Scholarships
The 2010 Avery Entrance Scholarship to UPEI
The Rules
1. Avery Scholarship open to students attending a Prince Edward Island high school who are planning to study English at the University of Prince Edward Island in September 2010.
2. Essays are to be submitted to high school guidance counselors by March 2, 2009. Up to five (5) essays may be submitted from each high school by March 16, 2010 to the director of the L.M. Montgomery Institute of UPEI.
3. A panel of three persons will be appointed by the Institute to read the submitted essays and recommend a winner to the Admissions, Scholarship and Degree Committee by April 1, 2010.
The scholarship will be credited to the Avery Scholarship winner's account upon registration in September.
Submission Guidelines
Essays should be 750-1000 words in length, typed and double-spaced. The essay should address one (1) of the official Avery Scholarship topics. All essays should have a title. Sources should be documented as they would be for any other research essay. Participating students' names, addresses, and telephone numbers should be given on a separate sheet accompanying each essay. This sheet should also contain a statement signed by the student indicating that the student wrote the essay without assistance.
2010 Avery Questions
1. Do you think that L.M. Montgomery could be considered a "green writer," that is, a writer who showed a great awareness of and concern for nature and the environment? Drawing on Montgomery's fiction and non-fiction, explain your views on this question.
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2. Describe how L.M. Montgomery's novels shaped your thinking and feelings about nature in Prince Edward Island. Tell us how she inspired you to think about nature and the environment in new or different ways.
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3. One hundred years after the publication of Anne of Green Gables, how do you think L.M. Montgomery would feel about the state of nature and the environment on Prince Edward Island? Please draw on Montgomery's writing (fiction, poetry, letters, or journals) to support your views.
High School Teachers and Guidance Counselors should visit the Teachers' Corner site for more information.
The Avery Scholarship was established in December 1998 by the owners of Cavendish Figurines Ltd., Don Maxfield and Jeannette Arsenault, as a contribution to their Island community in grateful appreciation of the legacy of L.M. Montgomery on PEI and in tribute to the "spirit of Anne.” The award is named after the fictional Avery Scholarship in Anne of Green Gables. Readers of Montgomery's first novel will know that Anne, with much hard work and determination, wins the coveted scholarship, which opens up new educational possibilities. The real scholarship, valued at $1,000, is awarded each year to a student from a Prince Edward Island high school entering the first year of the Faculty of Arts at UPEI and planning to major in English.
The recipient is chosen on the basis of an essay (750-1000 words) written on a topic provided by the L.M. Montgomery Institute committee and forwarded to the Institute through the school's Guidance Office. Essays are evaluated by a L.M. Montgomery Institute sub-committee and a winner is recommended to the Admissions, Scholarship and Degree Committee of UPEI. Topics are usually announced in January and the scholarship is officially awarded in the spring.
Past winners of the Avery scholarship are Chrissy Sherren (1999), Roseanne Gauthier (2000), Kelly Miles (2001), and Elizabeth McMillan (2002), Julie Fleming (2003). To read their winning essays, just click on the name of the winner.
