REMEMBER to get a scholarship YOU must APPLY!!!

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1 GPHS SCHOLARSHIP BULLETIN # 8 NAME DEADLINE AMOUNT COLLEGE/MAJOR 3:00P.M Student-View Scholarship Program April 22, 2012 Varies Unknown Executive Women International Scholarship April 23, 2012 Varies Business or Professional Career United Community Credit Union Scholarship * April 23, 2012 $2,000 Any Thomas H Routt Memorial Scholarship April 24, 2012 Unknown Any Sociedad de Puertirruqyenos en Houston, Inc. April 24, 2012 Unknown Must be Spanish speaking San Jacinto College foundation: Arts & Sciences Scholarship April 27, 2012 $5,000 San Jacinto College/Art or Science Major The GLBT Scholarship for H.O.P.E. May 11, 2012 $600 Any San Jacinto College Anchor Watch Scholarship Last day of semester Unknown Maritime Studies Laws of Life Essay Contest 31-Aug-12 Varies Any James Patterson Scholarship for Books Unknown Varies Any * --indicates applications go to the school's scholarship committee If there is an application to pick up in the College and Career Center (GO = ), you may do so before or after school or during lunch. WATCH THE DEADLINES!!! If we need to mail your scholarship application, please return completed applications with an addressed, stamped envelope by the deadline date. If your application needs a transcript to be mailed with it, you will need an official transcript. The process for you to follow is: 1) complete the application 2) gather all other information needed such as references, financial info, ect. 3) address a brown envelope with the address that the scholarship needs to be mailed to, do not put your return address 4) put enough postage on the envelope to mail it 5) bring everything in to the regisitrar's office by the deadline 6) the regisitrar's office will place the transcript and the other needed items in the envelope and mail it REMEMBER to get a scholarship YOU must APPLY!!! IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Most colleges will offer scholarships for their students only. The process for applying for these scholarships may vary from school to school but as a general rule you must have completed and submitted your admission application. Some schools will automatically submit your information for any scholarships that you qualify for, while some schools have a separate application for you to complete and submit. There are some schools that have very early deadlines for both admission and scholarship applications. So please check your school's website for their individual requirements. SOME SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT ARE: Texas A&M University Foundation Excellence Scholarship Deadline is 5, 2012 Antioch College (offering full scholarships) Texas Commerce Houston Community College (scholarships for low income families) Contact: Leona Baker - bakerl@gccsa.org or David Moya -moyad@gccsa.org

2 IMPORTANT WEBSITES ACT: College Search: (User ID: 6 digit s SAT: Password: student's 8 digit birthday [mmddyyyy]) THEA: Financial Aid: Financial Need Estimator: Scholarships Websites: Common Application: (Public) (Private) San Jacinto College Application: Military Scholarships: For scholarships to a particular school's ROTC program check the school's website for information. If you are i enlisting in a branch of the military and receiving the G the local recruiter for more information The above websites will search for any and all scholarships that you qualify for. Complete the informational forms and let them search for you. REMEMBER these are free websites. Never pay for someone to search for scholarships for you! These are some other websites where you can find scholarships. Some are for a specific school or career and the others are general.

3 (This is the United Negro College Fund website. There are several scholarships on this website.) (This is the Hispanic Scholarship Fund website. There are several scholarships on this website.) ugsp.nih.gov www2.ed.gov/programs/triostudsupp www2.ed.gov/programs/smart The following scholarships are offered through the Galena Park Education Foundation. To get these applications, go to the Galena Park ISD website. Select the tab for Departments, then the Departments of Operations. On the drop down list select the Education Foundation. Once you are on this page find the tab at the top that says What's next. You will find all of these scholarships listed there. The Foundation needs these scholarships to be back to their office by April, 30, In order for us to attach the necessary official transcript, we ask that we receive these scholarships at least one week before the deadline or by April 23. This will allow time for the registrar's office to print the transcript and get everything together to send to the Administration Building. North Shore High School Class of 1968 Scholarship $ 500 (student must attend San Jacinto College North) North Shore High School Class of 1991 Scholarship $ 500 Joe Stephens Scholarship $ 500 Kay and Johnnie Roundtree Scholarship $1,000 James B. Havard Scholarship $1,000 GPISD Education Foundation Student Scholarship $1,000 REMEMBER IF YOU RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP YOU NEED TO REPORT IT TO MRS. IRMA GONZALEZ IN THE GUIDANCE OFFICE!!!

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