Eligibility:

• Demonstrated financial need – please complete a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• Demonstrated academic achievement
• Demonstrated involvement in your school and community

Requirements:

• Letter of Recommendation from your Middle School Principal
• Please write a 200 word essay on why you want to attend Christian Brothers Academy and what goals you hope being a student at CBA can help you to achieve
• List of activities, awards, and honors
  • Please list the principal school and community activities in which you have participated during the past four years

Founded by the De La Salle Christian Brothers in Lincroft, NJ, this full tuition scholarship will be awarded to an incoming freshman who demonstrates strong academic potential and a commitment to the mission and philosophy of Christian Brothers Academy. As this scholarship provides full tuition support, it will be awarded to a student who demonstrates high financial need via the FACTS Financial Aid application, and could otherwise not afford a CBA education. 

Eligibility:

• Demonstrated financial need – please make sure to fill out a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• Demonstrated academic achievement
• Demonstrated involvement in your school and community

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: Reflect on all of the experiences that have impacted your life thus far. Every experience we have helps to shape who we are – how will you use what you’ve learned to maximize your CBA experience?  
• Letter of recommendation from a middle school teacher
• Completed FACTS Financial Assistance Application

This scholarship is renewable for three years provided the recipient maintains a GPA of 85%.

Students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to their academics and overall academic achievement throughout middle school are invited to submit an application to this category of scholarship. Applying to this category of scholarship you will be eligible for the scholarship below.

The DG Foundation Endowed Scholarship

Founded by The DG Foundation, this $2,500 scholarship will be awarded to an incoming freshman with documented financial need who has demonstrated overall outstanding academic achievement.

This scholarship is renewable for three years providing the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of financial need.

Eligibility:

• Demonstrated financial need – please complete a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• Demonstrated academic achievement
• Demonstrated involvement in your school and community

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: Historically, young people have had the lowest voter turnout. When you turn 18, you will have the opportunity to play a role in our nation’s future. Why is exercising your right to vote important?
• Letter of recommendation from a middle school teacher
• Completed FACTS Financial Assistance Application

The CBA Academy Oath says that CBA students will do the following:

Live lives of honor and integrity,

Serve and stand for those in need,

Strive for wisdom in the pursuit of knowledge

Uphold the legacy and proud tradition of our Academy

At the beginning of your freshman year at CBA you will take part in Oath Day, and as a class, commit yourself to the pillars of the Academy Oath. In reciting this oath together and signing your name to the commitment, you are holding yourself to the ideals and standards of the Academy. The Academy Oath will serve as a constant reminder throughout your four years as a student here of your dedication to yourself, your family and the Academy.

Students applying to this category of scholarship will be eligible to receive one of the two scholarships below.

The Academy Oath Scholarship sponsored by The James ’82 & Heidi Maggs Family Endowed Scholarship Fund and The Mark ’97 & Christy Russo Endowed Scholarship Fund

This scholarship combines the generosity of two CBA families who recognize the impact that an education at Christian Brothers Academy can have for young men. The James ’82 & Heidi Maggs Family Endowed Scholarship and The Mark ’97 & Christy Russo Endowed Scholarship collectively make it possible for an incoming freshman to receive a $2,000 scholarship.

The Academy Oath Scholarship sponsored by The Brother Michael Dwyer FSC Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund and The Spiro Pappas ’71 Endowed Scholarship Fund

This scholarship combines the generosity of two scholarship benefactors who recognize the impact that an education at Christian Brothers Academy can have for young men.  The Brother Michael Dwyer FSC Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund and The Spiro Pappas ’71 Endowed Scholarship Fund collectively make it possible for an incoming freshman to receive a $2,000 scholarship.

Each scholarship is renewable for three years providing the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of financial need.

Eligibility:

• Demonstrated financial need – please complete a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• Demonstrated involvement in your school and community
• Demonstrated commitment to developing your character 

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit)  in response to the following: Pick one of the four ideals in the Academy Oath and explain why it is of personal importance to your future as you prepare to be a student at Christian Brothers Academy.
• Please have a letter of recommendation submitted on your behalf, written by someone who can speak to your character.
• Completed FACTS Financial Assistance Application

Service to others is a hallmark of Lasallian education. St. John Baptist de La Salle challenges all of us to express our faith through the service of others. As CBA aims to build young men of faith, character, and action, showing a commitment to one’s community is an ideal quality to see in our prospective students. Students applying to this category of scholarship will be eligible to receive one of the two scholarships below. 

The John ’67 & Josephine Anderson Endowed Scholarship

Founded by John Anderson ’67 and his wife, Josephine, this $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to an incoming freshman who demonstrates a dedicated commitment to his community. 

The William E. Dodge Family Endowed Scholarship

Founded by William and Kathy Dodge, $2,000 scholarship to an incoming freshman who has demonstrated a dedicated commitment to his community.

Eligibility:

• Demonstrated financial need – please complete a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• 40 hours of community service
• Demonstrated involvement in your school and community

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: Based on your relevant experiences, how do you define the term “Community Service” and what has taking part in service to your community meant to your life?
• 40 hours of Community Service – please send evidence of a minimum of 40 hours that you have spent in service to your community over the past two years
• Letter of recommendation from someone you have worked with in completing service
• Completed FACTS Financial Assistance Application

Each scholarship is renewable for three years providing the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of financial need.

Founded in loving memory of longtime St. Leo’s benefactor and CBA Board of Trustee member Kathleen Doehner, this $2,500 scholarship will be awarded to a student currently enrolled in St. Leo the Great School in Lincroft, NJ.

This $2,500 scholarship is renewable for three years provided the recipient maintains a GPA of 80%.

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: What was the one thing that you learned as a member of St. Leo the Great School that you think will be most valuable to you as a CBA student?

