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Using to Apply for the Local Scholarship Program (LSP)Go to Sign in or Register Today? The first time you will click on Register Today. After that, just Sign in.To Register: Choose a “Seeker Registration” and fill in the student bubble and form. Choose an email address that you check and will continue to have access to after graduation (NOT your SSD student email). Complete registration.Build Your Profile! The more information you enter the better your application will be, and the higher chance you will have to “Match” to scholarships. The Profile includes the following tabs: Basics, Academic Info, College Plans, Activities, Personal Info and Attachments.Stop and Save Profile at any point and then return to the application, at a later time.Creating Your Profile by Tabs:Basics TabThis is your contact info for receiving your scholarship notifications. Double check and make sure it is correct. My Financial Need will only be used by scholarship providers that state they are need based. Fill out this section and make sure to describe your financial need in your own words. Let providers know the challenges you are facing in paying for college. Examples would include employment status, size of family and other financial obligations. This should be lengthy enough (more than a few sentences) to explain your financial need.For written responses, since Washboard will timeout, you are encouraged to write them in Word and then copy and paste. Use spell check and save your work. The formatting you are using does not always copy and paste, so make sure you are happy with the written text.The Local Scholarship Program (LSP) does not use the FAFSA or Background information. Other scholarships on the do, so filling out that information may help you match with other scholarships, outside of the Local Scholarship Program.Types of support for the LSP include books and supplies, mandatory fees, room and board, tuition and study abroad.Academic Info TabYou are currently enrolled in High School as a senior.Secondary Education. Which high school are you attending? Fill in the Yes bubble and then click on the green select button and choose Snohomish High School. Add it so it saves on the right side and then save it.Scholastic Achievements. Fill in the GPA. No SAT or ACT score is needed. List the Honors, AP, Tech Prep/CTE Credits (Dual Credit courses & Sno-Isle classes) that you have taken in high school in the appropriate boxes.College Plans TabCollege Attendance. Mark where you would like to attend college. Then click on the Yes bubble and please click on Select and add all colleges you are considering. If you don’t see your college listed you can manually input the school on the lower right under “others”. Save. Mark all the types of schools you are considering (i.e. Gonzaga – private school, UW – public school, EvCC – community college, Bellingham Tech – technical college). The type of program you are considering would be Undergraduate or Certificate. Choose one or both of these (i.e. Engineering, Business, Art – undergraduate…Welding – certificate)Select anticipated enrollment as full-time. If you are currently attending a college, due to Running Start, then answer, Yes and list the college.Academic Interests. All applicants click Yes and the green select button to choose your Field of Study and Save. Please also do the same for Careers, but be as specific as you can.Activities TabGroups and Hobbies. The more thorough you are, the better picture of you the scholarship reader receives. Please answer for hobbies, sports and clubs.Affiliations. If you are part of an organization, please click yes and list them (JROTC, Boys & Girls Club etc.)Work and Service. Be sure to explain, if you work (where you work, what you do and for how long have you been doing this). Please include previous jobs.Volunteering. Enter your Community Service information here (where have you volunteered, briefly describe what your duties were and then provide the approx. number of hours you volunteered in this position…this is very important to the reader). Unlike your graduation community service requirement, please include ALL community service hours, inside and outside of school…community, school and church based.Personal InfoThe more questions you answer the better you can be matched for scholarships. First generation college student is a student who will be the first family member to go to college.Your highest level of education for this question is Graduated HS – Diploma.Please enter a Personal Statement (say something about yourself, what you hope to achieve by going to college, what it would mean to you to receive a scholarship.) This is also a great place to explain to the scholarship reader why your grades or activities may be less than what you had hoped. Did you face a hardship or sickness during high school? Did you have challenges that you worked at overcoming. This is your chance to tell your story...make it as-long-as it needs to be!Answer 5 words that Describe Me, 5 Skills I have, and my Talents & Gifts. Is very helpful for the reader.AttachmentsAll the Snohomish Education Foundation - LSP scholarship applications will require a transcript. Please email Mrs. Stapleton in the College & Career Center to get an electronic copy of your transcript. You will receive the transcript after the first semester grades have been posted (first week of February). Upload the transcript by clicking on Choose File. Select a Type of attachment, check the box Always Include and then Attach.Each scholarship might require different items to be uploaded. All uploads you have for various applications can be uploaded here (Letters of recommendation, Resume, Essay) Make sure you only attach what that particular scholarship is requesting. Readers do not want extra items like pictures or resumes if they have not asked for them. Any attachments that are used for more than one application should be uploaded at this time and marked “Always Include” (example: transcript). This will save you from having to upload individually to each separate application. You will have the option to remove them from specific applications if you choose to.Essay Title. Please include a title and your name on top of each essay you attach to your application.Letters of Recommendation. You can send a request for a letter of recommendation to any email on your behalf. Click on the button. Only include a letter of recommendation with the applications that request it.Save Profile.Applying for Scholarships on , After I complete my ProfileMy Matches Tab on topThis page, under All Matches, will show all scholarships that match your profile. 41529003746500To Apply: Once you hit the green apply button it will create a separate Scholarship applicationLook at the scholarships that are offered through the Snohomish Education Foundation’s Local Scholarship program. Make sure your application shows you match the requirements.A list of Local Scholarships, with their criteria, will be available on the SHS College & Career Center webpage and in the senior modules on Canvas.The list of Local Scholarships will also be available, by searching Washboard: my matches/open active scholarships/ sort by provider (Snohomish Education Foundation). When you click on the name of the scholarship it will bring up a one page print out with background information on the donor, scholarship details, eligibility requirements, and application details.For written responses in Washboard, since Washboard will timeout, you are encouraged to write them in Word and copy and paste. Use spell check and save your work. Formatting does not always copy and paste, so make sure you are happy with text.24765010160000To apply Once you hit the green apply button it will create a separate Scholarship application for each scholarship you apply for. Any changes made on this application will not be made on your profile and other applications.**You should then go through this application and make sure you have answered all of the questions with orange stars.On the last tab: Additional requirements be sure to answer any questions in full and to upload the proper documents (there will be a list with a star). **You will not be able to submit your application if you do not answer the starred questions and attach the proper documents.You will have the opportunity to save & exit your application or to submit. Once you submit you cannot make any changes. The application will not be considered unless it is submitted. In your My Applications page you will see a list of the scholarships you have saved and submitted.Contact Mrs. Stapleton in the College & Career Center with any questions about this process!!Patricia.stapleton@sno.wednet.edu ................
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