Scholarships Listed At NHS Career Center
Scholarships Listed At NHS Career Center
The Newtown High School Career Center announced this week the arrival of three more scholarships available to qualified students.
The Barton L. Weller Scholarship is available for any senior year student. This is a $10,000 scholarship designed to encourage independent study or research among the high school seniors. Students must complete a five-month, original independent research or study project. A one- or two-page proposal on the topic must be submitted by November 5. Five finalists will be selected from all entrees. Mrs Waterbury in Guidance has more information.
 Also being offered by the Weller Foundation (but in the spring) is a $4,000 music scholarship (to someone majoring in music in college) and a $6,000 medical/health science scholarship (to someone entering the medical field, but not becoming a doctor).
The Presidential Classroom 2000 scholarship is an opportunity for juniors or seniors with at least a B average or ranking in the top 25 percent of their class to spend a week in Washington DC with visits to Capitol Hill, etc. Application deadline is November 15.
Millennium_Dreamers Awards (McDonaldâs and the Walt Disney Company) are available to students age 8 to 15 years who strive to make a difference in their community through humanitarianism or community spirit. Two thousand Millennium Dreamers will be selected from around the world (1,000 from the United States) to attend a global celebration and childrenâs summit at Walt Disney World in Florida. Deadline for application is November 30.
Applications and/or information about these scholarships are available at the high school career center. Please call Mrs McEvoy at 426-7651 in you have any questions.