2018-2019

victorious k. swift memorial student scholarship & award application request

" 213"  2019 -2020 STUDENT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED

VICTORIOUS K. SWIFT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

A BALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP

 Our Victorious City Inc. (OVC) is pleased to offer the Victorious K. Swift Memorial 2018-2019 $2,000.00- $5,000.00 Scholarship for students enrolled in the Baltimore Design School. This scholarship is established exclusively for the purpose of promoting education in Fashion Design, Architecture, and Graphic Design and other related fields at BDS. The Baltimore Design School is where Victorious spent five (5) wonderful years of his life with students, teachers, and staff who would become his second family. His love for the school, the people and the essence of what BDS means to so many people showed in his fervent need to be there and the man that he would later become because of those bonds. Deadline for this application is March 1, 2019, at 11:59 pm EST

1JAMES FORRESTER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE ARTS

 Our Victorious City Inc. (OVC) is pleased to announce the

James Forrester Memorial Student 2018-2019 $2,000.00- $5,000.00 Scholarship for Music & Creative Arts. This is a citywide scholarship for students enrolled in Baltimore City Public/ Charter Schools. This scholarship is established for the purpose of promoting education in Creative Arts for Baltimore City High School Seniors.  Deadline for this application is March 1, 2019, at 11:59 pm EST. 

 MARCUS T. DOWNER HOMICIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 

Our Victorious City Inc. (OVC) is pleased to offer the Marcus T. Downer Homicide Victims Memorial 2018-2019 $2,000.00- $5,000.00 Student Scholarship for students enrolled in Baltimore City Public/ Charter School System. This scholarship is established for the purpose of promoting education in all fields of interest for Baltimore City High School Seniors. Applicants must have a minimum 2.50 GPA and have completed at least 100 hours of community service learning hours by the end of the 2019 academic semester.  Deadline for this application is March 1, 2019, at 11:59 pm EST.

 HONORING A LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING

Marcus Tafari Samuel Downer (23)

 July 14, 1992 - July 26, 2015

Marcus was a joy at birth and throughout his life. At the age of 2, he was reading fluently. He started Pre-K 3 at St. Katherine’s Catholic School and later graduated from St. Pius X Catholic School in June 2006. Marcus auditioned at Baltimore School for the Arts and was accepted in the Theatre Department. He graduated from School for the Arts on June 10, 2010. Marcus had a passion for acting and did it with fidelity.

Marcus performed in many performances under the tutelage of Kenyatta Hardison, a Music teacher at Cardinal Shehan School where Marcus was once a student.

Most people who Marcus interacted with loved his warm personality and he had an infectious smile like a ray of sunshine. My brain is like a video, constantly going back and forth through his childhood days of him becoming a man. Great memories, but a sad ending to a promising future.

Marcus life was taken suddenly on July 26, 2015

 VICTORIOUS K. SWIFT MEMORIAL

ENTREPRENEURIAL Empowerment

SCHOLARSHIP

 Our Victorious City Inc. (OVC) is pleased to offer the Victorious K. Swift Memorial Entrepreneurial Empowerment 2018-2019 $1,000.00- $5,000.00 Scholarship for students enrolled in Baltimore City Public/Charter Schools. This scholarship is established for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurial advantages to young people coming out of High School seeking to start businesses in all fields. Deadline for this application is March 1, 2019, at 11:59 pm EST.

 VICTORIOUS K. SWIFT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

 Our Victorious City Inc. (OVC) is pleased to offer the Victorious K. Swift Memorial 2018-2019 $2,000.00- $5,000.00 Scholarship for students enrolled in Baltimore City Public/ Charter Schools. This scholarship is established for the purpose of promoting education in all fields of interest in higher Deadline for this application is March 1, 2019, at 11:59 pm EST.education.      

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