NVADACA accepts scholarship applications from students enrolled in the 30 schools listed by the Virginia High School League (VHSL) as: regions 1 through 5, and George Mason High School in Falls Church.
Interested applicants should:
- Download the application to their computer
- Fill in the application
- Applicants must email their application to the designated school official in their respective high school rather than providing a paper copy.
- Applicants can type in their name and their parent’s name on the application. This will serve as the signature certifying the information contained in the application is correct and true.
- Writers can email the letter of recommendation directly to the designated school official. The applicant should provide this person with the name and email address of the school official.
- Applicants must include an electronic unofficial copy of their transcript with the application.
- Applicants must write only on one page when composing their essay.
2021 Scholarship Application
Instructions for the Career Center Scholarship Coordinator will be mailed to the eligible schools.
Scholarship Winners 2021
Congratulations to the 2020 Scholarship Winners
| Julia Tan | Falls Church |
| Ella Tampio-lorns | West Springfield |
| Sara Silarszka | Fairfax |
| River Rupert | Justice |
| Myles Pittman | John R.Lewis |
| Hailey Nguyen | Thomas Jefferson |
| Rachael Nelson | Fairfax |
| Mary Murray | Fairfax |
| Elizabeth McNuff | Madison |
| Andrea Marquez-Agular | John R. Lewis |
| Laci Johnson | Herndon |
| Jenny Hoang | John R. Lewis |
| Cameron Goodloe | Chantilly |
| Lauren Gagermeier | Falls Church |
| Olivia Frego | Hayfield |
| Elizabeth Cowan | Yorktown |
| Daniella Contreras | Centreville |
| Emma Chernisky | Chantilly |
| Jillian Caughey | Justice |
| Teresa Capuano-Rizzo | Marshall |
The scholarships are named for former Northern Virginia educators. In 2021, NVADACA awarded twenty scholarships of $4,000 each to graduating seniors in Northern Virginia high schools.
The scholarships are funded as follows:
Annual Gifts
Mary O. Ambler Memorial Scholarship (Ambler Trust Fund)
NVADACA Scholarship Endowment Fund
Virgil B. Harris Jr. Memorial Scholarship (Apple Federal Credit Union)
Ralph Buckley Scholarship (Apple Federal Credit Union)
Thomas Porter Memorial Scholarship (Endowed by the Porter Family and Friends)
Elizabeth Stewart Brooks Memorial Scholarship (Endowed by Roy Brooks)
Robert F. Clark Memorial Scholarship (Endowed by Robert Clark Family and Friends)
George Arnold Keim Scholarship (Endowed by the Keim Family and Friends)
NVADACA Operating And Scholarship Fund
Patricia A. Bergan Memorial Scholarship
Rachel E. Peters Memorial Scholarship
Charles L. Price Memorial Scholarship
Patrick Cunningham Memorial Scholarship
George Felton Memorial Scholarship
Jimmie Miller Memorial Scholarship
John R. Grinnell Memorial Scholarship
John Youngblood Memorial Scholarship
Tommy Lyles Memorial Scholarship
Legacy Scholarships – The following people have been honored by presenting a scholarship in their name in the year listed. Click on the name to read their personal profile.
William Jack Burkholder (2018, 2019)
Marvel Emogene Johnson (2018, 2019)
Email questions about Scholarships to nvadacascholarship@gmail.com