NEW! Scholarship Opportunity
The scholarship is available to students who are or will be attending a college in Texas, take at least one business or insurance course, take 12 hours per semester, and maintain a GPA of B or above.
Pick up application in the Go Center
Application Deadline is April 15, 2012
SCHOLARSHIP 
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAM
Application
Please read below for eligibility requirements. If you are eligible, we encourage you to fill out an application.
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for the Conditional Grant Program, you must be economically disadvantaged, and you must also:
- be a Texas resident eligible to work in the U.S.,
- have a minimum high school grade point average of 3.00 on a four-point scale, or
- a minimum score of 900 on the SAT or
- a minimum score of 21 on the ACT,
- plan to attend an accredited four-year Texas public college or university as a full-time student (minimum 12 semester hours),
- declare an intent to seek a four-year degree in civil engineering,
- agree to work for TxDOT for two years immediately following graduation, and
- not be more than 30 days delinquent in providing child support under a court order or written repayment plan.
New Scholarship! 
Applicants must:
- 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
Excluded from consideration are employees and relatives of employees of Scholarship Management Services, Scholarship America and their affiliates and subcontractors, and GM Foundation Directors, Officers, and staff and their relatives. Although GM employees are not eligible, relatives of General Motors employees are eligible.
www.buickachievers.com
Application deadline is February 29, 2012
Slough Foundation Scholarship 
The Charles, Lela and Mary Slough Foundation Scholarship
| Below is a list of documents the applicant must have on hand in order to complete the WEB application and which must be mailed to the Slough Scholarship Office (they must be post marked no later than March 29): |
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Transcripts: Applicants who have completed a total of 12 college credits/or hours must mail official copies of their college transcript(s) from every college attended. However, if the applicant has taken less than 12 college credits or hours they must mail an official High School transcript. Your High School GPA must be converted to a 100 point scale. Your counselor may be able to help you with this. |
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Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): All scholarship applicants must apply for and mail a copy of the results of their Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (The only page of the FAFSA document that is needed is the one which shows the EFC number.) |
*Failure to accurately complete this WEB application and/or mail the required documents by March 29 will result in disqualification for this scholarship.(No Exceptions.)
*Changes to the application is not allowed after submission. Only one application per year is permitted. |
 LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DUE FEB 1st!! The Memorial High School Local Scholarship Application is due February 1st. You can find it on the bottom of this page. It must be typed and on the same two page format you see it. Once you type you print it and turn it in with an official transcript to Mrs. Herrera no later than February 1st. No late applications will be accepted.
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL GRADES!! COURAGEOUS PERSUADERS SCHOLARSHIP
The Competition
Create a TV commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of underage drinking. Win scholarship money and trophies, have fun, and gain valuable experience. The grand prize-winning commercial will be broadcast on TV and the team that created it will work with Pluto Post and the Detroit Auto Dealers Education Foundation to upgrade their spot for air.
Open to all high school students in grades 9-12 - not only those taking video production. Winners will be selected based on ideas. And you all have great ideas.
How To Enter
High school students nationally can participate; emphasis is placed on concept and the message, not on production values. Students are encouraged to use whatever video equipment is available to them. Teachers and principals, school audio/visual departments, parent and community leaders are urged to share their equipment and lend local support by promoting the program as a very unique scholarship competition that is fun to participate in and has a powerful impact on a serious problem.
About the Competition
The Courageous Persuaders® entry deadline is February 9, 2012. Your entry must either be submitted online or postmarked by this date. Winners will be announced at the Awards Celebration in May 2012. Continue to visit courageouspersuaders.com for information about the 2012 competition and for further updates!
Click here to download a copy of the brochure.
SCHOLARSHIP!!! RMHC U.S. Scholarships
(Ronald McDonald House Charities)
The deadline for the 2011/2012 academic year is January 27, 2012.
Beginning November 11, 2011, students may apply online by clicking here. Graduating high school seniors may only apply for one of the four scholarships. Applicants will be notified of scholarship award status in May – June 2012. The four types of scholarships available include:
RMHC®/Scholars: All students are eligible to apply regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or national origin.
RMHC®/Asia: Applicant must have at least one parent of Asian-Pacific heritage.
RMHC®/African-American Future Achievers: Applicant must have at least one parent of African American or Black Caribbean heritage.
RMHC®/HACER®: Applicant must have at least one parent of Hispanic/Latino heritage.
Congratulations 2010-2011 RMHC/HACER National Scholarship Recipients
- Loren Ramirez -- Washington University in St. Louis, MO
- Francisco Peña -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology MEMORIAL GRADUATE!!!!!
- Sophia Ottleben -- Johns Hopkins University
- José Limón -- Yale University
General Eligibility Requirements
To apply for an RMHC scholarship, a student must:
- Be a high school senior
- Be younger than 21 years old
- Be eligible to attend a two- or four-year college, university or technical school with a full course of study
- Be a legal U.S. resident
- Live in a participating RMHC Chapter’s geographic area
- Submit a complete application and all required documentation by the deadline on the application
- Meet any additional eligibility requirements outlined by each scholarship program
- Provide verification of enrollment each year at respective accredited post-secondary institution
How to Apply
The deadline for the 2011/2012 academic year is January 27, 2012. Applicants will be notified of scholarship award status in May – June 2012.