Founded by John Reynolds ‘88 in honor of his parents, John and Eileen Reynolds, this $4,000 scholarship will be awarded to an incoming freshman who attends St. Thomas the Apostle School of Old Bridge or is a parishioner of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church of Old Bridge. 

This $4,000 scholarship is renewable for three years provided the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of finance need is demonstrated. 

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: What was the one thing that you learned as a member of St. Thomas the Apostle School or as a parishioner of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church that you think will be most valuable to you as a CBA student? 
• Demonstrated financial need – please submit a FACTS Financial Assistance Application

Students applying to this category of scholarship will be eligible for the scholarship below.

The Brother Frank Byrne FSC ‘75 Endowed Scholarship

Founded in honor of Brother Frank Byrne FSC ‘75, the second President of CBA, in recognition of his twelve years of service, this $2,500 scholarship will be awarded to a student who attends a Catholic Middle School. 

This $2,500 scholarship is renewable for three years provided the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of finance need is demonstrated. 

Eligibility:

• Currently attends a Catholic Middle School
• Demonstrated financial need – please make sure to fill out a FACTS Financial Assistance Application

Application Requirements

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: What was the one thing that you learned as a member of your Catholic Middle School that you think will be most valuable to you as a CBA student? 
• Demonstrated financial need – please submit a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• Completed FACTS Financial Assistance Application

Each scholarship is renewable for three years providing the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of financial need.

Founded by Vito Chiaravalloti in honor of his father, Vito Chiaravalloti Senior, this $3,000 scholarship will be awarded to an incoming freshman who knows the pain of having an immediate family member who has battled or is battling cancer. 

This $3,000 scholarship is renewable for three years provided the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of finance need is demonstrated. 

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: Reflect on all of the experiences that have impacted your life. Everything we experience, even the hardships, teach us a lesson. Pick 1-3 activities or events that you have been a part of and describe your involvement and how it has shaped your life.
• Demonstrated financial need – please submit a FACTS Financial Assistance Application

Founded by Reverend Gary Breton and Mary Buletza, this $4,000 scholarship will be awarded to an incoming freshman who demonstrates an affinity for mathematics and academic excellence in the subject. 

This $4,000 scholarship is renewable for three years provided the recipient maintains a GPA of 80% and continued evidence of finance need is demonstrated. 

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: How do you use math in your daily life? Draw upon the lessons you have learned in the classroom and share how and/or why those lessons are intriguing to you.
• Demonstrated financial need – please submit a FACTS Financial Assistance Application
• Letter of recommendation from a middle school math teacher

A pillar of the mission of Christian Brothers Academy is to develop intellectually mature, morally responsible young men in Mind, Body, and Spirit. No one who understands this more than CBA alumni. CBA celebrates the proud legacy and tradition of generations of students following in the footsteps of their fathers and grandfathers before them and thanks to our Class Scholarships are able to offer several scholarships recognizing the continuation of family legacy. 

Students applying to this category of scholarship will be eligible for one of the two scholarships below. 

The Class of 1972 Endowed Scholarship

Members of the Class of 1972 established a scholarship endowment to benefit future academy men. This endowment was formed to assist future students in making their CBA dream a reality.  This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student who is continuing his family legacy of attending CBA, with either his father or grandfather being a graduate. Additionally, the student must support, by his attitude and actions, the philosophy and mission of CBA.

The Class of 1984 Endowed Scholarship

Members of the Class of 1984 established a scholarship endowment to benefit future academy men. This endowment was formed to assist future students in making their CBA dream a reality.  This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student who is continuing his family legacy of attending CBA, with either his father or grandfather being a graduate. Additionally, the student must support, by his attitude and actions, the philosophy and mission of CBA.

Eligibility:

• Father or Grandfather is an alumnus of Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft
• Commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, integrity, the shaping of one’s character, and faith development

Application Requirements:

• Please submit an essay (500 word limit) in response to the following: As a young man who’s father or grandfather is a graduate of CBA, describe what you have learned from them that makes you want to pursue your high school education at CBA.

Each scholarship is renewable for three years providing the recipient maintains a GPA of 80%.

The De La Salle Scholarships are determined on the basis of entrance exam scores, grade reports, and evaluations from the applicant’s previous school, the contents of the application, and the essay written during the entrance exam.  These scholarships are awarded by the Admissions Committee and no further materials are needed to apply.

These scholarships are renewable for three additional years as long as the recipient maintains a GPA of 90.

Named in memory of John Henderson. John Fleming and George Sheehan, the founders of CBA, the Founders Scholarships are determined on the basis of entrance exam scores, grade reports, and evaluations from the applicant’s previous school, the contents of the application, and the essay written during the entrance exam.  These scholarships are awarded by the Admissions Committee and no further materials are needed to apply.

These scholarships are renewable for three additional years as long as the recipient maintains a GPA of 90.

Named in memory of CBA’s first President, The Brother Andrew O’Gara, FSC Memorial Scholarships are determined on the basis of entrance exam scores, grade reports and evaluations from the applicant’s previous school, the contents of the application, and the essay written during the entrance exam.  These scholarships are awarded by the Admissions Committee and no further materials are needed to apply.

This scholarship is renewable for three additional years as long as the student maintains a GPA of 90.

The Brother Christian Jones FSC Memorial Scholarship is offered to support an incoming freshman who has demonstrated a high proficiency in the subject of mathematics.

Candidates are determined based on performance on the math portion of the CBA entrance exam; qualified candidates will receive notification of their eligibility in the mail. The scholarship is awarded based on the student’s performance on a separate test that eligible candidates will be invited to take.

This $2,500 scholarship will be applied only in the 2025/2026 school year.