Newtown High School Lists Available Scholarships

The Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Career Center believes that students should not have to pay to apply for scholarships.

If a student chooses to apply for a scholarship that charges a fee, however, the Career Center strongly advises that he or she first check its authenticity through the FTC Consumer Response Center, www.ftc.gov or 877-FTC-HELP; the National Fraud Information Center, www.fraud.org or 800-876-7060; or the Better Business Bureau, www.bbg.org or 703-276-0100.

Virtual Business Scholarship — Knowledge Matters is offering a $1,000 scholarship to high school juniors and seniors enrolled in business or marketing courses. Applicants are required to apply online at knowledgematters.com. Interested students should contact a DECA or FBLA advisor for the appropriate code to access the application. The deadline is April 1.

NASA 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition — This national competition is an education and public outreach project to inspire and motivate the next generation of explorers. Entrants (ages 11 to 18) must create an original audio or video podcast to answer the question: “What do you think is NASA’s greatest exploration achievement in the past 50 years and why?”

The competition opens October 1 and closes with the first 1,000 entries or on January 4, 2008, whichever comes first. There will be 15 finalists selected for each age group in each category. Winners will be announced at the Third Space Exploration Conference to be held in Denver, Colo., in February. All contest rules and judging criteria are available at ExplorationPodcast.com.

Intel Talent Search — This is America’s oldest and most highly regarded pre-college science contest. It encourages talented high school seniors to pursue careers in science, math, engineering, and medicine. Each of 300 students named as a semifinalist in the program will receive $1,000 for their outstanding science research. Larger scholarships are awarded to finalists.

Complete information is available at sciserv.org. The deadline is November 14.

Jefferson Scholars Foundation — NHS is eligible to nominate one exceptionally talented senior for the Jefferson Scholars Program at the University of Virginia. The program provides a full and renewable scholarship for four years students who best represent excellence in the areas of leadership, scholarship and citizenship.

Information is available at JeffersonScholars.org. The nomination deadline is November 6.

AXA Achievement Scholarship — The AXA Foundation will award one $10,000 scholarship to a high school senior from Connecticut and ten scholarships of $15,000 to national recipients. Applicants should be well rounded, determined to succeed, and have demonstrated achievement at a job, sport, or extracurricular activity. Applicants are asked to describe in detail an outstanding achievement they have accomplished in a nonacademic activity or project.

Applications are available to download from axa-achievement.com. Completed applications must be postmarked by December 15.