STUDENT SELECTION
We at the ‘Give Me a Chance’ Children’s Foundation pride ourselves in the personal manner in which we select our beneficiaries. To ensure that the students selected are suitable representatives of the Foundation’s objectives Trust Director, Katherine Berchulski, completes a multi-phase interview process in order to identify appropriate candidates. The interview process is as follows:
- Liaise with school administration to identify seven to ten candidates from each school
- Based on academic records, interview three to four students from initial list
- Interview parents of candidates
Basis for School Referral:
Initial identification of candidates takes place by referral of the school’s administration. ‘Give Me a Chance’ holds an initial meeting with the school’s principal whereby a list of seven to ten students are recommended based on the following criteria:
- Academic records
- Extra-curricular accolades, and of course
- The families financial standing
Student Interviews:
After reviewing each student’s records the list is cut to three or four and interviews are then arranged with the candidates for the second phase of the selections process. Potential students are interviewed with particular emphasis is placed on the following criteria:
- Future ambitions
- Leadership skills
- Morals and values
- Aspirations to better their community
Parent Interviews:
It is very important that in addition to interviewing candidates thoroughly, we also take the initiative to interview each student’s parents. The ultimate goal of this phase is to ensure that the values we instill in our beneficiaries are upheld in their home life.
Once interviews have been completed the newest beneficiaries of the ‘Give Me a Chance’ Children’s Foundation are selected. It is important to note that while academic excellence is the initial identifying factor for selection, a majority of the students are selected on the basis of their overall excellence of character.
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