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Alvin ISD Local Scholarship Packet 2015
Ron Fitzwater AHS College and Career Counselor
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Are you ready to begin…..
You need the following:
1. Your updated resume
2. At least two recommendation letters
3. Rough draft of your letter to scholarship committees
Suggestions….
Start NOW!!!!!
Read the whole packet.
The biggest complaint from donors is that students apply for scholarships that they don’t qualify.
Highlight the scholarships you qualify to do.
Read & follow instructions.
Suggestions….
If eligible for these scholarships, print out Marguerite Edwards /Camp Mohawk & Alvin YellowjacketAthletic Booster Club Scholarships –Pass out forms to be filled out –NOW.
Do Section III first
Each scholarship has its own application. It can be labor intensive.
Section III Scholarships
All scholarships are writable PDF’s
In Section III, click on the name of the scholarship.
Fill out the scholarship application
Print & Proofread (make corrections and reprint)
Save an electronic copy if you can.
Follow the directions in the description
Section III cont. ……
Assemble the scholarship
The scholarship application
Your resume
Essay (if required)
Your personalized letter to the scholarship committee
Two recommendation letters
Sections I, II, IV & V Scholarships…..
All these scholarships take the Alvin ISD Local Scholarship Application
Place the name of first scholarship that you will be applying in those sections and complete the application
Print and proofread, proofread, etc.
Save an electronic copy, if possible
Sections I, II, IV & V Scholarships…..
When you have the application the way you want it, print & proceed.
Change the name to the nextscholarship in those sections that you will be applying
Repeat the process until you have completed all that you have identified in those sections
Assemble the app.……
Assemble the Alvin ISD Local Scholarships Application for Section I in this order:
Application
Resume
Essay (if required)
Personal letter to committee
Two recommendation letters
Special Notes……
If you are applying for Alvin Yellowjacket Booster Club Athletic Scholarship, it also uses Alvin ISD Local Scholarship Application. So do now as well.
Section II, IV & V uses this application as well. They also have a cover sheet that you will need to include. These sections will need only one application per section. The cover sheet is where you mark which application(s).
More info……
Personalize your letter to each committee – in the greeting and somewhere in the body of the letter
Sign your letter properly
Make sure you have followed directions in the scholarship description
Recap……
Start NOW!!!!!
Do your homework – Read the Packet
Send out forms to teachers & coaches for the ME/CM and AYBCA Scholarships - NOW
Start with Section III scholarships
Then do Section I, II, IV, V
Scholarship Turn-in……
Follow Turn-in Procedures
Assemble applications correctly (don’t forget parent signature)
Use one staple (see exceptions in Turn-in Procedures)
Use Turn-in Sheet (available soon)
Turn-in day:
February 17 by 3 p.m.
Dates….
Work Sessions after school
Feb. 2, 5, 10, 12 (maybe more days)
3 – 6:00 p.m. ?
Work Day
Feb. 16 - 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.?
Turn-in Day
Feb. 17 - 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.