Scholarship News
from the Counselor's Office
Local Scholarships
Most of the seniors who are eligible for the college academic scholarships have submitted those applications and all required documents, many have already received scholarship offers, so now it is time to start working on those local scholarships.
Yesterday, I spoke to the seniors during their English class about the requirements for each of the local scholarships. I also advised them on their essay, academic resume, and letters of recommendation. The presentation is attached below, and it can also be found on my website under "Scholarships."
Things to know about the local scholarships:
- Most, if not all, are one time scholarships. In other words, they are not renewable.
- Each scholarship eligibility requirements, application, and required documents are a little different, so pay attention to the details and follow the instructions.
- The deadlines for the local scholarships vary.
- Some scholarships will be awarded to St. Joseph Seniors, but there are a few where our seniors will be competing with other high school seniors in the county or state for the scholarship.
- Some scholarships will be turned in to me (Mrs. Breeding), but there are some that must be mailed directly to the scholarship committee.
- I am not the person who picks the recipients of any scholarship. I am the person who passes out the applications, collects them as students apply, and then gives the applications to the committees on the day they are due, which is why paying attention to deadlines is very important.
- Each scholarship committee is looking for something different, so I encourage students who are eligible to apply.
- All the applications for local scholarships are on my senior Google classroom. There are different formats (some can be filled out in the posted document and then printed, some are simply scanned and must be printed to fill out, some are online applications, etc).
- Seniors are welcome to stop by my office to request any scholarship, and I will be happy to hand them a paper copy if printing them from the Google classroom is an issue.
- Many of the scholarship representatives will be at the Senior Banquet and Awards Ceremony on May 10th to announce their scholarship recipient.
Right now, the Class of 2017 is getting close to $800,000 in scholarship offers. Please send me a copy of all scholarship offers (even those your child will not accept and use) so that we can see this dollar amount continue to grow. The more that is shared with me, the better I can prepare in advance for the banquet in May and keep everyone informed about how well our senior class is doing in their plans for life after high school! I am extremely proud of them!
Many Blessings,
Mrs. Breeding
Mrs. Teri Breeding
Email: tbreeding@sjbulldogs.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/sjbulldogs.org/mrs-breeding-s-counselor-webpage/
Location: 502 Front Street, Conway, AR, United States
Phone: 501-513-6808
Twitter: @mrsteribreeding