Community Service Searches

Find community service opportunities!

http://www.handsonjacksonville.org//

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

http://www.sulzbachercenter.org/

Volunteer Opportunity at the Zoo

FCAT RETAKES :)

FCAT Retakes will be from October 7th to the 11th.

Any student who failed the 10th grade Reading FCAT will need to retest. If you need to verify that you are on the list, please see your school counselor.

If you are a 5th year senior, 6th year senior, or a post grad you will need to take the SAT or ACT to earn a passing FCAT Math score if you have not done so already.

New Scholarships

A) Odenza Marketing Group Spring Scholarship - $500 – 1 Award (Deadline: March 30, 2014)

To be Eligible a student must:

• Be between the ages of 16 and 25 on March 30th, 2014.
• Submit answers to the essay questions, which can be found on the application page, prior to the March 30th, 2014 deadline.
• Have at least one full year of post secondary studies remaining at the time of the award. (Current High School Students are also eligible.)
• Have a GPA of 2.5 or greater.

Applications can be found by going to:

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_odenza_marketing_group_scholarship_8931.php

B) Peter Pasula Study Habits Scholarship - $500 – 1 Award (Deadline: April 1st, 2014)

To be Eligible a student must:

• Be attending an accredited post-secondary institution by the fall of 2014.
• A student can be enrolled at any level in any program that is two years in length or longer.
• Students must be Canadian or US residents.
• Students must answer the essay question on the website online application form.

Applications can be found by going to:

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_peter_pasula_study_habits_scholarship_8935.php

C) Find A Law Scholarship - $500 – 1 Award (Deadline: May 15th, 2014)

To be Eligible a student must:

1) Be Enrolled in full-time studies at a college, trades, or technical school by no later than September 2014.

2) Currently reside in the United States and intend on continuing studies in the United States.

3) Complete the Online Form and Short Question by no later than May 15, 2014.

Applications can be found by going to:

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_find_a_law_scholarship_8929.php

College Fair Session for Students with Disabilities

The Jacksonville College Fair is scheduled for October 12, 2013 from 9am-1pm. The fair is an excellent opportunity for students to explore colleges from around the US and there are opportunities for families to attend sessions ranging from financial aid to the scholarship search process. Our Helping Students Succeed: College Campus Services for Students with Disabilities session will take place at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the fair and will provide your students and their parents with information on the multitude of resources and supports available on college campuses. The session is designed to inform parents and students on the resources and supports that are available for SWD when they enter college.

Navy Dependent Scholarship

2013 WOASF HS Informational Flyer v2

Mayo Clinic School of Heath Sciences Boot Camp

Mayo Clinic and the School of Health Sciences will be hosting their high school Boot Camp event this fall.  This event will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2013.   The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for high school students to learn about potential careers in healthcare, and to create an exciting, hands-on experience to attract young people to healthcare careers. 

This event has had an overwhelming response in the past so you are encouraged to return the completed paperwork as soon as possible as we can only accept 50 students for the event and it is based on a first-come first-served basis.   Please share this event opportunity with your students.  Any students interested in participating should complete the attached paperwork and return to my attention. 

Elaine Riddell

Education Administration

Administrative Assistant

Phone:  904-953-0425

Fax:      904-953-0430

_________________________________

Mayo Clinic

4500 San Pablo Road

Jacksonville, FL   32224

Consent Release

The AnimationCareerReview.com "Aspiring Animation Professional" Scholarship Program

ACR is proud to announce our third annual "Aspiring Animation Professional" Scholarship Program. Our goal for this program is twofold:

1. To promote animation and its related fields as a career path for young people
2. To encourage aspiring animation professionals to research and understand what a career in animation requires.

Our program offers a scholarship opportunity to high school seniors in the US. 

Scholarships will be awarded to a high school senior who:

1. Intends to pursue an animation related field at an accredited post-secondary school or college.
2. Has a demonstrable record of academic success.
3. Has a passion and drive for an animation and/or design related career.  

Selection Criteria

• Scholarships may be used at any accredited post-secondary school or college.
• Selection is based on the students high school academic performance combined with the student's application essay. 
• Selection is determined by the AnimationCareerReview.com staff.
• Scholarship is a one-year non-renewable scholarship.
• Application and essay are submitted online at www.AnimationCareerReview.com.
• A single $1000 scholarship will be awarded.

