Senior Newsletter # 6

Welcome back to school and I hope that you are looking forward to finishing your final semester of mandatory education in a strong fashion. There are some real crucial dates that you will need to make sure that you remember. Pay close attention to the announcements and always check the table in front of the Guidance Office during your lunch shift to see if there is anything pertinent to you. Over the next 5 months, you will order your cap and gown, vote on invitations, order invitations, vote on many items surrounding the graduation ceremony, check your name to see how you want it printed on your diploma, verify the type of diploma you will be receiving, having Prom, signing up for senior picnics, lunches, project graduations, filling out your FAFSA, finalizing your selection for a college, possibly selecting a roommate, writing thank you notes for your graduation gifts, going to ballgames, practice graduation, and participate in a countless number of other activities.

Spirit Week is January 24 th-28 th. Mrs. Schmeal has some good activities planned. There is going to be a letter writing campaign to our troops in the Middle East. The charity of choice for the week will be the disaster victims in Southeast Asia. Let’s get behind this and have 100% participation from the senior class.

We are having a Financial Aid Meeting on Thursday, January 13 th at 6:30 in the auditorium. Your parents have been invited to this and should bring the FAFSA form that you received in your English class. It is probably more important for them to be here than it is for you, but you are welcome as well.

Report Cards will be handed out to you on Wednesday, January 12 during CAP Group. Your transcript with last semester’s grades, your new g.p.a. and rank will be ready on Wednesday as well. If you need another one mailed to the school that you have applied to, let us know and we can take care of this. If you have already been accepted to a school, then you shouldn’t have to send them another transcript until after you graduate. For a school based scholarship opportunity, you will need to send them another one though. Remember that transcripts are $1 now, but will be $2 after you graduate.

Also, if you want to become a teacher, you will have to have a composite of 21 or greater on the ACT. You may have been admitted to the University, but sometimes the Colleges within the school have more strict requirements.

Dates

Scholarships

44. Are you interested in the field of nursing? OMHS will help you pay for school if you agree to work for them.

45. Commonwealth Credit Union (CCU) “Nathan Leach, Reach for the Stars”-$4,000 total over four years. Must be a CCU member which costs $5. Good opportunity. Don’t let the $5 scare you from not applying.

46. www.whymilk.com $7,500 scholarship, based on academics (35%), athletics (35%), leadership (15%), community service (10%) and milk experience (5%)

47. www.cflouisville.org Use the left hand tool bar to go to the grants and scholarships section. The Community Foundation of Louisville offers scholarships in numerous areas.

48. Sam Walton Community Scholarship Program (Wal-Mart) www.walmartfoundation.org. Deadline is 2/1. $1,000 for one year.

49. U of L Engineering Day and Competition is 2/21, but you must enter prior to going.

50. Robert C. Byrd Scholarship-3.5 gpa and 23 ACT or higher. $1,500 per year. www.kheaa.com and the application is under the “Forms Heading”. This must be turned in to me no later than February 8 th.

51. Daviess County Homemakers Scholarship-$750 one time gift. Must be majoring in Family Consumer Sciences or Home Economics that includes FCS education, dietetics, nutrition science, fashion, interior design, early childhood development, and others

52. Pauline C. Young Scholarship Foundation, “Young Scholars Program”. You must be going to a 4 year school in Kentucky. This is for students that have made the most of their educational opportunity, have potential for local community development and have financial need. www.kyscholarships.org

53. www.student-view.com No minimum ACT score or minimum gpa, no lengthy application form, log on and write a 250 word essay on your college search

54. U of L scholarship for those interested in studio art, graphic design, interior design or art history. Nice opportunity, awards vary from $1,000 to full tuition plus stipend. Deadline is February 15 th.

55. Interested in law enforcement. The Owensboro Police Department sponsors an academy for 10 weeks on Thursday nights.

56. Kentucky Farm Bureau-they have several scholarships. You must have a 3.5 gpa, a 23 ACT or higher and your family be Farm Bureau family.

57. Daviess County Farm Bureau-you must have a 2.5 or a 19 and your family be a farm bureau family. $1,000

58. FFA Scholarship Application-you will need to check this book out. Sign the folder and return the next day.

59. Commitment to Agriculture Scholarship-you must have immediate family engaged in ag. production, have an 18 ACT and plan to major in an ag. field.

60. www.americorps.org Unsure of what to do following high school and enjoy volunteering and service, check this out.

61. Interested in Civil Engineering? The Ky Transportation Cabinet offers several full scholarships.

62. Contest for developing an elaborate Conflict Prevention and Intervention Scholarship Competition through Sullivan University.

63. American Cancer Society Scholarship-you must have been diagnosed with some form of cancer, and at least a 2.5 gpa.

64. Kenergy-$1,000. Check with your parents to see if you receive Kenergy services. Go to www.kenergycorp.com to apply.

65. Fifth Third Bank and WFIE TV Leadership Scholars Program-$1,000, at least 2.5 gpa. Each year one Apollo student has won this.