Scholarship Info
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Financial Aid Night - Information
The powerpoint below is from the FAFSA.gov website, with our state and local information included. This was shared at the Financial Aid Night in November and provides a general overview of the FAFSA and other financial aid avenues.
Financial Aid Night Powerpoint
WEBSITES TO USE:
www.fafsa.gov - Make sure you are on the .gov site and not another website. There are fake websites out there that charge to fill out the FAFSA. Remember that the F at the beginning of FAFSA stands for FREE. The customer service at FAFSA is wonderful and are there to help EVERYONE through the process if you have questions.
On this website is the FAFSA4Caster. This gives you the opportunity to estimate your financial aid numbers.
www.GACollege411.org - This is where students apply for HOPE Scholarship. It is important that students go to this website and determine if they remember their passwords and accounts. If students fill out the application for HOPE, they can transfer some of the data to FAFSA.
Dell Outlet Teacher Appreciation Contest
SENIORS CAN WIN A TABLET FOR YOU AND YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER BY WRITING ONE (1) ESSAY!
The Contest begins on May 6, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on May 10, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period") and consists of the following phases ("Phases"):
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How to Enter:During the Upload Phase, visit http://delloutlet.promo.eprize.com/teacherappreciation/ and follow the links and instructions to complete and submit the registration form, including a valid home address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. Then, follow the directions to submit one (1) essay of the teacher who has made the greatest difference in your life and why (the "Submission") in order to receive one (1) Contest entry. By uploading your Submission, you agree that it conforms to the Submission Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the “Guidelines and Restrictions”) and that Sponsor, may disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.
GAGE Scholarship Essay Information
HS Summer Scholarship (grades 9-12) is $100
HS Ruth Cowan Graduating Senior Scholarship is $500
HS Anette Eger Graduating Senior Scholarship is $500
All Essays must be turned into the Counseling office by March 25, 2013
GAGE Essay Prompts Spring 2013
High School Summer Scholarship Award - $100
“I'm not crazy; my reality is just different than yours.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Relate this excerpt from Alice in Wonderland to your experience as a gifted high school student.
How is your reality different from a ‘typical’ teenager? Your efforts, involvement, and activities
may be seen by others as ‘crazy’, as you strive to achieve your goals. Explain in your essay what
your unique reality is like, and how it’s just perfect for you!
(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less.)
Deadline for submission is March 25, 2013.
Annette Eger All Children Are Gifts Scholarship Award - $500
“But it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Alice reminds us that we are different people every day. Hopefully, we are better than we were the day before. Think about how you have overcome obstacles and accomplished things that perhaps you didn’t think possible at the start. Tell about how you have become different one day than you were the day before! Or, share an inspirational message about an educator that helped you to change and reach your true potential.
(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less.)
Deadline for submission is March 25, 2013.
Ruth Cowan Scholarship Award (graduating senior) - $500
“There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
You are graduating from high school and facing a new chapter in your life. As a gifted graduating senior preparing for your next educational steps,how are you going to seize opportunities in a wonderful, mysterious place like college or the workplace? Does it sometimes seem like a crazy idea, leaving home and everything that is familiar to you? What will you do to set yourself up for success and not be mad as a hatter?
(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less.)
Deadline for submission is March 25, 2013.
Brian Jordan Foundation Scholarship
The Brian Jordan Foundation Scholarship assists students, who are financially underprivileged, with college tuition up to $1000 per recipient for four years.
To learn more and apply click on Brian Jordan Foundation Scholarship
LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Area II Gwinnett Council Scholarship
Seniors with a PTA membership are eligible.
Please read the eligibility and instructions carefully
as you (the student) must be a PTSA member to apply for this scholarship.
You can become a member online at mealpay.
EACH SCHOOL IN THE CLUSTER WILL HAVE ONE WINNER OF THIS SCHOLARSHIP!!!!!!
That means that you have a 1 in 122 chance (if all your senior peers apply) OR BETTER to win this Scholarship!
Please do not wait till the last day to apply for this as you need a transcript and recommendations.
PTSA Area II Gwinnett Council Scholarship Application
The Georgia Fire Sprinkler Association awards scholarships annually in the amount of $1500, $1000, and $750 to high school seniors through an essay writing contest.
Better Business Bureau - Student of Integrity
BBB has announced the call for entries to the 2013 Student of Integrity Scholarships. They will give six $1,000 scholarships to high schools seniors who attend an accredited school in their service areas. All information may be found at http://atlanta.bbb.org/2013-student-of-integrity-scholarship
Deadline for entries will be January 31, 2013. There is no limit to how many students may enter from a school.
Gwinnett County Farm Bureau
Gwinnett County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce the 2013 agriculture scholarship program. Gwinnett County Farm Bureau will award (3) $1500 scholarships to those who meet the criteria. All winners will be announced in May 2013. The scholarship checks will be distributed in the summer of 2013 upon confirmation by the student of their college/university and major area of study as listed in the criteria.
The agriculture scholarship is available to all high school students who will be graduating in 2013 and beginning college that same year.
All applications must be approved and signed by the County President.
