McKelvey Scholarship

A McKelvey Bronze Scholarship gives qualified students up to $4,000 Freshman year, $5,000 Sophomore year, $6,000 Junior year and $7,000 Senior year. Bronze Scholars must be willing to conform to all the conditions of being a McKelvey Bronze Scholar. Bronze scholars will be provided with a McKelvey scholar mentor who is an upperclassman that attends their college. 2007 High School Graduates are NOT eligible for the Bronze Scholarship. The McKelvey Foundation Bronze Scholarship has been established for students with financial need. All applicants must be able to demonstrate that (a) they graduated from high school at least one year prior to the application date and that they were unable to go to college because of financial considerations or (b) that they left college because of financial considerations, but were in good academic standing.

For more information and the application: http://www.mckelveyfoundation.org/bronze_scholarship.html
Please read the criteria carefully.

Scholarship Announcement

Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) in conjunction with Casey Family Programs and other generous sponsors offers approximately 100 new scholarships annually for young people out of foster care. These scholarships range in award amount from $2500 to $6000 and are renewable with continued eligibility for up to six years or until a student attains their Bachelor’s Degree
or technical certificate/diploma, whichever comes first.

Applications will be accepted on line at www.orphan.org (click the yellow scholarship box on the home page) between now and March 31, 2007.

American Groundwater Trust Scholarship

High School Seniors with a gpa of 3.0 or higher who have completed an appropriate ground water resource project in school or outside of school may apply for this award of $1000, $2000, or $2500. The deadline is June 2007.

Visit www.agwt.org/scholarships.htm for the application and more information.

-Rhonda

Most Wired Colleges of 2006

According to PC Magazine, the most wired colleges of 2006 include:
Villanova University
MIT
Indiana University - Bloomington
Swarthmore
Creighton University (Nebraska)
University of Illinois- Urbana- Champaign
Michigan Technological University
University of Southern California
Quinnipaic University (Connecticut)
University of Oklahoma

-Rhonda

File your FAFSA

Attention seniors or anyone planning to enroll in postsecondary education in Fall 2007:

It is time to file your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid.) Applicants are encouraged to file online, but there are still paper versions available. Check your guidance office, local library, or if you are an ETS participant - call our office.

Meanwhile, if you do decide to file online, make sure you use the government website at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/. Do not use any of the look-a-like sites that charge a fee. Filing the FAFSA is free. Here are some of the sites not to use (The links are not active - just check out the names.) : http://www.fafsa.com/, http://www.fafsa.us/, http://www.fafsaonline.com/, http://www.fasfa.com/. They are designed to confuse. I am sure there are even more out there - so feel free to share them in the comments.

Remember- the FAFSA is filed FREE and it is a .gov website!

PSSA Writing Assessment

Students in PA in grades 5, 8, and 11 are taking the PSSA writing assessment. It takes approximately three hours and is scheduled between February 12 and February 23 - depending on your school. Parents may review the writing assignment by contacting your school's coordinator. If you would like more information, please check the Pennsylvania Department of Education website or contact your school administrator or counselor. Good luck!

PHEAA FAFSA Day Scholarship Winners

Winners announced. Pheaa has announced the scholarship winners from our two FAFSA Completion Day events. They get $250 each, from a random drawing, simply for attending the workshop!

Venango location: Jessica Schwab
Clarion Location: Kurt R. Harriger

Congratulations!!!