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Monday, February 2, 2015

Scholarship application checklist for Juniors

College Application Checklist for Juniors

ACT information

Most colleges and post secondary institutions recognized scores from ACT testing as a form of standarized testing used to evaluate college applicates. Please refer to the admission requirements for each individual college/university to determine policy and minimum score.
Students interested in taking the ACT testing can register on-line at www.actstudent.org  or by receiving a paper application in the guidance office. Students have an option to take the ACT test with the writing component or without. Students need to review college requirements to determine if the writing section is needed for admissions.
The ACT tests on 4 sections plus writing;English, Mathematics,Reading and Science.
The English test has 75 questions to be answered in 45 minutes. Students will be tested on grammar useage/mechanics and rehtorical skills(strategies, organization,style)
The Math test has 60 questions to be answered in 60 minutes. Students will be tested on Pre-Algebra(23%), Elementary Algebra(17%) Intermediate Algebra (15%), Coordinate Geometry,(15%), Plane Geometry(23%), Trigonometry (7%)
The Reading test has 40 questions to be taken in 30 minutes. Students will be tested on comphrhension of four different types of reading selections: social studies (25%), Natural Science (25%), Prose Fiction (25%), and Humanities (25%).
The Science test has 40 questions to be taken in 35 minutes. It includes biology, chemistry, physics and Earth and Space Science. Advanced knowledge is not required, however, basic background covered in general introductory science courses may be needed. The test emphasized scientific reasoning skills instead of recall on scientific content.
The Writing test is a 30 minute essay.

Test fee: ACT w/ writing: $54.50    ACT w/o writing:$38 Late fee:$ 24
Test dates:
Date Registration Deadline             Late Fee Required
Sept 13, 2014 August 8, 2014 August 9 - Sept 22
Oct. 25 2014 (at LHS)          September 19 2014 Sept. 20 - Oct 3
December 13, 2014 November 7, 2014 November 8 - 21
February 7, 2015 January 9, 2015 Jan 10 - 16
April 18, 2015 (at JT HS)      March 19, 2015 March 14 - 27
June 13, 2015 May 8, 2015 May 9 - 22

More scholarship information!!!!!

American Legion

Offers a variety of scholarship programs.
Visit www.legion.org/needalift for more information.
Also visit http://pa-legion.com/programs/student-programs/

American Legion Essay Contest

Essay on Americanism
This essay contest is open to grades 3-12
Prompt available in the guidance office scholarship drawer
Deadline: Feb. 22, 2015
First Prize :$100

American Water

Criteria: Seniors, planning to attend a 2 or 4 year school and study environmental science, bio, chem, or engineering.
Amount: $2000
Application in guidance
Deadline: March 16, 2015

Audubon Society

Criteria: Seniors majoring in an environmental related field
Amount: unlisted
Application available at www.aswp.org
Deadline: April 30, 2015

Art Institute of Pgh

Various scholarships
Visit website: http://new.artinstitutes.edu/scholarships/high-school/

BASH (Black Association of South Hills)

Criteria: High School seniors (male and female) of African or African American descent who are graduating in 2015. 3.0 QPA or higher.
Amount: unlisted.
Application available at www.bashforwomen.com/#!scholarships
Deadline: March 2, 2015

Bowling Green State University

Offers a variety of university based scholarships.
Apply at www.bgsu.edu and click on University Freshman Academic Scholarship Calculator.

Blackwood Music Scholarship

Criteria: Seniors planning to pursue a career in music performance.
Amount: $1000
Apply at www.blackwoodmusic.org
Deadline: February 1. 2015

Bradford School

Will be offering a fall scholarship exam on Saturday Sept. 20, 2014 at 10:00 AM
Sign up at 1-800-391-6810

Buick Achievers

Criteria: Seniors planning to study engineering, technology, design, business with interest in the automotive industry.
Amount: $25,000
Apply online at www.buickachievers.com
Deadline: Feb. 27, 2015

Christian Connector

Provides free Christian College Info.
Enter scholarship drawing at www.christianconnector.com
Amount: $2500

Clarion University

Criteria: 3.25 QPA or higher and SAT 1050 or higher or 23 ACT or higher.
Amount: $4000-$28,000 (over 4 years)
apply at www.clarion.edu

Clearview Credit Union

Ralph B. Canterbury Scholarship
Criteria: For seniors planning to attend college full-time in the fall.
Amount: $1000
Application available in the guidance scholarship drawer or online at clearviewfcu.org
Deadline: March 31, 2015

Create a Greeting Card Scholarship:

Criteria: Must be 14 or older
Apply at http://www.gallerycollection.com/greetingcardscontests.htm
Amount: 10,000
Deadline: Feb. 18, 2015

Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department

For seniors interested in becoming a firefighter and will be attending a program of higher education in Allegheny County.
Amount: $5000 (renewable). Also offering a "live in" program
Applications can be obtained by e-mailing 137station@gmail.com and visit www.station137.com for more information
Contact station 137 for the deadline.