NEW NEW NEW!!!! THE GOSS-MICHAEL FOUNDATION TEXAS ART SCHOLARSHIP
* Deadline: April 30, 2012
* Seniors
* Student must pursue a degree in visual arts
* Submit 10 original works on JPEG image files only
* Essay
Pick up an application in the Go Center.
SCHOLARSHIPS!!!! All-Ink.com Scholarship
http://www.scholarships4students.com/all-ink_com_college_scholarship_program.htm
· Amount: $12,000 in scholarships and awards
· Deadline: December 31
· Return to: apply online at www.all-ink.com/scholarship.aspx
Eligibility: minimum 2.5 GPA, US citizen or permanent resident, must complete 2 essays
Sam Walton Community Scholarship
http://www.act.org/walmart/community/
· Amount: $1,000.00
· Deadline: Apply on-line from November - January 2011
· Return to: see website
· Eligibility: Student can’t be a Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club associate, or the child or legal dependent of a Wal-Mart stores or Sam’s Club associate.
Gates Millennium Scholars
http://www.gmsp.org/(eaxktmvhfunbaf550k1o0fv5)/default.aspx
· Amount: varies amounts for various scholarships
· Deadline: January 11, 2012
· Return to: apply online at: https://nominations.gmsp.org/GMSP_App/
· Eligibility: must be African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American; US citizen or permanent resident; have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3; meet Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria; have demonstrated leadership skills; have all required forms completed and submitted by the deadline.
Area Go Texan Scholarship Application
http://www.hlsr.com/about/scholarship/downloads/2011-Area-Go-Texan-Guidlines.pdf
· Amount: 4 year, $12,000.00 award
· Deadline: January each year, see website
· Eligibility: US citizen, senior ranked in upper third (1/3) of graduating class, SAT minimum score of 1350 or ACT minimum score of 19, must enroll in a Texas college or university, must be involved in extracurricular and community activities, limit on other scholarships/financial aid.
· Application: Go to www.rodeohouston.com
UTPA SCHOLARSHIP UTPA EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP!!
* Seniors
* Must complete admission application first
* Deadline to apply is January 15, 2012
* Apply at www.utpa.edu/excellence
Texas A&M Scholarship Opportunity TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE AWARD SCHOLARSHIP
* Seniors admitted to Texas A&M University, College Station
* Financial need
* Deadline to apply is January 5, 2012
PICK UP AN APPLICATION IN THE GO CENTER WITH MRS. HERRERA Housing Scholarship TEXAS STUDENT HOUSING SCHOLARSHIP
* Open to senior students accepted to colleges in Austin, College Station, or Denton, Texas
* Have not signed off-campus housing leases.
* Deadline to apply is January 31, 2012
PICK UP AN APPLICATION IN THE GO CENTER WITH MRS. HERRERA
NEW SCHOLARSHIPS!! District VI Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.
* Seniors applying for this scholarship should have an interest in studies in the fields of Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Botany, Plant Pathology, Agriculture, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Concerns, City Planning/Land Management.
* Have a minimum of 3.0 GPA
* Deadline to aplly is January 31, 2012
PICK UP AN APPLICATION IN THE GO CENTER WITH MRS. HERRERA
Rio Grande Valley Quilt Guild
* Senior students interested in arts related to textiles, including fashion, designing, pattern making, study of materials, dyes, color, and other textile-related studies.
* Go to www.rgvqg.com/appl/05.pdf to apply online.
* Deadline to apply is February 23, 2012
SCHOLARSHIP Valley Telephone Cooperative Scholarship Program Accepting Student Applications for 20122012 Scholarship Application
Valley Telephone Cooperative has initiated a college scholarship program and is now taking applications for 2012 scholarships.
Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc will award up to 10 scholarships of $2,000 annually to the children of Valley Telephone Cooperative members pursuing undergraduate study at accredited colleges and universities. There will be a maximum of one scholarship awarded in each of Valley Telephone's 10 voting districts. Awards are renewable up to three additional years or until a bachelor's degree is earned, whichever occurs first, based on recipients maintaining residency requirements, satisfactory academic (2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale) and full-time enrollment status at an accredited 2 or 4 year college or university. The renewal award amount will be increased by $250 each year if the student maintains 3.0 GPA or better in the prior year of college. Students may transfer to another accredited institution without penalty of losing their awards.
Applications should be sent to Scholarship America, the organization that administers the scholarship program, including selecting the scholarship recipients. The application deadline is March 16, 2012 for the 2012 program.
The following are the criteria for the scholarship program:
Eligibility Requirements
Applications for the Valley Telephone Cooperative Scholarship Program must:
- Be a dependent child (as defined in IRS publication 501 at www.irs.gov) of a current member of Valley Telephone Cooperative who resides in the Valley Telephone service territory, and who has been a member of the Cooperative for at least one year as of the application deadline date
- Be a high school senior as of March 16, 2012. Have a minimum high school grade average of 80%
- Be high school seniors who plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited 2 or 4 year U.S. college or university in Fall, 2012. Recipient must maintain a 2.0 or better GPA for annual renewal
SCHOLARSHIP :) Magic Valley Electric Coop Scholarship Program
MVEC continues to support the youth of our area through a Scholarship Program for deserving high school seniors. Demonstrating the Co-op’s commitment to education, scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors in our service area each year.
