COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS A BASIC INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS Brought to you by the Westerville High School Guidance Departments
WELCOME Community Scholarship Liaison Mrs. Sherri Blais Mrs. Jeanette Talamo School Counselors Mrs. Carrie Ackermann, Central Mrs. Jennifer Stovall, South Mrs. Julie Taylor, North
WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION? 1. Log on to www.wcsoh.org 2. Click on the box Community Scholarships located in the middle of the district s home page OR on the front page of each high school. 3. It will open up to the Community Scholarship Instructions page. 4. Follow the instructions to complete the application process.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION? 5. Upon completion of the Community Scholarship Instructions, on the right panel under downloads, you will see Central High School, North High School and South High School. Click on the high school where you attend. * Each high school has its own Community Scholarship Listing. * District * High School Specific * Parent Organizations
All Community Scholarship Applications are to be returned to the high school Guidance Office no later than Friday, January 13, 2017. NOTE: Application Materials will not be accepted after 3:00 p.m. * Feel free to turn in the application packets early. If it s turned in early, the counselor may have the opportunity to look it over to ensure everything has been included. * This should be the students job to complete the scholarship application and related materials. * Parents and students are asked to sign the Provision Statement on the Cover Sheet.
Students applying for scholarships will be expected to make their own copies of the application materials he/she needs for each scholarship. A checklist can be found on the instruction sheet. Upon completion of Instructions 1 7, students are asked to bring their scholarship packets to the Guidance Office where they will receive the appropriate number of Unofficial Transcripts and Testing Pages to attach to their Application packets. Students will IMMEDIATELY submit these completed packets to Guidance. NOTE: To avoid a long last minute wait, make every attempt to complete Instructions 1-7 promptly. Students can apply for as many scholarships as they would like they may win multiple scholarships. QUESTIONS? ASK or SEE a SCHOOL COUNSELOR
AWARD PROCESS If a student is awarded a scholarship(s), how will he/she be notified? Either by a school counselor or by a representative from the specific scholarship committee. Smith Suzie ship r Schola er Winn When will a student receive notification? Mid-April to May 1st Will a student be notified if he/she did not get a scholarship? No. If you have not received notification by May 1st you were not selected for a community scholarship.
RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIP MONEY How will a student receive his/her scholarship money? At the Senior Evening of Excellence at your school in May, invitation to a special ceremony of the scholarship club/organization OR at your college/university. When should a student expect to receive his/her scholarship money? In May or when you start at your college/university in the Fall. You will receive an envelope at Evening of Excellence. Please make sure to check your envelope for a check(s) and/or instructions on how to receive your scholarship.
THANK YOU NOTES Students who are awarded a scholarship may be asked by the school counselor to write a thank you note upon notification. Please ask your son/daughter if they wrote a thank you note to the scholarship donor. Some donors will not release the scholarship money until a thank you note is received.
Evening of Excellence: North: Tuesday, May 9 at 7:00 pm Central: Tuesday, May 16 at 7:00 pm South: Wednesday, May 17 at 7:00 pm
Thank You Westerville Community for providing the scholarships for our students!
CONTACTS Mrs. Carrie Ackerman, Central ackermac@wcsoh.org Mrs. Julie Taylor, North taylorju@wcsoh.org Mrs. Jennifer Stovall, South stovallj@wcsoh.org
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Financial Aid Information Faith Phillips Director, Financial Aid Central Ohio Technical College & Ohio State Newark Phillips.495@osu.edu 740-366-9435 1800-9NEWARK ext. 435