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Scholarships for Students
Students, searching for scholarships can
be time-consuming and hard work. Please take a few
preparatory steps before you begin your search to ensure
that your time will be well spent and fruitful. Planning
ahead is EVERYTHING!
- Prepare a resume-
Educational or Work Related; keep a log or folder of
"things" you do, places you've gone, people you've met,
lessons you've learned. It will all come in handy when
preparing your 100 words of WOW!
- Get reference letters
written early. Begin getting reference letters from your
minister, your employer, your teachers, your guidance
counselors, your coaches, your babysitting families, etc.
Make 10-15 copies of each and have them sign them
individually. Then keep them all in the folder with your
resumes.
- Keep an extra 10-15 wallet
size pictures of yourself. Many scholarships require a
headshot.
- Keep your persuasive and
informative essays from high school close by and
electronically filed. They will come in handy when you
are trying to write an essay for each of the scholarships
you choose.
- Make copies of everything
you send off. Don't ever trust that just because you put
a stamp on it or handed it to someone that it is going to
reach its destination.
In other words,
keep a thick folder ready and stay organized. Plan ahead
and always turn things in before the deadline.

Scholarship
Instructions
Feel free to go through the Scholarship book! As you see
scholarships that you might be interested in please complete
the Scholarship Request Form and leave it in the top of the
shelf unit located on the top of the filing cabinet. This
will be checked daily and an office aide will gather up all
the scholarship application for the ones that interest you
and they will then have them sent to you or advise you of
pick up.
If there are any questions please feel
free to get with Mrs. Taylor or Mr. Austin at ext 54606. Thank you for your
cooperation.
Scholarship Notebook Procedures
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Parents/Students: Ever have trouble
figuring out your GPA or which one to use?

Click here
to print a full report card sample. On the back of the report card are
instructions and definitions for the student data given with each report
card.
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Cumulative Weighted GPA |
Use for college
and scholarship applications, and determines class rank |
Only uses final
semester grades (2 quarter grades averaged together) |
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Cumulative Unweighted GPA |
Use back of
report card |
Does not
calculate any extra weight in the formula for honors, AP courses |
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Quarter GPA |
Use back of
report card |
Unweighted,
located directly under each quarter’s grades |
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Honor Roll GPA |
Use back of
report card |
Weighted,
located directly under the Course listings. |
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Bright Futures GPA |
Used to
determine eligibility for Bright Futures. Calculated using specific
required courses listed on Bright Futures brochure or
www.FACTS.org |
Visit their
website |
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NCAA |
Used to determine athletic
eligibility to play collegiate sports, go to NCAA Eligibility center for
more information
www.web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter
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Visit their
website |
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