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BEN LOMOND HIGH SCHOOL

SCHOLARSHIP BULLETIN

March 2015

SCHOLARSHIPS

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|Scholarship |Deadline |Amount |Criteria/Eligibility/How to Apply |

|Frame My Future Scholarship Contest |March 3, 2015 |$1,000(5) |Attending a US college or university full-time for the 2015-2016 |

| | | |academic year (including community college, undergraduate or |

| | | |graduate school) |

| | | |A legal US resident |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |contests/frame-my-future-scholarship-contest-2|

| | | |015.aspx |

|WSU Ethics Scholarship |March 4, 2015 |$1,000 |Official high school transcript including current GAP and ACT |

|** Award within BLHS ** | | |scores. |

| | | |Verification of high school graduation date by school |

| | | |administrator. |

| | | |Submission of an ethics essay. |

| | | |More information at |

| | | | |

|Alexander Hamilton Award |March 5, 2015 |$500 |Junior in high school |

| | | |Has a strong record of community service |

| | | |A self-starter and has proven this through activities such as: |

| | | |organizing a fundraiser, starting a business, creating a club or |

| | | |organization or working to help support their family |

| | | |Has financial and/or personal need |

| | | |Committed to enrolling in the Hamilton Leaders Academy. |

| | | |More information at application.php |

|Kohls Kids Who Care Scholarship Program |March 13, 2015 |$10,000(4) |Must have an extensive background in volunteer work |

| | | |More info at |

|Ogden Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |March 13, 2015 |Varies |2.5 GPA or above. |

|Scholarship | | |Be of Hispanic/Latino descent and reside in Davis, Weber, Box |

| | | |Elder, or Cache counties. |

| | | |Have demonstrated leadership in school, community and/or other |

| | | |service organizations that promote, enhance or strengthen |

| | | |diversity. |

| | | |All applicants must also demonstrate a financial need. |

| | | |More information available at the counseling office. |

|The BYU Management Society Scholarships |March 14, 2015 |$500-$3,000 |Applicant must show recent community or religious service activity.|

| | | |Applicant should demonstrate financial need. |

| | | |Applicant must be planning to attend an accredited college or |

| | | |university, including trade/technical schools, within the state of |

| | | |Utah or an LDS Church college on a full-time basis. |

| | | |Scholarships may be deferred for religious or military service. |

| | | |More info at the counseling office |

|Nightingale College |March 15, 2014 |$1000 or $20,000 |Be a high school senior |

|Honor Future of Nursing & President’s | | |Passing citizenship grades |

|Scholarship | | |3.3 or higher cumulative GPA |

| | | |Plan to attend Nightingale College full-time fall semester |

| | | |More information available at the counseling office. |

|Microsoft disability Scholarship |March 15, 2014 |$5,000 |Be a current high school senior with living with a disability (as |

| | | |defined by WHO), whether that be visual, hearing, mobility, |

| | | |cognitive or speech. |

| | | |Plan to attend an undergraduate program in a 2 or 4-year |

| | | |University/College or Technical College in the fall of the academic|

| | | |year following high-school graduation. |

| | | |Declare a major in engineering, computer science, computer |

| | | |information systems, legal or in business that are approved. |

| | | |GPA of 3.0 or higher |

| | | |Require financial assistance to attend college. |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |disability/education/scholarships/ms-scholar|

| | | |ship.php |

|USU Department of Mathematics and |March 15, 2015 |Varies |Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the |

|Statistics Scholarship | | |committee from individuals able to provide information concerning |

| | | |the candidate's abilities and potential as they pertain to the |

| | | |criteria for selection. |

| | | |More info at |

| | | |math.usu.edu/index.php?program=ugr&folder=financial_aid |

|TOYOTA TEEN DRIVER VIDEO CHALLENGE |March 16, 2015 |$15,000, $10,000 or |9th through 12th |

| | |$7,500 |Create an original video between 60 and 90 seconds |

| | | |More information at teens/video-challenge |

| |March 18, 2015 |$5,000(1), $1,000(3) |Applicants must be residents of Utah, US citizens or legal |

|Utah Young Humanitarian Award 2015 | | |residents |

| | | |Applicants must be a Junior or Senior in a Utah high school |

| | | |Answer each essay question in 500 words or less |

| | | |More info at apply/ |

|Anthem Essay Contest Information |March 20, 2015 |$30-$2,000 |8th, 9th and 10th Graders |

