Scholarships - 2005 - 06 Info Will Be Posted Shortly

General Scholarships

Organization Name

Scholarship Name

 

DEADLINE

 AMOUNT

Grade

CRITERIA

AAA Travel High School Challenge

 

 

 

9,10,11,12

web based test

AFS Awards for Excellence

 

Nomination

 

 

3.5 or better, leadership, service to community

AFT's Robert G. Porter Scholars Program

 

 

 $  8,000.00

12

dependents of AFT members and who intend to pursue a career in labor, education, healthcare or government

All-American Scholar Program

 

Nomination

 

 

3.3 average, involved in extracurricular

American Dairy Farmers

SAMMY 2004

Nomination

 $  7,500.00

12

academic performance, athletic excellence, leadership, community svc, milk experience

American Fire Sprinkler Association

 

 

 13000 total to 7

12

Senior essay contest, apply online

American Legion Auxiliary

 

 

 $  1,000.00

12

family members who served during ww1, ww2, the korean conflict, vietnam war, grenada/lebanon, panama or persian gulf war.  Article 500 words Why I chooseto further my education

Best Buy Scholarship

 

 

 

 

Well rounded students who have given back to community with great hearts

Burger King Scholars

 

Nomination

 $   1,000.00

12

Senior 2.5 or better, work 15 hour week, participate community co-cirr, financial need

Central Nassau Club

The Lillie Mae Rice Scholarship

 

 $   1,200.00

12

afro-american, academic excellence gpa 85-100%

Central Nassau Club

The Contigency Award

 

 $   600.00

12

african american, academic potential gpa 75%

Columbus Citizens Foundation

 

 

 

12

2 essays, pride italian-american heritage, finanacial need, 80 average service to school & community

Country Glen Center Merchants Inc

 

 

 2000, 1500, 1000

12

teen heros who unselfishly contributed to the betterment of our society, individual group endeavor, sponsored by a charity school or religious

DANTE Foundations Of Nassau County

 

 

 

 

Italian heritage, high standards in academics, extracirricular, above average on SAT, 4 applications from each school

Discover Card

Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship

 

 $  25,000.00

11

Junior with 2.75 or better, multitalented, show leadership, community involvement

Dorothea Deitz Memorial Scholarship

 

 

 $  6,500.00

 

Women students who will major in Physical Education Teacher Education

Eagle Scout Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation

Founders Scholarship Award

 

 

 

Ability GPA & Aptitude tests

Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation

Chairmans Scholarship Award

 

 

 

 

Ability GPA & Aptitude tests

Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation

Outstanding Achievement Awards

 

 

 

 

Ability GPA & Aptitude tests

Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation

Academic Scholarship Awards

 

 

 

 

Ability GPA & Aptitude tests

EF Educational Tours

 

Nomination 1 per school

 

 

 

essay competition must be college bound Describe how someone in your life has inspired you to live as a global citizen

Elks National Foundation

Most Valuable Student Scholarship

 

 

 

12

Scholarship, leadership and financial need

Elks National Foundation

ENF Legacy Awards

 

 

 

Child, grandchild, step-child or step-grandchild of an Elk in good standing

Elks National Foundation

Emergency Educational Grants

 

 

 

 

Child of an Elk who is deceased or totally incapacitated

Gates Foundation (Bill & linda)

The Gates Millennium Scholars

Nomination

 

 

 

African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanci American, cul GPA 3.3 on a 4.00 scale unweighted at the time of nomination, leadership community svc ofr extracirr, meets federal pell grant eligibility

Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship

 

 

 

 

12

Senior, Girl Scout Gold Award winner

GreenPoint Foundation

Greenpoint Achiever (GPA) Scholarship Program

 

 

 10,000 over 4 yrs

12

Senior 2-4 year college or university academics, financial need & community service

Guardian

Guradian Girls Going Places Scholarship

Nomination

 

 10,000, 5,000, 3,000

 

Girls 12-16 demonstrate budding entrepreneurship & taking steps toward financial independence

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

 

 

 

 1,000-3,000

 

parent that is hispanci, 3.0 or better plan to enroll fulltime in a degree seeking program

Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation

Holocaust Remembrance Project

 

 

 5,000, trip

 

Essay contest for high school students

Irish-Americans in Government

 

 

 

 $   1,000.00

12

Irish-American, personal involvement in school and community activities which benefits the less fortunate, leadership & academics

Jay's World Childhood Cancer Foundation

 

 

 

 

12

Cured of cancer /in remission/or able to attend college while undergoing treatment

Jenkins Memorial Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

teaching profession

Julie Peierls Scholarship

 

 

 

 1000 annual

 

plans to pursue a career in the professional theatre

Kohl's Kids Who Care

 

Nomination

 

 

ages 6-18