Scholarships Due February 1, 2013

Scholarship season is upon us! Now is the time that we really begin getting a lot of scholarship notifications in the Counseling Office, usually a few each week. Make sure that you start coming by and checking the Scholarship Box regularly so that you can get a good start on your applications. The blog is an excellent source of this information as it is updated daily during this busy time.

Due February 1, 2013

We have several scholarships that are due Friday February 1, 2013:

• State PTSA Scholarship
• Equality Scholarship
• PG&E Scholarship program
• Soroptimist International Distinguished Youth Scholarship
• Beverage Industry/Christermon Scholarship
• There is also a Student Speaking Contest sponsored by Lions Multiple District 4 that is due on February 1, 2013.

Applications and information for all of these scholarships can be found in the Counseling Office in the Scholarship Box. Stop by soon and pick you your application. There is a lot of money out there that is available for high school seniors. You just have to go out there and apply for it!

All of these scholarships have also been featured here on the blog so you do a search for them to get more details. Otherwise, come into the Counseling Office and look in the Scholarship Box. It’s not too early to get started!

Humboldt Area Foundation

Deadline March 15, 2013

The Humboldt Area Foundation Scholarship page is now live! This is the largest source of local scholarships and you only have to fill out one application to apply for them all! The application is available online. There has been money that has not been awarded in the past because no one has applied! Don’t miss out on money to help you get to college and get your education. Around the first week in February, counselors will take classes into the Navi Lab and will have a specialist from the Humboldt Area Foundation here to answer questions. You can get a head start or just look over what’s available by going to:

http://www.hafoundation.org/haf/scholarships/apply-for-a-scholarship.html

2013 Beverage Industry College Scholarship Program Applications Due Postmarked Feb. 1, 2013

Deadline: Must be postmarked by February 1, 2013

The licensed California Beverage Industry offers college scholarships in amounts from $2,000 to $5,000 to qualified graduating high school seniors who will attend an accredited four-year college or university based within the United States, beginning with the fall 2013 semester. Students planning to attend a two-year community college are ineligible for this program.

Scholarships will be awarded to children, grandchildren, or legal guardians, of persons who currently hold full-time employment with, or who are proprietor of, a company holding a valid California liquor, beer or wine license. This includes restaurants, hotels, retail & wholesale grocery establishments, airlines, breweries, wineries, distributors, etc.

*Student employment with an establishment holding a California liquor license, and/or eligibility established through family relationship other than parent/grandparent/legal guardian, does not qualify for application to this program.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Student establishes eligibility through parent, grandparent, or legal guardian's full-time employment as outlined above.
• Student demonstrates outstanding community service as evidenced by a student-written essay.
• Scholarship recipients will be honored at one of two gala awards ceremonies planned for Summer 2013. Attendance at the awards ceremony is prerequisite to receiving the scholarship.

All applicants winning scholarships will receive notification of their placement for the program by June, 2013.

For the application to be considered, all directions on the application must be followed exactly with attention to deadlines.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

   HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

• Upon high school graduation, student will attend an accredited four-year college or university within the United States, beginning with the Fall 2013 term/semester and enrollment status of freshman/full-time (12+ units).
• Students participates in specific extra-curricular high school activities, as defined on application.
• Include with your application a 8.5 x 11 typed, double spaced ESSAY (not to exceed 2 pages) instructions below:
• "Include with your application a two page essay. Specific instructions will be given after you complete the application worksheet and click Generate my Application. You must include this 8.5 x 11 typed, doubled spaced essay that cannot exceed 2 pages. This essay will be closely evaluated for your on-topic submission, your attention to page setup and will account for 50% of the application process. It will be edited for impartiality and submitted for evaluation to a panel of twenty individuals. Essays will be critically evaluated for addressing the prompt. You will receive the prompts once you 'GENERATE THE APPLICATION'"

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR WELL-WRITTEN ESSAY, CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE REQUESTED PROMPT, WILL COUNT FOR 50% OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

To apply for this scholarship please click on the link below:

Christermon Beverage Industry Scholarship 

Application must be postmarked by February 1, 2013