Return completed application by Friday, February 8, 2013 to:
Gwinnett County Farm Bureau
Scholarship Application
1150 Cripple Creek Drive
Lawrenceville GA 30043
Applications may be obtained from the county office or at gfb.org
JACKSON EMC SCHOLARSHIPS
Three different scholarships are available– A.T. Sharpton Unrestricted Scholarship, A.T. Sharpton Restricted Scholarship, and the Walter Harrison Scholarship. Applicants must be either a customer of Jackson EMC or must be the son or daughter of a customer and live as a primary resident in their parents’/guardians’ household, and scholarships are based on academic ability, extra-curricular activities, personal sketch and letters of recommendations.
The applications for each of the scholarships and additional eligibility criteria can be found at the Jackson EMC’s Web site, www.jacksonemc.com/scholarshipsor on the Community Foundation’s Web site, www.ngcf.org/scholarships.
The deadline for turning in completed applications is January 24, 2013. Applications must be received at the North Georgia Community Foundation by 5 p.m. on January 24 in order to be considered. Applications must be returned to the North Georgia Community Foundation; the address is on the application and all of the communication materials. Applications sent to Jackson EMC will not be considered.
Future Educator Scholarships
Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) has a scholarship for any senior planning on attending a college/university in Georgia and pursuing an education career. The application and information can be found on GAE's website (www.gae.org)--halfway down the page by clicking on blue tab "GAE Foundation Scholarships and Awards".
Simon Youth Foundation Community Scholarship
The Simon Youth Scholarships program pays one-time and renewable scholarships to high school students in every community that is home to a Simon mall each year. Targeting first-generation college students and those with demonstrated financial need, the Simon Youth Scholarships program furthers the SYF commitment to extending educational opportunities to all students who want to learn, no matter their personal circumstances.
http://www.syf.org/2012/01/17/programs-3/
NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
GE-REAGAN FOUNDATION
The GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program annually awards roughly 20 college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship with up to $10,000 renewable scholarships. For more information, go to www.reaganfoundation.org/scholarships. Deadline January 10, 2013.
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
First place winner receives $10,000. Students write an essay on an eact of political courage by a US elected official who served during or after 1956. For contest information, go to www.jfklibrary.org
Samsung High School Scholarship Program
High School Students- Ten (10) $1000 Scholarships
Students are to write an essay in 300 words or less answering the following question, "How will technology enable the collaboration process in the future?" Group collaboration can be beneficial to learning and creative problem solving. Digital tools like Skype, WebEx, Face Time, tablets, interactive white boards and Samsung Document Cameras will all have a significant role. Ten $1,000 student scholarships will be chosen.Enter Scholarship Program
Univision Scholarships
Univision welcomes ALL Latino students to apply for their scholarship program that opens on November 1st. Go to the Es El Momento link to begin the application. The scholarship is for $5000 per year, renewable as long as the student maintains the performance requirements. Go to http://vidayfamilia.univision.comand look for the Es El Momento section.
Students must be Hispanic, graduating in May 2013, and have at least a 3.0 GPA.
Abbott and Fenner Scholarship
Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants will award up to $1,000 to this year’s winner(s). Interested high school juniors and seniors will submit an essay on the topic that appears on the scholarship page of the website.
http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm
American Legion - Get Money for College. Scholarship and financial aid information at your fingertips: www.legion.org/needalift
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Co-Op Scholarships at participating universities Go to www.waceinc.org to find out how your education can be enhanced by full employment opportunities and scholarship money. Outstanding way to attend college for less money and graduate with higher salaries!
Northwest Missouri State University - STEM Scholars
NMSU was recently awarded a grant that will allow them to support several students in either Computer Science or their Interactive Digital Media/Computer Science Program. Scholarships will be awarded based on academic merit and financial need. To apply, first apply to NMSU. Indicate that you want to major in one of these programs and then go to the website below to apply for the scholarship:
www.nwmissouri.edu/dept/csis/stemscholars.htm
Boston University - Trustee Scholarship Competition
Earn a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to Boston University. Deadline December 1, 2012. Go to bu.edu/admissions/trustee
Samsung K-12 ROI Gift Programs Are Back!
Samsung is offering three ROI gift programs that we believe will help boost the skills and intelligence of K-12 students across the country. Learn more about our Grant, Scholarship, and Superhero programs that offer a SAMCAM 760 document camera for your school and/or scholarship money for your students. Good luck!
In 100 words or less, what unique lesson plan would you create with the SAMCAM 760 document camera? Twenty (20) finalists will be chosen and then given a SAMCAM 760 document camera for two weeks. The finalists will then record and submit their lesson plan with their class. Ten (10) teachers will then be chosen and awarded the SAMCAM 760.
Deadline: May 1, 2013
2013 Scholarship Program
What do you think about technology advancements and how it will change the way we learn in the future? Is it for the better? Samsung is asking students across America to write an essay, up to 300 words, on the topic of technology advancements in schools. Five (5) winners will be selected for scholarships at $1,000 each.
Deadline: May 15, 2013
2013 Superhero Program
K-12 students can enter a 1-3 minute video portraying their favorite historical character for a chance at $500 and a SAMCAM 760 for their school. Ten (10) finalists will be chosen each round and then teachers and students will vote to select the winner.
Deadlines: May 31, 2013
November 30, 2013
SAMCAM 760
Capture more pupils with the new Samsung SAMCAM 760 document camera. Watch "Let the Students Decide," a series of live demonstrations showing Samsung's superior image quality when compared to its competitors in a head-to-head challenge.
Interested in Computer Science? Google has a full list of scholarships: