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Scholarship opportunities available now for Fond du Lac

January 29th, 2007

Below is a listing of scholarship opportunities available to local students:
# Altrusa International, Inc. of Fond du Lac: a $1,000 scholarship is available to any graduating senior of Fond du Lac High School, St. Mary’s Springs High School, Winnebago Lutheran Academy or Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac.
Selection is based upon personal [...]

Georgia Driver Education: Required Teen Driver Course Now Offered Online

January 22nd, 2007

The American Safety Council, in conjunction with AAA and Taggart’s Driving School, announces the approval of its 30-hour online driver education course that meets Georgia’s new Joshua’s Law requirements for teen drivers and is approved by the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS).
Called Joshua’s Law, the State of Georgia now requires 16-year-olds to complete an [...]

Alicia Keys Sets Up Scholarship For Atlanta Students

January 22nd, 2007

Alicia Keys wants to help talented youngsters go to college, so the Grammy award winner is offering $5,000 scholarships to students from Atlanta and three other cities.
The four scholarship winners will be selected from Atlanta; Jacksonville, Florida; New Orleans and New York City’s Harlem neighborhood.
The Open Doors Scholars Program is part of Frum Tha Ground [...]

Apply for the Gaylord Green Scholarship

January 19th, 2007

The Gaylord Green Scholarship, which for the past five years has been offered to only seniors at St. Regis and Superior high schools, is now being offered to students in all four classes, freshman through senior.
Details on the Mineral County Scholarship:
Annual amount $2,000 per award per student – $8,000 total for four years
Applicant Qualifications: Any [...]

Kimmel & Associates Scholarship for Students Awards 42 Prizes for Spring 2007 Semester

January 15th, 2007

In 2004, Kimmel & Associates, the largest search firm in the United States dedicated to construction, announced the creation of the Kimmel & Associates Scholarship for Students in Construction. Since it was introduced, the Scholarship for Students in Construction has been awarded to 180 students at 76 colleges and universities in 34 states around the [...]

Pontiac scholarship awarded to Auburn University

January 10th, 2007

Auburn University capped off an 11 win season with one final, and very rewarding victory, the “Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year”. Thanks to their special team play against the National Champion University of Florida during week 7 of the NCAA football season , and their strong online voting support by their fans, students [...]

International Baccalaureate puts participants on college fast track

January 3rd, 2007

On many Saturday afternoons, Harrison Collie, a varsity baseball player at Houston’s Lamar High School, turns down invitations to work out, play ball or grab lunch with friends.
The 17-year-old plans to graduate in May with the prestigious International Baccalaureate diploma. And that means he has spent countless weekends at home, reading novels and writing essays [...]

Democrats to slash student loan rates

December 27th, 2006

A diploma isn’t the only thing college graduates carry with them when they leave school.
The average student now enters the working world with $16,000 to $20,000 in student loans to repay, a burden that nearly doubled over the last decade.
House Democrats hope to reduce that debt load by slashing interest rates on some student loans [...]

College Financial Aid Seminars Planned

December 27th, 2006

College financial aid seminars will be held in January for students and parents of public, private, charter and home schools.
The free seminars, which will cover college scholarships and financial aid, will be held at Polk County high schools in January.
Seminar topics will include the scholarship search, Florida Bright Futures Program, financial aid sources and publications, [...]

Special-needs scholarship idea terrific

December 17th, 2006

The most important education reform bill proposed here in decades, one that would give scholarships to special-needs children, has been introduced by state Sen. Eric Johnson of Savannah, the Senate’s President Pro Tem — a position second in power to the lieutenant governor.
Watch for the defenders of the status quo, the more-money it’s-not-our-fault crowd that [...]