Scholarships For Freshmen

Here are a few scholarships that have become available just recently. Please read to see if one or more interests you. This is by no means an exhaustive list of scholarships, but it will get you started in your search for money for college. The Guidance Department recommends that you visit one of the free scholarship search services, such as www.fastweb.com, to register to receive scholarship opportunities in your personal e-mail box. If you need assistance with any scholarship questions, Mrs. Killingsworth will be available to help you or you may contact your counselor.

Indicates the most recently added scholarship, posted on 07/05/2007 11:30 PM
Please be aware that Longview High School does not endorse any scholarship listed below; students and parents are advised to read all instructions and information carefully before applying. Longview High School neither encourages or discourages students to apply for any scholarship.

Deadline Date	Name of Scholarship/Award	Description/Eligibility	Contact Name/ Link
Non-Specific	Next Step Magazine $5000 Ultimate Scholarship Giveaway	Two ways to enter: (1) To enter Next Step Publishing's "Ultimate Scholarship Giveaway" online , complete and submit an entry form at the website www.nextstepmag(azine).com/contests. Entry must be filled out completely and accurately with name, address, city, state, zip code, age, phone number (including area code), and e-mail address. Online entries must include a valid e-mail address. Online entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on 6/20/07; Or (2) On a 3" x 5" postcard, hand print your name, address, city, state, zip code, age, phone number (including area code) and email address (optional) and mail it to: Ultimate Scholarship Giveaway, The Next Step Publishing, 86 W. Main St, Victor, NY 14564, to be postmarked on or before 6/20/07 and received by 5:00 p.m. on 6/27/07. Limit of one entry per person (e-mail address).	http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/nextstep/teen-contests.aspx#
Various	The Next Step Magazine's $100 Shout Out Contest	Submit your first-person stories below to The Next Step Magazine's $100 Shout Out Contest for teen writing. The Next Step Magazine seeks first-person accounts written by teens for teens about subjects like peer pressure, politics, friends, world events, culture, dating or other relevant topics. Be creative, and create your own topic! Many selections will be placed on The Next Step Magazine's Web site under Shout Outs!	http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/
Various	he Next Step Magazine's $1000 College Scholarship	The Next Step Magazine encourages reader involvement. We choose five $1,000 scholarship winners each year from students who return the magazine's business reply card. To enter, secure a Next Step Magazine from one of the literature display racks in the upstairs counseling center. Remove the business reply card from the center of the magazine. Complete it and mail it in; there is not charge for mailing. When Next Step Magazine receives your card, it will be processed and you will automatically be entered into the drawing for a $1000 scholarship. Next Step Magazine holds the drawing 5 times per year. Please be sure to read the contest rules on back.	Next Step Magazines are provided in the upstairs counseling center on a first come first served basis. The company provides LHS with 50 copies several times per year.
Monthly	*This is a sweepstakes. Enter at your own risk. CollegeAnswer.com $1000 Scholarship	Students may enter this monthly drawing. Please read all policies before entering. Why register on College Answer? Win a $1,000 scholarship Receive newsletters Run a free scholarship search Save research from this site Apply for student loans Download checklists	https://www.collegeanswer.com/global/registration/reg_login.jsp
Various	Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation	Developed and administered at Nova Southeastern University, the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation (CKSF) awards scholarships to students through Internet-based quiz competitions. CKSF reward students for demonstrating what they know. There is no essay writing or long applications to complete. Students receive scholarship awards based on common knowledge and basic education curricula. The primary focus is to have an objective competition that rewards students who have well-rounded, practical knowledge, and not necessarily those with the highest academic standing. There are several competitions (quizzes) that students can enter online. Please read the rules and information carefully before entering these competitions. Some competitions are for "teams" of students from a particular high school while other competitions can be entered by individual students. You may want to explore the entire website before you enter.	http://www.cksf.org/index.cfm?Page= FindScholarships
March 31, 2007	Dimensions In Education Today National Poetry Contest	In an effort to encourage the youth of America in the pursuit of literary exploration and excellence, and to help provide a venue in which American High School students may share their poetic works; Dimensions in Education Today and the Live Poets Society have joined forces to present the Live Poets Society's, 9th annual, National High School Poetry Contest. All U.S. high school students are eligible to enter until May 31 of their senior year. Poems must be 20 lines or less, unpublished, the sole work of the entrant, and not be entered in any other concurrent contest. Only ONE poem per poet may be entered into each contest. The Easterday Poetry Award of a $1000.00 college scholarship will be awarded to the American High School Poets, "Poet of the Year". In addition there will be 1 First Place Winner, 4 Second Place Winners (2 from each contest) and 6 Third Place Winners (3 from each contest). There will also be numerous Honorable Mentions and hundreds of regional winners and topical winners. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Prizes will be $500.00, $250,00, and $100.00 scholarship prizes respectively. Entries will be judged on creativity, originality, imagery, artistic quality, and mastery of poetic expression. Form and rhyme are not required or encouraged, unless able to do so artistically. All winning poems will be published in an upcoming anthology, which will be copyrighted by the Live Poets Society. The Live Poets Society retains no ownership rights to your poetry. Such rights remain with the poet at all times. There are 2 contest held each year.	http://geocities.com/diet-lps/contestrules.html
