Scholarships
Tauranga Girls' College Trust - Minola Grant Scholarship
Minola Grant was born in County Berrien, in Michigan in the United States to a large farming family. A gifted and brilliant mind, her parents couldn’t afford to educate her past high school – but she was able to win a scholarship to attend university. She moved to New Zealand with her future husband Donald in 1941, settling down and developing a reputation as a fierce intellect and a gregarious hostess.
Minola never lost her passion for education – or forgot the thing that made attaining university study possible. When she passed away, she willed scholarships to Tauranga Boys’, Tauranga Girls’, and Otumoetai Colleges to help talented students achieve their potential.
The Acorn Foundation administers the Tauranga Girls’ College scholarship, which goes to 2 academically gifted students a year who have shown their dedication to their school community. This scholarship comes in the form of a grant of $6,000 over 3 years, paid out in instalments of $2,000 a year.
Successful applicants will be students of Tauranga Girls’ College who are progressing to higher education in the year after the scholarship has been granted. The scholarship will be granted by the senior staff at Tauranga Girls’ College and based on a student’s academic dedication and commitment to school life.