Eligibility:

The scholarship is limited to high school seniors in the US pursuing an animation related degree program at an accredited post-secondary school or college. Animation related fields include, but are not limited to, the following programs:   

3D Animation     3D Graphics     Animation     Cartooning     Computer Animation     Design     

Digital Art     Digital Design     Digital Media     Digital Video     Graphic Design     Electronic Art

Electronic Media     Entertainment Art     Film     Game Animation     Game Art     Game Design     

Game Development     Game Management     Game Production     Illustration     Interactive Design

Motion Graphic Design     Multimedia     Simulation     Studio Art     Virtual Modeling     

Visual Effects     Visual Communications     Web Animation     Web Design

Application process:

There are two steps to the application process:

Step 1: Applicants must submit an application via the scholarship application form on AnimationCareerReview.com.

Step 2: Applicants must submit an original 500-1000 word essay on the following topic:

What specific skill do you most want to develop? 

Essay is submitted via our scholarship application page and MUST include your name and contact information (so we know whose application goes with which essay!). 

Application Deadline: 

Deadline for applications is June 1, 2014. Scholarship winners will be announced in July 2014 and the scholarships paid in August, 2014. 

Rules, Terms, and Conditions

• ACR reserves the right to reject any scholarship application for any reason at its sole discretion. 
• All essays will be subject to review for plagiarism and/or fraud.
• Once submitted, essays become the full property of AnimationCareerReview.com. 
• AnimationCareerReview.com reserves the right to publicly announce/promote scholarship winners on its web site and in related press releases and media outlets.   
• Scholarship winners must provide proof of college/school acceptance before scholarship funds will be disbursed.  
• Students who submit scholarship applications will not be marketed to by AnimationCareerReview.com in any way nor will their names or contact information be sold to third parties.

National Center for Women & Information Technology Scholarship

2013 NCWIT Award Flyer

Mayor Alvin Brown Essay Contest

In support of Duval County Public Schools’ Jacksonville Goes to College Week, students are encouraged to participate in the Mayor Alvin Brown Essay Contest. Mayor Brown is proud to offer this competition as an incentive for all students to practice their writing skills and raise the bar for educational excellence in Jacksonville. 

There will be three (3) winners from each of the following categories: High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8), and Elementary (K-5). First place essays will receive an IPad 2 16GB. Second place essays will receive an IPad Mini 16 GB. Third place essays will receive a $100.00 gift card.

The City of Jacksonville will have a non-exclusive, transferable license to use and publish the essay.  The City will also have the right to identify the student author by name and photo in any press release or any publication of the essay.

The Mayor Alvin Brown Essay Contest will have the following judging criteria:

ü  Essay Title: Education is …

ü  Title page must include: essay title, student’s name, grade, school, and the name of the contact teacher

ü  Essay is to be 4-5 pages in length, double-spaced, Arial 12 point font, 1,000 – 1,500 words (High School and Middle School), Elementary School essays are to be 1-2 pages in length and 250-500 words

ü  Essay contest begins September 20 and ends midnight, October 4, 2013

Winners will be announced during the College Fair, Saturday, October 12.

ESSAY RUBRIC

SCORE	DESCRIPTION	COMPLETION OF TASK	TOPIC DEVELOPMENT, CONTENT	LANGUAGE USE, ACURACY
3	EXCELLENT	Essay clearly relates to title.   Essay follows all of the guidelines above.	Essay details specific outcomes and steps to achieve planned results. Essay is meaningful and inspiring.	Essay has been edited for grammar, punctuation, and spelling. No errors.
2	GOOD	Essay relates to title. Essay follows the guidelines above.	Essay refers to outcomes, but clear plan to achieve the outcomes is not developed.	Essay has been edited for grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Few errors.
1	POOR	Essay speaks very poorly to title. Essay does not meet the judging criteria.	Essay does not give outcomes or plan to achieve outcomes.	Major errors are found throughout.
0	UNSATISFACTORY	Essay is not reflective of title. Essay does not meet the judging criteria.	Essay strays from the topic. Content is shallow and meaningless.	Errors make reading the essay difficult.

Essays are to be submitted electronically to mayorbrownessaycontest@coj.net. Essays can be faxed to (904) 630-2910, Attention: Cedric Cruse. Essays can be mailed to:

Cedric Cruse

Program Manager, Education Initiatives

117 West Duval Street, Suite 240

Jacksonville, FL 32202

Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has scholarship opportunities for high schools students. Please visit their website for information about each scholarship, details, and deadlines.

http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships

Belk Scholarship to Davidson College

THE BELK SCHOLARSHIP

The John Montgomery Belk Scholarship is Davidson’s most prestigious merit-based program. Covering the comprehensive costs of attending Davidson (room, board, tuition and fees), the Belk Scholarship is valued at over $54,000 in 2013-14. 