| | | |Essay must be no fewer than 600 and no more than 1,200 words in |

| | | |length, and double-spaced |

| | | |More information at |

| | | | |

|Jiffy Lube Teen Driver Scholarship |March 24, 2015 |$5,000 and $1,500 |Students between 16 and 18 years old in Utah public schools |

| | | |Licensed teen driver |

| | | |Essay “What Drives You?” |

| | | |More information and application |

|Utah Jump$tart Coalition |March 27, 2015 |$1,000(5) |Utah senior who has completed or is enrolled in financial literacy |

| | | |Plan to pursue a higher education |

| | | |Complete the FAFSA |

| | | |Submit an essay about a financial topic |

| | | |More information and application at |

|T.H. Bell Teaching |March 27, 2015 |Tuition and fees or |Utah resident high school seniors or any junior who will have |

|Incentive Loan Program | |$995.00 per semester |completed the requirements for an Early Graduation Program, |

| | | |including the ACT or SAT, during the current academic year are |

| | | |eligible. |

| | | |Intended teaching field, teaching-related experience, and an |

| | | |explanatory essay. |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |schools.cert/Loans-and-Scholarships.aspx |

|Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship |March 30, 2015 |$500 |Be a citizen of the United States or Canada |

| | | |Read more about Eligibility: Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship by |

| | | | |

| | | |Be between the ages of 16 and 25 |

| | | |Submit answers to the essay questions |

| | | |Have a GPA of 2.5 or greater. |

| | | |More information at |

|Rotary Club of Ogden “Youth Service Above |March 31, 2015 |$3,000 |High School Seniors |

|Self” | | |Weber County Resident |

| | | |Will attend Weber State University |

| | | |2 letters of recommendation |

| | | |Submit an essay |

| | | |More information and application available in the counseling center|

|Foster Care to Success |March 31, 2015 |$1,500- $6,000 |Have been in public or private foster care for the 12 consecutive |

| | | |months prior to their 18th birthday; OR have been adopted or placed|

| | | |into legal guardianship from foster care after their 16th birthday;|

| | | |OR they must have been orphaned for at least one year at the time |

| | | |of their 18th birthday. |

| | | |Have been accepted into or expect to be accepted into an |

| | | |accredited, Pell-eligible college or other post-secondary school. |

| | | |Be under the age of 25 on March 31, 2013 if you have not previously|

| | | |received scholarship funding from FC2S. |

| | | |Have been in foster care or orphaned while living in the United |

| | | |States. U.S. citizenship is not required. |

| | | |Apply at our programs/information-for-students/ |

|Janice M. Scott Memorial Scholarship |March 31, 2015 |$2,500(101) |US Citizen or permanent resident of US |

| | | |GPA of 3.0/equivalent or higher |

| | | |High School Senior |

| | | |Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participating in |

| | | |community services or other extra curricular activities. |

| | | |Combined adjusted income of the parents cannot exceed $60,000 |

| | | |More information at the counseling office. |

|Automotive Scholarship |March 31, 2015 |Varies |High school senior |

| | | |Applicants must be enrolled or planning to enroll as a full time |

| | | |student in a 2 or 4 year college or an ASE/NATEF certified post |

| | | |secondary automotive, collision repair, or heavy duty program. |

| | | |More information at |

|Ken & Dolores Alford Scholarship |April 1, 2015 |$500 |Senior who is planning to go to WSU |

| | | |GPA 3.0 or higher |

|** Award for BLHS only ** | | |Good citizenship(no Us) and have demonstrated leadership in school |

| | | |or community |

| | | |Submit a resume & essay (200-word):” Why I choose college and what |

| | | |mean to me”. |

| | | |More information at the counseling office. |

|Knowledge Matters Scholarship |April 1, 2015 |$2,000 |To be eligible for nomination by their teachers, students must |

| | | |exhibit excellence in business, marketing or personal finance |

| | | |classes and show interest and accomplishment in the use of |

| | | |technologies in these subjects. |

| | | |More information at scholarships/ |

|The Utah Association of Independent |April 1, 2015 |$500 to $1,000 |High school seniors who have maintained at least a 3.0 GPA |

|Insurance Agents | | |Active in extra curricular activities through their school, church,|

| | | |community or work |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |Education/Pages/Scholarships/default.aspx |

|Peter Pasula Study Habits Scholarship |April 1, 2015 |$500 |Students must be Canadian or US residents |

| | | |Be attending an accredited post-secondary institution by the fall |

| | | |of 2014 |

| | | |Students must answer the essay question on the website application |

| | | |form |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |mortgagebrokers/191/investment_pro|

