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Scholarships2012 Scholarship Information - Posting in progress!Please note: NROTC Scholarship - The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps offers up to $180,000 for college education at 153 campuses across the nation. If at the end of your freshman year you do not wish to continue with the program, you can opt out with no penalty and will have had your first year fully paid for. Applications are due January 31. American Indian Endowed Scholarship (AIES) - Applicants must have close social and cultural ties to an American Indian tribe and be able to demonstrate financial need. Students need to be planning to use their education to serve the Native community. Applications due February 1. UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers) offers 15 scholarships in Western Washington to students who are members of this union or children of members. The awards range from $1,000 to part time students to $4,000 a year for four years. If you work at Albertsons, Safeway or Olympic Medical Center, you may qualify. Due February 15. Best Buy Scholarships - Best Buy is offering twelve hundred $1,000 scholarships nationally to students who are involved in community volunteer programs with a gpa of 2.5 or above. Information is online and due February 15. Go to www.bestbuy-communityrelations.com. WACE, a cooperative of schools, is offering 115 - $6,000 scholarships (renewable). Applicants must have a 3.5 gpa and plan to attend Drexel, Johnson & Wales, Ketterling, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo or Wentworth Institute of Technology. Due by February 15. ASCE Thomson Memorial Scholarship is for a student planning a career as a Civil Engineer. It is one scholarship for $5,000 that can be renewable through graduate school. Applications due February 15. Pemco/ Washington State School Retiree's Association: Twenty-six scholarships are offered statewide to students planning a career in education. Some of them are renewable for four years. Go to www.wssra.org. Due March 1. Pollanz Scholarship - $8000 a year for four years. Applicants should be planning a career in science, engineering, business or education, have financial need and be attending a 4-year college in the fall. Essay required. Due March 2. Pemco/WASA 21st Century Educator Scholarship - Three $4000 scholarships in Washington to future teachers. One is for a minority student. Due March 5. Cascade Warbirds, an aviation organization, is offering scholarships for private pilot ground school with two free flights (Due April 30) and scholarships for attendance at the Oshkosh Wisconsin Aviation camp (Due February 29). Visit www.cascadewarbirds.org. Application Washington State Employees Credit Union - Applicants must be members of this credit union. (There is no branch in Port Angeles.) There will be twenty $2,000 for 4-year colleges and seven $1,000 for 2-year colleges or technical schools. Go to www.wsecu.org/. Due March 5. The Kelly Scholarship - $2,500 to students who demonstrate good citizenship and achieve high academic goals. Financial need considered. Out of 700 applications last year, 52 scholarships were awarded. Applications are due March 12. International Footprint Assoc. Scholarship: $1000 going to a student planning a career in law enforcement or firefighting. Must have turned in a Scholarship Notebook. Applications due March 16. WSAJ /Washington State Association for Justice -Three scholarships ranging from $1000 to $3000 statewide. One scholarship is an essay contest based on the documentary Hot Coffee. The second scholarship is for a student who has been the victim of injury or who has overcome a disability or handicap. Due March 16. Leadership 1000 Scholarship: $2500 to $5000. Applicants need to be attending a 4-year college in the State of Washington. Financial need must exist and verified by a filed FAFSA form. There are income guidelines listed with the application. Students need to have a minimum 2.75 g.p.a. Due March 23. Go to: www.collegesuccessfoundation.org. The Scott Scholarship - $2,500 to a student with a 3.0 or better who will be attending a 4-year university in the fall of 2011. Parent's combined income may not exceed $100,000 a year. Applicants should have demonstrated leadership in school and community activities and be a U.S. citizen. Last year 11 scholarships were awarded nationally. Applications due March 31. ESA Youth Scholarship - Total of five scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, to students who are children of active law enforcement or fire department. Essay, SAT or ACT scores required. Due March 31. The WashingtonWine Industry Foundation offers scholarships to college bound students planning a career in viticulture or enology (study of grapes and wine production). Scholarships range from $500 to $3,000 and are due June 1. AES Engineering - One $500 scholarship nationally. Essay competition. Due October 5, 2012. General InformationFinancial assistance for college comes primarily from four sources: the colleges themselves, the government, national and regional scholarships, and local scholarships. The Port Angeles community has one of the most successful local scholarship programs in the nation, awarding about $250,000 a year to graduates. There are scholarships for students planning to attend technical colleges, vocational institutes, community colleges, and four-year colleges. Students apply for these funds by completing a scholarship notebook during the senior year. Detailed information about the notebook is provided to seniors in monthly meetings beginning in early October. The notebook is due in January, and the scholarships are awarded at an evening event in May. Each local scholarship has its own set of judges. Most of the award winners are selected by the organizations sponsoring the scholarship; a few scholarships are decided by a committee made up of staff and community members. See your counselor for more information on the local scholarship notebook process. The high school also helps students access regional and national scholarships. The Career Center has computer search programs, books of scholarships and a list of internet sites. The Guidance and Counseling Center maintains a file of scholarship applications which are mailed to the high school. These opportunities also are listed in the senior newsletter. The federal and state government offer grants and loans, mostly based on financial need. Families complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) in early January. The high school has a workshop each year to explain these government programs. The largest amounts of scholarships are awarded by the colleges themselves. College catalogs and web sites have specific information on their offerings. High school juniors should get help from the Career Center & Guidance Center in developing a list of schools. Scholarship offerings are one factor to consider when deciding where to apply. |
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