March 31, 2007	Patriotic Art Scholarship	In 1978 the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest was established to recognize and reward high school students for expressing their patriotism visually through their art. At the beginning, a $1,000 first-place and a $500 second-place scholarship were given along with three cash awards from $100-$25. Today three scholarships are given from $10,000- $2,500. In 2000, the Patriotic Art Escrow Fund was established with the goal of making this a self-sustaining program, a goal which will hopefully be fulfilled this year. Students must be in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12. Students must attend school in the same state as the sponsoring Ladies Auxiliary. $10,000.........................................First-Place Scholarship $ 5,000....................................Second-Place Scholarship $ 2,500........................................Third-Place Scholarship Art must be on paper or canvas. Water color, pencil, pastel, charcoal, tempera, crayon, acrylic, pen-and-ink or oil may be used. Digital art may be used but must be on paper or canvas...No discs will be accepted. When submitting computer/digital art, be aware that all images need to be original; i.e., do not scan in or otherwise use photographs or art created by others; all images incorporated must be the artist's own and not lifted from publications or outside sources. If you use the American Flag in your entry -- it must conform to the Federal Flag Code as far as color, number of stars and stripes, and other pertinent rules of the code. Please use the American Flag in its entirety. (You can get a copy of the code from your Ladies Auxiliary VFW or local library.) Entry must have been done during 2006-2007 School Year -- notice that you must have your teacher's signature. Each student may submit only one entry. Each entry will be judged on the originality of concept, presentation, and patriotism expressed; the content of how it relates to patriotism and clarity of ideas; the design technique, total impact of work; and uniqueness. Please read the application instructions carefully and read the tips on how to prepare for the contest.	http://www.vfwpost5408.org/ladies.htm
May 12, 2007	Future Teacher of America Scholarship of the Texas Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation 2/16/07	The Future Teacher of America Scholarship is a multiple-choice, Internet-based quiz competition that tests student's knowledge in core subjects associated with teaching - Math, Language Arts, Science, History, Common Knowledge and some questions are from the sponsor's website. This program is available to all 9-11 grade high school students in the United States interested in teaching/education as a career. To complete the quiz, students must be a registered user. If you are not yet registered with the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation: Click here to Register. Complete the registration form and your password will be e-mailed to you. The contest is based on a series of short multiple choice quizzes. You receive 500 points for each correct answer and lose 1 point for each second taken to complete each question. The person with the most points at the end is the scholarship winner. To take the quiz, log into your CKSF account and a TAKE QUIZ button will appear on the quiz start date. Quiz start and end dates for each contest are listed in your account 15 to 30 days prior to the contest start date. Some CKSF scholarship competitions require a thank you letter to the sponsor providing the scholarship money. Thank you letters should be posted on the discussion board prior to the end of the scholarship contest. To post your thank you letter, log into your CKSF account and click your sponsor's name. If the discussion board appears a thank you letter is required for this contest. If the discussion board does not appear, a thank you note is not required. This applies to all CKSF scholarship contests. Awards. $500 Total A $250 scholarship will be awarded at the end of each Future Teachers of America contest. Scholarship checks are disbursed once a year, payable to the winners' post secondary school of choice. An electronic claim form is available via the CKSF web site.	http://www.cksf.org/index.cfm?Page= FindScholarships&Subpage=TeacherScholarship
July 1, 2007	Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards 5/4/07	An annual series of awards to encourage poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit. The Poetry Awards include three age categories: Adult, Youth 13-18, and Youth 12 & Under. Awards are as follows: Adults - $1,000 Youth (13 to 18) - $200 Youth (12 and under) - $200 Honorable Mentions in each category Applicants should send 2 copies of up to 3 typed unpublished poems with a maximum of 30 lines per poem. please include name, address, email, telephone number, and age (if youth) in upper right hand corner of one copy of each poem. Title each poem. Do not staple individual poems together.	http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/awards-&-contests/bmk-contest/bmk_2007_flyer.pdf
July 31, 2007	The SuperCollege.com Scholarship 5/9/07	Super College.com is a website designed to assist students in their search for colleges and financial aid. It contains several "tools" to help students with their searches. They also publish help books that students and parents can order. Each year theyuse a portion of the proceeds from the sale of those books to award scholarships to outstanding high school or college students. This award is part of an ongoing mission to help students get into and pay for the college of their dreams. Any 9th-12th grade high school, college, or graduate student may apply. There are no age limits but you have to be a U.S. citizen or legal resident. You may study any major and attend or plan to attend any accredited college or university in the U.S. The award must be used for tuition or tuition-related fees, textbooks, or room and board at an accredited college or university in the United States. Award range: $500-$2,500 per award. Please note that they only accept online applications. Please apply using the online application. The deadline for submitting applications online is July 31.	http://www.supercollege.com/central.cfm?area=13&cart=1

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