College Scholarship Opportunities

The following list represents the most current information received by the AMHS Guidance Office but does not represent all scholarship opportunities available.  Students are expected to do their own careful search for scholarships to complement what has been sent to our office.  Please contact the Guidance Office as soon as possible if you would like to take advantage of these opportunities.  Click on individual scholarships below for more information. 

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS

 

 

Community Scholarship Initiative

 

Elks Family Scholarship Applications (deadline 2/1/12) & Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship (deadline12/2/11) applications available online at www.elks.org/enf/scholars .  Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship Applications must be submitted prior to deadline to: Scholarship Chairman, Pearl River Elks Lodge # 2041, 2041 Elks Drive, Nanuet, New York 10954.

 

Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Irish History Writing Contest - Deadline 11/21/11

 

Professional Nurses Assoc. of Rockland County Scholarship - Deadline 11/01/11

 

Credit Union Assoc. of New York Scholarship - Deadline 1/20/12

 

Venerable Pierre Toussaint Scholarship - Deadline 2/15/12

 

St. Gregory Barbarigo Home & School Assoc. Scholarship - Deadline 3/1/12

 

Provident Bank Scholarship - Deadline 4/1/12

 

2012 Hank Jaxel Scholarship - Deadline 4/15/12

 

ZONTA Club Scholarship - Deadline 3/5/12

 

Laurel Plains Scholarship - Deadline 2/15/12

 

Clarkstown Policeman's Benevolent Association Scholarship - Deadline 3/16/2012

 

Lions Club of Nanuet - Deadline 04/01/2012

 

Congers Civic Association Scholarship - Deadline 04/01/2012

 

Bergen County Charity Classic Scholarship - visit www.memorialbenefit.org  - Deadline 05/01/2012

 

Morningstar Music Club Scholarship - Deadline 02/04/2012

 

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarship - Deadline 02/12/2012

 

NYPD Police Officer Joseph P. Keegan Memorial Scholaship - Deadline 03/23/2012

 

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Scholarship - Deadline 04/15/2012

 

Simon Youth Foundation & Woodbury Commons Community Scholarship - Deadline March 1, 2012 please visit www.syf.org/our-initiatives/scholarships/community-application

 

Rockland Negro Scholarship  - Deadline 3/24/2012

 

FASNY Fireman's Association of the State of New York Scholarship visit www.fasny.com - Deadline 04/01/2012

 

The Italian American Scholarship  - Deadline 04/01/2012

 

The O'Grady - Brown Memorial Scholarship - Deadline 04/12/2012

 

The Hudson Valley Leisure Services Assoc. Scholarship - Deadline 05/01/12

 

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

AXA Achievement Scholarships visit www.axa-achievement.com  - Deadlines 12/1/11 & 2/1/12

Best Buy Scholarship Program visit www.bestbuy-communityrelations.com - Grades 9-12 apply 12/26/11 - 2/15/12

Coca-Cola Scholarship visit www.coca-colascholars.org  for information and to apply.

Fireside Catholic Publishing Essay Scholarship - Deadline 12/19/11

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Student Essay Contest please visit www.thefire.org/contests for more information - Deadline 11/5/11

 

Gates Millenium Scholars (GMS)Program visit www.gmsp.org for more info - Deadline 1/11/12

 

Prudential Spirit of Community Awards visit www.nassp.org/spirit for more info - Deadline 11/1/11

 

Wendy Heisman.com - For those who participate in one sport - Apply online. Deadline 10/2/11

 

Ronald McDonald House Charities at www.rmhc.org - Deadline 1/27/12

 

Buick Achievers Scholarship Program - visit www.buickachievers.com Deadline 2/29/12

 

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH SITES:

Fastweb - Register and fill out your student profile to get scholarship information tailored to you and emailed regularly.

College Data Scholarship Search

 

CollegeBoard.com - Understand all of your options when it comes to paying for college.

CollegeNet Match25 - The Match25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion.

Peterson's CollegeQuest - Search nearly $8 billion in scholarships.

Latino College Dollars

Student Award Search

Student Scholarships - great resources for scholarships, career interests and academic programs!

 

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