Belk Scholars are those students whose outstanding intellectual ability and success, leadership experience, commitment to service and overall personal vigor mark them as those who will accomplish much and contribute most to the Davidson community and in their lives beyond their college years.

Each school may nominate one Belk Scholarship candidate, no later than November 8, 2013. Materials are available at www.davidson.edu/Belk.  Nominees’ admission applications must be completed and received in our office no later than 5:00 p.m., December 2, 2013.

Approximately 60 semi-finalists (chosen from an anticipated nomination pool of over  800 candidates) will be interviewed by telephone in February. Twenty-five to thirty finalists will participate in Belk Scholars Selection Weekend, March 20-22, 2014.

If you would like to be nominated, please see Mrs. Kolczynski in Guidance.

National Young Arts Foundation

Deadline: October 18, 2013
About YoungArts: YoungArts provides emerging artists (ages 15-18 or grades 10-12) with life-changing experiences with renowned mentors, access to significant scholarships, national recognition, and other opportunities throughout their careers to help ensure that the nation’s most outstanding young artists are encouraged to pursue careers in the arts. Support is offered in ten artistic disciplines: cinematic arts, dance, design, jazz, music, photography, theater, visual arts, voice and writing.

Why Apply: To date, YoungArts has honored more than 17,000 young artists with over $6 million in monetary awards; facilitated in excess of $150 million in college scholarship opportunities; and enabled its participants to work with master teachers who are among the most distinguished artists in the world, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d'Amboise, Plácido Domingo, Bill T. Jones, Quincy Jones and Martin Scorsese. In addition, YoungArts serves as the exclusive nominating agency for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, the country's highest honor for young artists. 

 
About the Awards: By applying to the YoungArts program winners are eligible for:Up to $10,000 monetary award (total awarded each year is over $500,000).Exclusive eligibility for recognition as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the ArtsMaster classes with world-renowned artists. Access to scholarships, career opportunities and professional contacts

How to Apply: To apply to YoungArts you must meet the requirements, complete an online application, pay a $35 (non-refundable) application fee (per category; fee waivers are available) and submit an online audition portfolio. Students may apply to more than one discipline/category.Deadline for submission (of both application and audition portfolio) is October, 18, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). If an application is not complete by the deadline, it will not be reviewed.

Eligibility: Citizens or legal residents of the United States or U.S. Territories who are age 15-18 on December 1, 2013, or in grades 10-12, may apply. International students who are studying in the U.S. on a student visa are eligible to apply. YoungArts reserves the right to extend eligibility on a case by case basis provided the applicant’s birthdate falls within 90 days before or after the designated guidelines.
Audition Portfolio Requirements: Each of our 10 disciplines (cinematic arts, dance, design arts, jazz, music, photography, theater, visual arts, voice, and writing) has specific requirements for the audition portfolio. Once you open the application, a drop down list of available disciplines and categories will be available to you. Please review these requirements carefully.

Wendy's High School Heisman Scholarship

The Wendy’s High School Heisman Program is looking for all types of high-achieving seniors from more than 29,000 public and private high schools within the U.S. We consider young men and women who participate in a wide range of sports and school and community activities. If you’re one of the 1.4 million high school athletes across the country that excels in the classroom, on the field, and within your school and community, apply now. 

KNOW WHAT IT TAKES: STUDENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To achieve award eligibility for the 2013 Wendy’s High School Heisman Program, students must be seniors during the 2013/2014 academic years, graduating with the class of 2014. Applicants must:

Learn: Have a cumulative high school grade point average (GPA) of a B (3.0) or better.

Perform: Participate in at least one of 27 eligible school-sponsored sports:

1. Badminton
2. Baseball
3. Basketball
4. Bowling
5. Canoeing
6. Competitive Spirit/Cheerleading
7. Competitive Weight Lifting
8. Crew
9. Cross Country
10. Equestrian
11. Fencing
12. Field Hockey
13. Football
14. Golf
15. Gymnastics
16. Ice Hockey
17. Judo
18. Lacrosse
19. Skiing
20. Soccer
21. Softball
22. Swimming and Diving
23. Tennis
24. Track and Field
25. Volleyball
26. Water Polo
27. Wrestling

Lead: Be a leader in school and in the community and serve as a role model for underclassman.

