The Jonathan Leslie Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that it will again offer one or more $1,000 college scholarships in Spring 2009, as follows:

One scholarship may be awarded to a qualified graduating senior ice hockey player who resides in the Arlington Independent School District (the “Leslie Hockey Scholarship”)

A second scholarship may be awarded to a qualified graduating senior student at Arlington Martin High School (the “Leslie Martin High Scholarship”.

In order to be eligible for either Scholarship, the applicant must be a senior in high school who graduated early at the conclusion of the Fall 2008 semester or who is scheduled to graduate in Spring 2009.  Applicants for the Leslie Hockey Scholarship must be currently playing ice hockey on any organized team, such as the Arlington Wolverines, Arlington Martin Warriors, a house league team, or any travel team and reside in the boundaries of the Arlington Independent School District.  Applicants for the Leslie Martin High Scholarship must be enrolled as a senior at Arlington Martin High School.

Applicants for the Scholarship will be evaluated on the basis of leadership activities, academic and personal achievements, community service and personal character.  All of these factors will be considered in the evaluation of applicants, but no single factor holds priority.  The Fund reserves the right to determine which, if any, applicants are qualified to receive a Leslie Hockey Scholarship or Leslie Martin High Scholarship and it may elect to not award a Scholarship in either or both categories if no applicants meet the Scholarship criteria.

In order to be considered for the Scholarship, an applicant is requested to submit the following to the Fund on or before May 15, 2009:

1.             Your high school transcript for grades 9 through 12 (1^st semester only for grade 12).

2.             A letter of acceptance from an accredited 2 or 4 year college or university.

3.             Two (2) letters of recommendation from people familiar with you who are familiar with your achievements, your community service and your personal character.

4.             A 1,000 word essay (approximately 4 typewritten pages, double spaced) on the topic “If there was one thing you could change about yourself, what would it be, and how would you change it?”

Completed applications to the Fund should be sent or delivered to the following address on or before May 15, 2009:

The Jonathan Leslie Memorial Fund

Heritage Rock II

            2340 Interstate 20 West, Suite 218

            Arlington, TX 76017

In fairness to all applicants, incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

The Leslie Martin High Scholarship and the Leslie Hockey Scholarship (if awarded to a Arlington Martin Student) will be announced at the Arlington Martin awards ceremony on June 1, 2009.  If the Leslie Hockey Scholarship recipient is not a student at Arlington Martin, the recipient will notified by mail and be announced on the Fund’s website, www.jonathanfund.com on or before June 2, 2009. 

            Questions about the Scholarship or the application process should be directed to the Fund’s administrators, Jane and John Leslie by email at arlingtonlaw@aol.com.