Epilepsy Foundation:

Criteria: Seniors with a diagnosis of epilepsy or seizure disorder
Amount:$2500-$1500
Application available in the guidance office.
Deadline: March 15, 2015

Fairmont State

Offers scholarships for Out-of-State Neighbors
Visit www.fairmontstate.edu/neighbors

First Commonwealth Bank

Criteria: Any senior graduating in 2015 that has participated on an athletic team or club.
Amount:$1000
Application available at www.fcbanking.com/banking/personal/TTBF-Application.html
Deadline: March 13, 2015.

Gannon University - Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computing Science

Criteria: Seniors planning to attend Gannon and study engineering or computer science. Must have a high school math and science GPA of 3.0 and demonstrate financial need.
Amount: $5,000
More info. at www.gannon.edu/seecs and in the guidance scholarship drawer.

Giant Oaks Garden Club Scholarship

Criteria: Any senior planning to study agronomy, biology, botany, city planning, environmental control, environmental science, floriculture, forestry, land architecture, land management, plant pathology.
Amount:$1000
Application in Guidance Scholarship Drawer or www.pagardenclubs.org
Deadline: April 1, 2015

Good Orthodontics

Criteria: Seniors who were a past or present patient of Good Orthodontics.
Amount: $500
Application in guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline: February 1, 2015 --EXTENDED to Feb. 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hamilton Award

Criteria: Collegebound Juniors
Amount:$500
Apply at www.hamiltonfriends.org
Deadline: March 4, 2015

Italian-American Scholarships

Criteria: Seniors who are of Italian descent
Amount: $3000
Application available in the guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline: March 6, 2015

IUP Sutton Scholars

Criteria: Complete admission application to IUP before Oct. 31, 3.25 GPA or higher, score 1050 or higher on SAT or 23 or higher on ACT, PA resident.
Variety of scholarships and amounts
www.iup.edu/stuttonscholars
Program will take place at IUP on Dec. 8, 2014 and Feb. 20, 2014

Kent State University

Various Chemistry Scholarships
See Guidance Scholarship Drawer

Kids' Chance Scholarship

Criteria: For seniors who are the children of PA workers who have been killed or seriously injured in a work-related incident resulting in financial need.
Amount:unlisted
Apply at www.kidschanceofpa.org.
April 14, 2015

Lebanon Valley College

Criteria: Students planning to enroll full-time in the fall of 2015.
LVC offers a variety of scholarships for students in the top 30% of the class ranging form $1000 to full tuition.
Visit www.lvc.edu/admission for information.

Lions Young Ambassador of the 21st Century Award Program

Criteria: Students 8-12 are eligible. Essay and Proof of Leadership and Community service required.
Amount:$500-$100
Application in the guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline:February 28, 2015

Lucy A. Valero (PSEA) Scholarship for future teachers.

Criteria: For Seniors planning to enroll in an approved undergraduate teacher education program.
Apply online at www.psea.org/students. Paper applications also available in the guidance scholarship drawer.

Masonic Scholarship Resource Guide.

Scholarship, grant, and loan opportunities for Masons, their siblings, children, and grandchildren.
www.pmyf.org
See guidance drawer for hard copy

Mercyhurst University

Criteria: Seniors planning to attend an art-related program at M.U. in the fall.
amount: Varied
Apply art.mercyhurst.edu
Deadline-varied

National Co-Op Scholarship Program

Seniors applying to Clarkson University, Drexel University, Johnson & Wales University, RIT, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Merrimack College. 3.5 GPA or higher.
$6000 per year - renewable
Apply at www.waceinc.org
Deadlines: Feb. 1 and Feb 15 2015

National Federation of the Blind

Criteria: Seniors - must be blind or visually impaired.
Amount: $3000-$12,000
Apply online @ www.nfb.org/scholarships
Deadline: March 31, 2015

Naval Reserve Office Training Corps (NROTC)

4-year scholarship Marine Option Program
Contact local recruiter.
$180,000 value

Outstanding Asian American Student Award

Criteria: Juniors and Seniors of Asian descent.
Amount: unlisted
Application available in guidance.
Deadline: Feb. 6, 2015

PA Court Reporters Association

Criteria: For students grades (9-12). Students must submit videos of their own creation about exciting careers in court reporting.
Amount: $1000 (grand prize)
For more information visit www.pcra.com

PA House of Representatives Scholarship

Criteria: Seniors planning to attend a PA college, university, or a career school next year full time. 3.0 GPA or higher.
Amount: The value of one semester of tuition at the State System of Higher Ed. for 4 years.
apply at www.tfec.org - instructions also in guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline March 1, 2015.

