If you are serious, a scholarship search  needs to become a project that you schedule into every week during the school year.

To maximize your efforts, you need the following tools: internet access, a lead sheet, envelopes, stamps and six storage envelopes or folders.

Step 1 -  Finding Leads

There are four sources that can be used to access leads on scholarships.  Your first stop is to investigate the scholarships offered by the school you are planning to attend.  Visit the web site for that school and investigate the scholarship rules and procedures.  A second place is through your parent’s employer.  Ask your parents to inquire about scholarship opportunities. Typically, the human resource department of most companies handles scholarship programs.

A third option is the scholarship opportunity list offered at RHS located on the resource list to the left. This list includes both local awards and national awards.  If you would like to receive this list via e-mail, please go to your PowerSchool account and insert your e-mail address in the web access link of your account.

A fourth option is to use an internet scholarship search site.  A list of helpful sites is located in the resource link to the left.

In general all of the search sites work in the same way.  First locate the scholarship search prompt and click on it.  Second answer the filter questions that help to narrow the selection of scholarships to those which suit you best.  Carefully read the eligibility requirements of each scholarship on the list generated by the site.  Copy the name, address and deadline on your lead sheet. 

Step 2 - Organize and prioritize your applications.

When you receive your applications make a photocopy of the form.  Locate the deadline for application and label the top of  the copy with the date two weeks prior to the deadline.  For example if the scholarship is due on March 1, write February 15 on the application copy.  Use your storage envelopes or folders as month files for your applications.  File the applications by your new deadline.

Step 3 - Complete the applications.

Working a month ahead, use the tips below to help you complete your applications.  Use the copy that you made as your practice document. 

Update your resume.  Give a copy of your resume and the scholarship criteria to the individuals you ask to write letters of recommendation.

Take all of your completed documents to Mrs. Baker in the counseling office. She will add an official copy of your transcript and mail the entire  package.

Scholarships and Awards

E-mail Mary.Kaye.Hergert@rsd.edu or Phone: 509-967-6552

Fax: 509-942-2512

Email: Mary.Kaye.Hergert@rsd.edu