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Scholarship and Award Opportunities
Here is another good opportunity to honor students in a public manner:
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity again encourages H.S. Principals, Career Counselors, Counselors and Teachers to "honor outstanding African American students of MCPS for their accomplishments in the areas of
Academics
Athetics
Arts
Citizenship
Versatility.
These awards are named after famous African American men who were members of the APA Fraternity."
The awards for these 4 categories will be held on Sunday, May 3rd and are open to the public, for which families, school administrators and faculty.
Nominations can include any/all students who qualify (including young African American women) , so please do not hesitate to nominate several students whom you think qualify for recognition in any category. (Please Note: that some schools nominate 25 or more students for these awards, so don't hesitate in doing so for our students here at Wootton!)
Thank you.
W.E.B. DuBois Award for Academic Achievement
Cumulative GPA of 3.5 to 4.0
Other academic accomplishments (to be i.d. by you, the nominator)
with Special Recognition given for a GPA of 4.0 or higher!!
Duke Ellington Award for Excellence in the Arts
GPA of 2.5 or higher
Music, Poetry, Drama, Painting, Dance, Sculputre, etc
Exceptional creativity
Other recognition
Jesse Owens Award for Athletics
GPA of 2.5 or higher
Attained one or more of the following:
A) Earned Athletic Scholarships
B) Special Athletic Award(s)
C) Local school recognition
D) County, State or National Recognition
Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Citizenship
GPA of 2.5 or higher
Community Service - School, Church, Other
Recognition by community organization
School and/or community leadership
Applications NEED to be in Mrs. Storck's office no later than Thursday, April 23rd. (I MUST send them off April 24th!)
Here are opportunities to highlight Hispanic Youth :
#1) from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) "Young Leader of Today" award
This organization "extend(s) to you the opportunity to nominate an outstanding Latino youth who is making a positive impact in their local community through our Young Leader of Today program."
Eligibility Requirements:
- Nominee must be between the ages of 13-18
- S/he must be engaged in or have a history of public service activities (IE tutoring, volunteering at a homeless shelter, mentoring, working to clean up neighborhood parks, etc)
Deadline:
Year-round. CHCI will highlight a new young leader every month!!
Winners will be highlighted on CHCI's website and will receive a $50 Borders Books gift certificate.
Nominators whose candidate is selected to be a Young Leader of Today will also receive a special gift.
Nominators need to send the CHCI a 250 word essay (1 page) on why your candidate deserves to be selected as one of CHCI's Young Leader of Today. Be sure to note the age and Latino heritage (not to include Portugese or Brazilian) of the young leader you are nominating. Also, pls include your name, address, tele #, and email address.
For this award you may direcly submit your nomination to:
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Attn: Young Leader of the Month
911 2nd Street NE
Washington, DC 2002
(202) 546-2143 (fax)
aperez@chci.org (email)
#2) from the Hispanic Employees Assoc of MCPS "Distinguished Hispanic Scholar" scholarship
This organization continues to recognize Hispanic h.s. graduates who have been identified as "Distinguished Hispanic Scholars" by the presentation of scholarships awarded at Carver Educational Services Ctr on May 28th at 6:30om.
Ways a senior Hispanic student can be identified as "distinguished"
-academic excellence (who holds a GPA of 3.5 or higher and has received academic awards or other recognition, even scholarships))
-community service (who has performed outstanding service to school or community, including SSL experiences)
-leadership (who has demonstrated leadership through student government, extracurricular activities or informal leadership roles)
"Packet" contents:
Cover letter (I will do)
Nomination form (please let me know & I will place one in your mailbox next week for completion, along with a paragraph from you about your reasons for nomination)
Completion of Nomination Checklist (as above, I will place in your mailbox)
Two letters of recommendation (one from you, the nominator, and we'll need another from another staffer)
Copy of the student's transcript (from the Counselor's files)
a Letter of Proof of Acceptance from an institution of higher learning (2008-9) & any scholarship to be received
(Tax return of student's parents, if consideration for a scholarship is on the basis of financial need)
Deadline for "packets" to Mrs. Storck:
April 23rd (so I may mail 4/24th)
Two more Scholarship/Honors for two students.
The FIRST one is from The Harvard Club of Washington.
This group is looking for a nominee to earn a book (to be given at the graduation or school awards program by a Harvard alum)
The students should be: a JUNIOR who exhibits -
Excellence in scholarship
and
High character w/achievement in other fields
The SECOND one is from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)(a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to developing the next generationof Latin leaders).
This group is looking for a nominee to earn $50.00 Borders Gift Certificate and highlighted on their website.
The student should be: a Latino youth who is -
Be between 13-18 years of age
Making a positive impact in their local community
S/he should be engaged in/or have a history of public service activities (IE tutoring, volunteering at a homeless shelter, mentoring, working to clean up neighborhood parks, etc)
The adult who nominates this student must be willing to write a 250 word essay (1 page) on why this candidate deserves to be selected as one of CHCI's Young Leaders of Today.
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