PA Free Enterprise Week

For current 10th and 11th graders.
Currently offering a full scholarship to the summer program ( student must still pay registration fee $285)
Business Education Summer Program
Apply by April 10, 2015
Applications in the guidance scholarship drawer.

PASR

Criteria: For seniors planning to major in education only.
Amount: $1000
Application available in the guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline: March 30, 2015 in the Guidance Office.

Peanut Butter and Jam Slam

Criteria: Any student who wants to help end hunger.
Amount: $4000
Collect 10 jars of peanut butter for the hungry and apply online at DoSomething.org.

The Pittsburgh Foundation

Offers a variety of scholarships every year. Visit http://www.pittsburghfoundation.org/scholarship_search to search now!

Princeton Prize in Race Relations

Criteria: Students grades (9-12) who are helping to improve race relations
Amount: $1000
Apply at www.princeton.edu/pprize
Deadline: January 31, 2015

PRFSD (Pittsburgh Regional Food Service Directors) Scholarship

Criteria: For seniors planning to study a food related area in post-secondary school next year. 3.0 GPA or higher.
Amount: $2,500
Application available in the guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline: April 30, 2015.

PTI

For Seniors planning to attend PTI in the Fall of 2015.
Amount: $6000
Apply at www.pti.edu or applications in the guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline: March 6, 2015

Robert Morris Univ. - B. Kenneth Simon Free Enterprise Scholarship

Criteria: Seniors applying to RMU with 3.0 GPA or higher, 1100 SAT, or 24 ACT
Amount: $24,000
Applications available in the guidance scholarship drawer.

ScholarshipExperts

Criteria: Varied
Amount: Varied
Apply for various nationwide scholarships through www.scholarshipexperts.com. Updates also available in guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadlines vary per scholarship

Scholarships.com

Various scholarships on their website.

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Criteria: Students grades 9-12 may apply.
Deadlines vary by region
Apply at www.artandwriting.org

School Soup:

Scholarship Search Engine:
http://www.scho2015olsoup.com/scholarship-director

Sons of Italy

Criteria: Seniors, Must be 25% Italian
Application available in the guidance office.
Amount: $1000
Deadline: Due in the Guidance Office by April 1, 2015

State Farm Good Neighbor Scholarship

Criteria: Seniors 2.5 or higher,must plan to attend a 2 or 4 year college
Apply at www.scholarshipamerica.org/statefarmgoodneighborscholarship
Deadline: March 2, 2015

Student-View Scholarship

Criteria: For seniors, survey required.
Amount: $500-$4000
Apply at www.student-view.com
Deadline: April 22, 2015

StudentScholarships.org

Offers a Variety of Scholarship opportunities.
Visit their website at www.studentscholarships.org or check the guidance scholarship drawer for details.

Three Rivers Buckeye Scholarships

Criteria: For seniors graduating in the top 10% of their senior class. Demonstrating involvement in school and community activities. Showing a sound interest and positive attitude toward college work. Attend OU in the fall.
Amount: $2000-$1000
Application in the guidance scholarship drawer.
Deadline: Feb. 6, 2015

University of Dayton Army ROTC

Information available in the guidance scholarship drawer regarding the program.

University of Dayton Leadership in service scholarship

Criteria: Seniors with community service applying to the Univ. of Dayton.
Amount $2,500 per year
See Mrs. Brown if you are interested in a nomination.
Deadline Jan. 31, 2014

Washington Lions Club- Joann & William

Criteria: Seniors, must be accepted to a college or university
Amount: $1000
Application available in guidance
Deadline: April 10, 2015 in the guidance office

Westminster College

Offers a variety of freshman scholarships programs
Simply apply and you will automatically be reviewed for scholarship opportunities.

West Virginia University

Criteria: For senior students planning to ender the Mining Engineering program at WVU. Must keep a 2.75 GPA
Amount: $2000
Contact William Ryan at wrryan@comcast.net or Dr. Chris Bise at chris.bise@mail.wvu.edu for more information on the program.

West Virginia Wesleyan

Criteria: For students applying to WV Wesleyan
Amount: Various
visit www.wvwc.edu to apply

Worldview Scholarships

Criteria: Open to all high school students
Amount: $1000-$500
More info at facebook.com/worldviewscholarships and guidance scholarship drawer.
Students must participate in a series of lectures and complete a final exam to be eligible for the scholarship.