For eligibility requirements and application form, please click below.
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Al's Formal Wear
2012 Salute to Education Scholarship Contest Rules
See a list of previous scholarship winners.
- No purchase is necessary to enter the contest.
- One entry per person. The application is available online.
- Two (2) $1000 College Scholarships will be awarded. They shall be made payable to the accredited college, university or other institution of higher learning as designated by the winners, in care of the individual winner, and are intended for use during the 2012/2013 school year. The scholarships are not assignable or transferable and there shall be no changes or substitutions.
- All entries must be original, unpublished work.
- Your essay must be typed, not handwritten, in the English language.
- Decisions of the judges are final.
- The author retains all copyrights and ownership of their essay.
- All entries become the property of Formal Specialists, Ltd.
- The odds of winning depend on the total number of entries received at the conclusion of the contest.
- The contest begins on October 15, 2011 and ends on May 31, 2012. Entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2012 to be accepted.
- To be eligible to win, participants must be at least 17 years of age and must be registered and currently attending an accredited high school in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, or Wyoming.
- The contest to determine the winners will be held at the executive corporate offices of Formal Specialists, Ltd., 7807 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77030 on or before July 15, 2012.
- The winners are fully responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, licensing and any other fees.
- All employees, officers, directors and/or any relatives of any employee, officer or director of Al's Formal Wear and Formal Specialists, Ltd. and any related entities are not eligible to enter.
- THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE HEREOF. Further, Formal Specialists, Ltd. makes no express or implied representations about the contest and/or the scholarships and shall award the scholarships "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES AND/OR GUARANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY.
- The winners need not be present to win. Within one (1) week after the judging, Formal Specialists, Ltd. will make all reasonable attempts to notify the winners in writing. If either of the two (2) winners cannot be contacted after reasonable attempts or fail to claim the scholarship within thirty (30) days of the drawing date, another winner will be selected in their place, at a later date to be determined, which will also be held at the executive corporate offices of Formal Specialists, Ltd., 7807 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77030. Formal Specialists, Ltd. is not responsible for illegible or erroneous information written on any entry form. Sponsor reserves the right to interpret these rules and to make decisions concerning the award, acceptance and use of scholarships in situations not covered by these rules.
- This offer is void where prohibited by law.
- Before the scholarships are awarded, each winner must sign a full and complete release and indemnity enabling Formal Specialists, Ltd. and/or any of its related entities to reprint, distribute and/or use the winner's name, picture and/or likeness in any press releases, advertisements, promotions and promotional materials without any recourse against such entities and each winner agrees to hold such entities harmless for such use.
- All questions and/or correspondence pertaining to this contest shall be addressed to Cindy Pleason, Formal Specialists, Ltd., 7807 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77030.
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DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE GO CENTER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR UPDATED SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION!!
Early Medical/Pharmacy Aceptance Programs
UT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP
UT Dallas is known for the quality of its students – this fall’s freshman class (our largest ever) will include 23 new members of The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program. As McDermott Scholars they will take advantage of one of the nation’s most generous four-year undergraduate merit awards, which provides an essentially debt-free college education. The package includes funding for tuition and fees; stipends to cover on-campus housing, living expenses and books; cohort travel; and study abroad.
Priority deadline: November 1, 2011
Final deadline: January 6, 2012
http://www.utdallas.edu/mcdermott/
All McDermott applicants must apply to UTD before January 6, 2012.
College Representative visits ATTENTION SENIORS!!! Click on the calendar to see all visits.
Date: Throughout the school year
Time: Varies
Place: Go Center
* You must sign up in the go center and pick up a pass prior to the presentation.
Scholarship Opportunity! KFC Colonel’s Scholars
http://www.kfcscholars.org/
· Amount: up to $5,000.00 per year for 4 years
· Deadline: Begins 1 December; closes the middle of February each year
· Return to: apply online at www.kfcscholars.org
· Eligibility: graduating from high school this academic year, enrolling in a public college or university, maintain at least a 2.75 GPA, pursuing a bachelor’s degree, a US citizen or permanent resident.
NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award
http://www.nfib.com/yef/yef-programs/young-entrepreneur-awards
· Deadline: October through February each year
· Return to: see website for details
· Eligibility: high school seniors who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and initiative (started own business, or participates in organizations such as DECA, FBLA, Junior Achievement, etc).
Amount: 5 national winners of $5,000.00, one will win an additional $5,000.00 as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
State Farm Texas Scholar Athlete
http://www.texasscholarathlete.com/default.aspx
- Amount: $1,000.00
- Deadline: see website
- Return to: see website
- Eligibility: high school seniors throughout Texas who exhibit leadership and good citizenship in academic, athletic and co-curricular activities, and who do so while demonstrating diversity by their extracurricular involvement and commitment.
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