By Ralph K. Spencer, D’Evelyn Education Foundation Board of Directors On Thursday, February 4, 2021, at approximately 2:00 pm, it was my distinct pleasure to talk to 30 D’Evelyn Seniors (virtually, of course) about the upcoming scholarship/award season. This meeting was coordinated by Mr. Jon Watson, one of D’Evelyn’s two senior high counselors. All seniors were requested to participate in this presentation. I have no idea what happened to the remaining 100+ seniors but was none the less glad to pass on critical scholarship/award information to the students who chose to listen to both Mr. Watson and me during this 50-minute period. I am extremely proud to announce that 24 scholarships worth $23,750 and 3 awards worth $3,500 (a total of $27,250), will be presented to 27 deserving seniors this year. An additional $3,000 award is given each year to a non-student D’Evelyn community member (typically a D’Evelyn teacher), which equates to $30,250, the first time in D’Evelyn’s history that scholarships and awards have exceeded $30,000 in any given year! Please note that while students may NOT apply for the three awards totaling $3,500, rest assured that this money will end up in the hands of three fortunate students at this year’s Senior Banquet, where all scholarship and award winners will be introduced. It is imperative that students know where to go on the Internet to find the plethora of scholarship and award information that exists solely for the students’ benefit. While there are several options on how to retrieve this information, I shared the following two approaches with the seniors: 1) Go to the brand-new jaguar icon on the front page of the D’Evelyn website and click on it to go to the Scholarships and Awards page. 2) They can also use the following hyperlink to go directly to where this information resides: https://develyneducationfoundation.weebly.com/scholarships.html. Links for all 24 individual scholarship application forms (and 4 awards) are found on these two pages and are also available in the Counseling Office. The following additional links are also found on these two pages: 1) The DEF Scholarship Application Cover Sheet, 2) The Scholarship/Award Synopsis, and 3) The Student Scholarship Checklist! A link to my Feb 4 PowerPoint presentation will soon be available at this same location. 1) The one-page DEF Scholarship Application Cover Sheet (Cover Sheet) must be completed and signed by both the student and a parent/guardian. This Cover Sheet explains that a 1-page, typed resume and a typed essay (up to 500 words) must accompany this Cover Sheet. It also reminds the student that his/her name, the title “DEF Scholarship Main Essay,” and the essay prompt question must be printed at the top of the page. The good news is that only ONE Cover Sheet is required even if the student is applying for more than one scholarship. 2) The Scholarship/Award Synopsis is a 5-page summary of all 24 scholarships and 4 awards that will be presented at this year’s Senior Banquet. In less than 10 minutes, students can determine which scholarships they are eligible to apply for by simply reviewing the “Eligibility” column for each scholarship. 3) The one-page Student Scholarship Checklist is brand new this year and is designed to assure students that they have included all the various information required for each scholarship in their application packet prior to submitting it to the Counseling Office. In closing, I would like to add a few notes that I included in my Feb 4 presentation: Counseling Office personnel will attach an official transcript and a letter of recommendation from NAVIANCE (as written by a D’Evelyn staff member) to each scholarship application. If any of the scholarships you are applying for include a Teacher/Coach Ranking Form, please provide the appropriate teacher/coach with this form in plenty of time for him/her to return the completed form to the Counseling Office. I encouraged the students to not wait until the last day (Wednesday, April 7, 2021, by 3 pm) to submit their application packet to the Counseling Office. Give yourself time to correct any “hiccups” in the paperwork. Finally, you may submit your application packet on any school day, not just on the day you attend classes. Please coordinate with Mrs. McSwain if you are not attending in-person classes to arrange for a time to submit your application packet. Please see my article in next week’s Jaguar Tracks as I explain the difference between scholarships and awards, how the selection process works, and a few other tidbits that I believe you will find interesting. Until then, GO JAGS! Comments are closed.
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