Financial Aid Resources Endorsed by the PA Department of Education:

Education Planner - Whether you are a high school student deciding what you want to be, or a parent figuring out how to pay for college, this is your one-stop career and college planning site.
FastWeb - For nearly 15 years, FastWeb has been the leading scholarship search provider for every student, whether you're in high school or a mother of two returning to school. One in eight high school seniors use FastWeb, and the site comes recommended by over 16,000 high schools and 3,600 colleges. FastWeb has attracted more than 34 million users and our numbers continue to grow daily.
FastWeb - FastWeb is one the leading scholarship search providers.
College Board - PROFILE - CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE is the financial aid application service of the College Board. More than 600 colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on the PROFILE to determine eligibility for nonfederal student aid funds. The PROFILE is a fully Web-based application system that provides students a secure and efficient method for reporting their financial data to schools.
PHEAA - Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
FAFSA - Federal Student Financial Aid online application.
Scholarships.com - Get detailed information on available college scholarships and grant opportunities, customized just for you! Their expansive scholarship database is updated constantly, providing students the most extensive, accurate and relevant financial aid search results
FinAid - The SmartStudent guide to financial aid. Contains links and references to sources for financial aid.
College Board Scholarship Search - This site will help you locate scholarships, internships, grants, and loans that match your education level, talents, and background. Complete the brief questionnaire and Scholarship Search will find potential opportunities from our database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 BILLION in available aid!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Websites to help with scholarships for college made for juniors- lots of entries due in February!

https://www.scholarships.com/scholarship-search.aspx

http://www.pdx.edu/ubets/sites/www.pdx.edu.ubets/files/Scholarships%20for%20Students.pdf

http://www.gallerycollection.com/ScholarshipOfficialRules.pdf

Rocketry Lesson Plans Jan 26

Rocketry Lesson Plans

Week of January 26,2015

Monday-Friday:

Making a Video on Space or Creating an Internet Website on a Space Topic

Goal: To plan, design and produce (if equipment is available) a video or website on one of the science, technology or engineering topics listed under “Procedure”.

Key Concepts: Understanding some aspects of the science, technology and/or engineering involved in the construction

of the ISS and the science research that is conducted on the ISS; learning about ISS-related space careers; and video or website planning, design and production.

Subjects: Biology, chemistry, physics, Earth sciences, astronomy, technology, engineering, computer skills, careers, language arts (writing script for video or text for website).

Materials: video camera and editing equipment, or a computer for the website design.

Procedure: Planning a video or designing a website on an ISS-related topic requires students to become more deeply involved in understanding an aspect of the Space Station. Students work in teams of three or four to plan a video project or design a website on one of the space-related topics below. Links to websites

with images, drawings and resources are provided in the Resources Section, and at the Space Station Gallery website at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station.

Chemistry Lesson plans Jan 26

MRS. ALISSA JORDAN’S CHEMISTRY LESSON PLANS

WEEK OF JANUARY 26, 2015

Monday:

Al COS OBJ: 6.) Solve stoichiometric problems involving relationships among the number of particles, moles, and masses of reactants and products in a chemical reaction. • Predicting ionic and covalent bond types and products given known reactants • Assigning oxidation numbers for individual atoms of monatomic and polyatomic ions • Identifying the nomenclature of ionic compounds, binary compounds, and acids • Classifying chemical reactions as composition, decomposition, single replacement, or double replacement • Determining the empirical or molecular formula for a compound using percent composition data

In- Class: Students will learn the electronegativity differences in covalent and ionic bonds and how to distinguish them. They will learn about polarity and bonds.

Homework: study notes

Tuesday:

• Assigning oxidation numbers for individual atoms of monatomic and polyatomic ions

• Identifying the nomenclature of ionic compounds, binary compounds, and acids

• Classifying chemical reactions as composition, decomposition, single replacement, or double replacement • Determining the empirical or molecular formula for a compound using percent composition data

In- Class: Students will learn how to draw the Lewis dot structures of different chemical formulas.

Homework: draw the 6 assigned structures; study notes

Wednesday:

• Assigning oxidation numbers for individual atoms of monatomic and polyatomic ions

• Identifying the nomenclature of ionic compounds, binary compounds, and acids

In- Class: Students will continue to learn how to draw the Lewis dot structures of different chemical formulas.

Homework: draw the 4 assigned structures; study notes

Thursday:

• Assigning oxidation numbers for individual atoms of monatomic and polyatomic ions

• Identifying the nomenclature of ionic compounds, binary compounds, and acids

In- Class: Students work the bonding worksheet while I am gone on a field trip with another class.

Homework: study notes

Friday:

• Assigning oxidation numbers for individual atoms of monatomic and polyatomic ions

• Identifying the nomenclature of ionic compounds, binary compounds, and acids

In- Class: go over bonding worksheet and begin talking about naming.

Homework: study notes