Marquette Bank Supports 61 High School Students through Annual Scholarship Program

Neighborhood bank offers high school seniors $2,500 scholarship to continue their education.

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Mar 11, 2021, 10:55 ET

ORLAND PARK, Ill., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Marquette Bank, a locally-owned neighborhood bank, has announced the continuation and expansion of the annual Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program. The 2021 Scholarship Program has grown to 61 Chicagoland High Schools. The program awarded its first scholarships in 1968 and celebrates a tradition of providing scholarships to graduating seniors from schools in Marquette Bank's neighborhood footprint. Scholarships of $2,500 are awarded to students continuing their education who have an outstanding record of community service, demonstrate financial need and maintain at least a "B" average through their high school education. Since 1968, approximately $3.5 million has been awarded to almost 1,800 Chicagoland high school seniors.

"As a neighborhood bank, we support the most involved and dedicated kids in our communities," Christie Cox, Director of Neighborhood Strategy. "By contributing to the education of these deserving students, we hope that they will find individual success and return to help improve their neighborhoods in the future."

Students are invited to apply for the scholarship through their schools' guidance office. Scholarship recipients are selected by their own school's principal, guidance counselors or a principal-appointed committee. The scholarship can be used to cover expenses at any higher education program, including four-year colleges and universities, community colleges, vocational training or trade schools.

The Chicagoland schools invited to participate in the 2021 Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program include:

Acero - Major Hector P. Garcia M.D. High School; Chicago
Air Force Academy High School; Chicago
Andrew High School; Tinley Park
Argo Community High School; Summit
Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School; Chicago
Benito Juarez Community Academy; Chicago
Bogan College Prep High School; Chicago
Bolingbrook High School; Bolingbrook
Brother Rice High School; Chicago
Catalyst Maria High School; Chicago
Chicago Christian High School; Palos Heights
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences; Chicago
Chicago Hope Academy; Chicago
Christ the King Jesuit College Prep.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School; Chicago
Curie Metropolitan High School; Chicago
De La Salle Institute; Chicago
Eisenhower High School; Blue Island
Eric Solorio Academy H.S.; Chicago
Evergreen Park High School; Evergreen Park
Farragut Career Academy; Chicago
Gage Park High School; Chicago
Hancock High School; Chicago
Harper High School; Chicago
Hubbard High School; Chicago
Infinity Math, Science and Technology High School; Chicago
Johnson College Prep; Chicago
Kelly High School; Chicago
Kennedy High School; Chicago
Lemont High School; Lemont
Leo Catholic High School; Chicago
Lincoln-Way Central High School; New Lenox
Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School; Chicago
Marist High School; Chicago
Morgan Park High School; Chicago
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School; Chicago
Mount Carmel High School; Chicago
Oak Forest High School; Oak Forest
Oak Lawn Community High School; Oak Lawn
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School; Chicago
Percy L. Julian High School; Chicago
Providence Catholic High School; New Lenox
Reavis High School; Burbank
Richards High School; Oak Lawn
Romeoville High School; Romeoville
Saint Ignatius College Prep; Chicago
Sandburg High School; Orland Park
Shepard High School; Palos Heights
Simeon Career Academy; Chicago
St. Laurence High School; Burbank
St. Rita of Cascia High School; Chicago
Stagg High School; Palos Hills
Tilden Career Community Academy High School; Chicago
Tinley Park High School; Tinley Park
Trinity High School; River Forest
Universal School; Bridgeview
Urban Prep Charter Academy - Englewood Campus; Chicago

The Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program is part of the Marquette Neighborhood Commitment, where each quarter the bank focuses on a different area of need: shelter, hunger, education and health/wellness. For more information on the Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program, call 1-888-254-9500 or visit www.emarquettebank.com.

About Marquette Bank:

Marquette Bank is one of the largest neighborhood banks in Chicagoland and has been helping neighbors, families and businesses achieve their financial goals since 1945. Independent and locally-owned, Marquette Bank offers a full range of consumer and business banking, home financing, business lending, insurance, investments, wealth management, estate planning and trust services. Marquette Bank is the only bank in Chicagoland to offer the FunRewards program, offers popular digital banking services and free access to over 40,000 surcharge-free ATMs nationwide. Marquette Bank has received 10 consecutive 'Outstanding' CRA ratings from federal regulators putting it in the top 1% of all banks nationwide.

Marquette Bank has 20 banking centers, 2 lending services offices and a corporate administrative center with locations in Chicago, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Orland Park, Romeoville and Summit, Illinois. Marquette Bank is a subsidiary of Marquette National Corporation (OTCQX: MNAT), a diversified financial holding company, and has $1.9 billion in assets along with a local lending portfolio of almost $1 billion. Marquette Bank is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Connect with Marquette Bank on social media on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. For more information visit: http://www.emarquettebank.com or call 1-888-254-9500.