PFLAG Scholarship

PFLAG NEWScholarshipApplication 2013

International Coastal Cleanup

This weekend (September 21) is International Coastal Cleanup, and Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation will be up at Big Talbot Island State Park picking up trash and cleaning up the shoreline (Big Talbot boat ramp at the north end of the island).  Also, cleanup can be by land or boat, if anyone wants to bring a kayak or canoe :)

Save the Date - October 19, 9 am to 12 noon, TTPF is hosting a big trail maintenance/bench building/signage installation at Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park. Visitwww.timucuantrailparksfoundation.org for more information

Contact Information:

Felicia M. Boyd, P.G.
Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation
Program and Outreach Director
fboyd@fmb-environmental.com

www.TimucuanTrailParksFoundation.org

Directions to Big Talbot Island

Grade Portal

The Parent Portal Log in page has changed its look.  There are now 2 ways to log into the portal: one for students and one for Parents/Guardians.

·         Students now use their DCPS Network username and password to log into the grade portal. This is the username/password that is used to log into any DCPS computer.  Students will no longer be able to use the school issued portal password with a combination of random letters and numbers.

·         Parents/guardians must now use a PARENT/GUARDIAN username and password of random letters and numbers that is issued at the school.  If parents/guardians are not able to log in with the username and password that they have previously used, it is best to contact the school to ensure their login information is a PARENT/GUARDIAN login. 

Jacksonville Public Library Resource

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation opened a new college scholarship for high-achieving, lower-income high school seniors who seek to attend the country’s best four-year colleges and universities.  In what is expected to be an extremely competitive scholarship, as many as 40 recipients will be awarded up to $30,000 each year for tuition, books, living expenses, and other required fees. The application is open through November 5, 2013.

For more information about this opportunity and others, go to http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships.

Medical Scholars Program

MEDICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM SEARCH

A message from FAMU UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

To Whom It May Concern:

Please allow this letter to serve as official notification of the NEW SEARCH! As you know, Florida A&M University has just launched the inaugural cohort of the Medical Scholars Program for fall 2013. With the exciting and excellent start of this cohort, so follows the preparation and recruitment of the next cohort for fall 2014.

If you know of a particularly talented/intellectually-gifted high school senior intent on attending Florida A&M University and subsequent medical school, please contact our office. The Medical Scholars Program at Florida A&M University provides a specialized four-year curriculum in pre-medical biology or pre-medical chemistry. Some applicants will also receive a provisional acceptance into the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. This program is for incoming fall 2014 freshmen only.

We are seeking students with a minimum 3.50 un-weighted high school GPA, 1800 or better SAT score or 27 or better ACT score. Application packets are updated annually and only available from our office. If you have questions or interest, please contact our office at (850) 599-8503 or michael.smith3@famu.edu.

Regards

Michael J.L. Smith, DrPH, MPH

Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Academic Programs

Florida A&M University ▪ Division of Academic Affairs ▪ Medical Scholars Programs

Lewis-Beck School of Allied Health, Suite 207-B

Office: (850) 599-8503 | Fax: (850) 599-3590

WACE Co-op Scholarship

WACE, on behalf of the nine WACE Partner Institutions, is pleased to announce and sponsor its Twelfth Annual National Co-op Scholarship Program. As the largest independently sponsored merit co-op scholarship program in the United States, WACE will award 160 merit co-op scholarships for a total value of $4,100,000.

These merit co-op scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors and transfer students who plan to participate in college cooperative education at one of our Partner Institutions.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 14, 2014* (POSTMARKED)

* Please note deadline exceptions for Clarkson University, Johnson & Wales University an University of Massachusetts Lowell

To qualify for this scholarship, students must: Have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale Apply and be accepted for the 2014-2015 academic year at one of the WACE Partner Institutions.

Online Application: http://www.waceinc.org/scholarship/scholonlineapp.html

SAT and ACT Test Prep @ Keiser

Keiser University will be hosting free SAT and ACT test prep classes from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturdays beginning Saturday, September 7th. Keiser will provide all materials for students. Please call (904) 296-3440 to register.

College Fair

College Fair Time!!! Students should preregister for the best experience.

NACAC Jacksonville

Volunteering Opportunity

Crown Point Elementary School is looking for tutors.

If you are interested please contact Lou Nussbaum at (904) 260-5808 or nussbaumL@duvalschools.org

College Visits

Upcoming College Visits

September 6^th at 8am: Florida Institute of Technology

September 6^th at 11:30am: Auburn University

September 17^th at 8:00: University of North Florida 

September 27^th at 8:30: Washington University 

October 2^nd at 8:15: University of Florida 

October 8^th at 8am: University of South Alabama

October 10^th at 8am: University of Chicago

October 10^th at 9am: University of Alabama- Birmingham

October 11^th at 8am: Hofstra University

October 11^th at 10am: Florida State University 

Juniors and Seniors sign up in guidance in the college visit notebook.