NHS Lists Scholarships

The Career Center at Newtown High School presents the following list of national scholarships currently available for college-bound students. Please note that some of these scholarships request money to be sent with the scholarship application.

The Career Center automatically advertises all scholarships received in the mail. To verify the legitimacy of the scholarship, the Career Center strongly suggests that potential applicants contact the FTC Consumer Response Center at 877-382-4357, www.ftc.gov, the National Fraud Information Center at 800-876-7060, www.fraud.org, or the Better Business Bureau at 703-276-0100, www.bbb.org.

Ninth Annual Bill of Rights Essay Contest — This essay contest is sponsored by the National Foundation for Women Legislators and the National Rifle Association and is for female college-bound high school juniors or seniors, Class of 2006 or 2007. Each of the seven winners will receive a $3,000 scholarship for college and an all-expense paid trip to NFWL’s 2006 Annual Conference in the fall. Applicants must submit a 400- to 600-word essay on the topic, “Today’s Heroic American Woman.” The deadline for submissions is August 15. Interested students should go to womenlegislators.org or the Career Center for complete information.