the Cailloux Foundation

June 28, 2011
KERRVILLE—A new recipient has recently been added to the roster for the Cailloux Scholarship Program. Naomi Lara, 201l graduate of Tivy High School in Kerrville, is the most recent recipient of the Cailloux Scholarship Award. She had been selected as an alternate for the award in May. Lara will attend Texas Lutheran University in Seguin and major in English with a minor in criminal justice.

When an original 2011 recipient discovered that she had been selected for another large scholarship as well as the Cailloux Scholarship she was able to release her Cailloux award to benefit one of the alternate’s chosen in preparation for such an occurrence.

“We are very pleased to add Naomi as a Cailloux Scholar recipient,” said Cailloux Foundation Assistant Executive Director Ben Modisett, “We are also happy to report that our scholarship award amounts will be increased for all recipients next year. The Board voted to raise the award from $12,000 to $14,000 per year”, he added.

The Foundation established The Cailloux Foundation Scholarship Program in 2000 to benefit graduating seniors from selected Texas Hill Country high schools. The awards are up to $12,000 per recipient annually and are for undergraduate study only. The scholarships are renewable for up to four years for a maximum multi-year award of $48,000 per student. Scholarship recipients attend four-year public or private colleges or universities in Texas. The 2011-2012 program will have 75 freshmen through senior level students participating as scholarship recipients. 

The applicants met or exceeded a minimum Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score requirement of 1022, or a minimum American College Test (ACT) score of 22. They also have a minimum grade average of 85 and are in the top one-third of their class. Scholarship applications were made available to any interested senior graduating from an eligible high school and meeting the academic and financial eligibility requirements. Eligible high schools include Bandera High School, Ed Brune High School at Big Spring Ranch near Leakey, Center Point High School, Comfort High School, Fredericksburg High School, Harper High School, Ingram’s Tom Moore High School, Junction High School, Leakey High School, Mason High School, Medina High School, Nueces Canyon High School near Barksdale, Our Lady of the Hills Catholic High School in Kerrville, Rocksprings High School, Tivy High School in Kerrville, and Utopia High School in Utopia. The application for next year will be available November 1, 2011 through February 1, 2012 and may be accessed at www.caillouxfoundation.org.

Final selection of recipients for the scholarship awards were overseen by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc. (ISTS) of  Nashville, TN. ISTS utilized standard comprehensive recipient selection procedures in making the final selections including the consideration of past academic performance, financial need, statement of career goals, educational aspirations, work experience, unusual personal or family circumstances, leadership skills, participation in school and community activities, recommendation letters, and an essay. 

The Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate the vision of founders Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux. Contact the Foundation at 830-895-5222 or view the scholarship section of this web site for additional information.