| | | |perty_mortgages.php |

|Prospective Educator Scholarships |April 1, 2015 |$1,000(15) |High school senior intending to major in education who is a good |

| | | |standing member of the Future Educators Association |

| | | |High school senior intending to major in education who is the child|

| | | |or grandchild of a Kappan in good standing |

| | | |High school senior intending to major in education who has one of |

| | | |his/her reference letters written by a Kappan in good standing |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |

| | | |ve-educator-scholarships/ |

|ACF Visionary Scholarship Program |April 1, 2015 |$1,000-$5,000 |Applicant must be currently enrolled as a High School Freshman, |

| | | |Sophomore, Junior, or Senior |

| | | |Must be a United States citizen or eligible non-citizen |

| | | |Financial need is NOT considered; all income levels may apply |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |

| | | |_scholarship_terms.aspx |

|Carleton Liberal Arts Experience |April 1, 2015 |Full |Current sophomores |

| | | |Students of African American descent or students who have an |

| | | |interest in African American culture are encouraged to apply |

| | | |A series of six essays in which students elaborate on academic and |

| | | |personal interests, community involvement, and leadership |

| | | |experience. Answers are typically a paragraph to a half-page in |

| | | |length |

| | | |At least one letter of recommendation from an academic teacher |

| | | |More information at |

|American Fire Sprinkler Association |April 1, 2015 |$2,000(10) |High school seniors who are U.S. citizens or legal residents. |

|Scholarship Program | | |Read the "Fire Sprinkler Essay" (pdf) or (html) about automatic |

| | | |fire sprinklers. |

| | | |Take a ten-question multiple-choice test. |

| | | |More information at hsinformation.html |

|High School Senior |April 1, 2015 |$2,000(10) |High school seniors who are U.S. citizens or legal residents |

|Scholarship Contest | | |Read the "Fire Sprinkler Essay" (pdf) or (html) about automatic |

| | | |fire sprinklers |

| | | |Take a ten-question multiple-choice test. |

| | | |More information at hsinformation.html |

|Zions Pays for A's |April 3, 2015 |$1,000 |Limited to 7th-12th grade |

| | | |“A-” grades are not eligible |

| | | |More information at |

| | | |in-our-community/pays-for-as.jsp |

|18th Annual Signet Classics Student |April 14, 2015 |$1,000 |Open to 11th and 12th grade |

|Scholarship Essay Contest | | |Essays must be submitted by a high school English teacher on behalf|

| | | |of students who write an essay on one of six topics for this year's|

| | | |competition book, Beowulf |

| | | |More information and application at |

| | | |

| | | |home.html |

|Sussle Scholarship |Awarded monthly |$1,000 |High school seniors, or current full-time undergrad or grad |

| | | |students at an accredited college or university in the United |

| | | |States. |

| | | |US citizens or legal permanent residents. |

| | | |It begins and ends every calendar month. |

| | | |More information and application at |

| | | | |

Be high school seniors or graduates or be current undergraduate students

• Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited U.S. four-year college or university for the entire 2012–13 academic year (excluding proprietary and online schools)

• Plan to major in a specified course of study that focuses on Engineering/Technology or select Design and Business-related programs of study. See the list of eligible majors.

• Be interested in pursuing a career in the automotive or related industries

• Be U.S. citizens and have permanent residence in the United States

~IMPORTANT INFORMATION~

The ACT test is given at Weber State University, Weber High School and Bonneville High School. Cost for the test is $38.00, for the ACT test plus writing the cost is $54.50. Fee waiver is available – see your counselor. If, during your senior year, you need your scores for scholarship applications, plan to take the October test to receive your results in time.

ACT test dates for the 2014 – 2015 school year:

** All juniors will take the ACT exam at Ben Lomond High School on March 3rd for FREE.

|Test Date |Registration Deadline |Late Fee Required* |

|April 18 |March 13 |March 14 – 27 |

|June 13 |May 8 |May 9 – 22 |

*If you miss the deadline, you can register during the late period for an additional late fee of $24.

You can register for the ACT or find more information online at .

The SAT test costs $52.50. Registration for basic subject tests is $26 and each additional subject test is $16. Fee waiver is available – see your counselor.

SAT test dates for the 2014 – 2015 school year:

|Test Date |Registration Deadline |Late Fee Required* |

|May 2 |April 6 |April 17 - 21 |

|June 6 |May 8 |May 22 - 27 |

*If you miss the deadline, you can register during the late period for an additional late fee of $28.

You can register for the SAT or find more information online at .

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