Your senior year is here and as you start the process of picking a college, another step will be looking at ways to help pay for it! This page will provide a list of available scholarships with immediate deadlines, as well as scholarship and student loan website links. Check back often for new scholarship opportunities. Forms for many of these can be found in the Scholarship File in the school office. The site below allows a family to submit a free application on-line for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA application must be filed in order for students to receive loans and any other federal financial help. It is available for the college freshman school year on January 1 of that year
Oftentimes parents find out that there are websites offering to help them find scholarships for their seniors. But, like anything else, many of these sites are scams. Before paying for, or giving out any info to these sites, read the info below:
Is this "Scholarship Search" a scam?
The Federal Trade Commission cautions students to look for these tell-tale lines:
* “A scholarship is guaranteed or your money back”
* “You can’t get this information anywhere else”
* “I just need your credit card or bank account number to hold this scholarship”
* “We’ll do all the work”
* “The scholarship will cost some money”
* “You’ve been selected by a ‘national foundation’ to receive a scholarship”
* “You’re a finalist” in a contest you never entered
