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Monday, March 17, 2014

AHS Guidance News (Scholarship Information)

From the Aynor High School Guidance Office: Below are several scholarship opportunities. Please read all of the information and contact your guidance counselor if you have questions or need more information. 

Joye Law Firm is offering you the opportunity to win a college scholarship to help further your education. Our firm will offer six $2,000 scholarships to graduating seniors in South Carolina who plan to attend a four-year institution of higher learning in the fall.
Selection of the recipients is based on written essays, school activities, positions of leadership, special honors and awards, community involvement, academic performance, and professional pursuits. Deadline to apply is April 1.  Go to http://www.joyelawfirm.com/scholarship/#axzz2vryCdQ4x to apply.


Extend the Dream Student Scholarships
About the Extend the Dream Scholarship
In 2011, SACAC initiated Extend the Dream Scholarships to recognize and reward deserving students. This scholarship is awarded based on financial need, academic achievement and community service. Awards are in the amount of $1,000 and are not renewable.  The Extend the Dream Student Scholarship is provided through funds from the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling.
Scholarship Criteria
Applicant must be a current high school senior graduating from a public, private, parochial high school or home school located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or the Caribbean.
Applicant must be accepted by and plan to attend an accredited, non-proprietary, technical, community or four-year college in the fall following his/her graduation.
Applicant must have at least a 2.75 grade point average for grades 9-12.
Applicant must have financial need.
Go to http://www.sacac.org/assets/2013%20etd%20scholarship%20application.pdf to get an application. Deadline is Friday, May 23,2014. If you have any questions, contact Joyce Mai, SACAC Grants Chair, atjoyce_mai@ncsu.edu.


McDonald's Ray Kroc Youth Achievement Scholarship Application:
Once again, your local McDonald's owner/operators are happy to be offering one student at each participating high school a $1,000.00 scholarship. This year the McDonald's Scholarship Program will honor students who demonstrate the characteristics exemplified by McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc - persistence, determination, hard work and a dedication to excellence. The award honors the unsung heroes of the class - not necessarily those identified as recipients of prestigious sports or scholarship awards, but those students who have earned the respect of his/her peers and teachers alike. Applications are available for interested students in the guidance office for students that have been accepted at a 2 or 4 year college. Students need to return the completed applications to the guidance department no later than April 25, 2014In addition, all area high school Ray Kroc Student Achievement Scholarship recipients will be highlighted on a trayliner that will be featured in the Horry and Georgetown County McDonald's restaurants in mid June. The trayliner will recognize the students and highlight their achievements and college choices.