ScholarshipsJuanita Harvin

Wiesbaden, Germany

Mapping your road to AWAG 2014

Cost of Education• National Focus

• Eliminating the High cost of secondary Education in-DEPTness

• Creative Funding

• GRANTS/ LOANS

• GI Bill

• PAYING it Forward

• Partnership program that encourages FAMILIES to plan for Life after High School & Financing their Dreams.

• 10th Year of the Program – Volunteer based

• Education Forums (Students Grades 7-12 & their Parents)Workshops focusing on College, Career, Finances & Transition

• Portfolios – “Brag About Me” booklet

• To prepare students in managing their paperwork needed for SCHOLARSHIP & College applications in their Senior Year

The Real World… what are you doing?

Scholarship Marketing/Financing the Dream

ORGANIZATION Chart your Course 7-12 checklists / College planners

ACTIVITIES-Documentation

ePortfolios

ESSAYS / Letters of Recommendations

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, DO YOUR OWN!Request EARLY.

PSAT/SAT’s / ACT Multiple

PLANNING Middle School

Statistics http://www.usnews.com/education/

SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.fastweb.com Grade 9-Grad school (Space Camp-March 10)

COLLEGE INFO www.schoolquest.com

SPORTS Usually only4 sports offer full Scholarships: Football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. GIRLS GOLF!

SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTube / Combines

EUROPEAN College Recruitment

University of HeidelbergUniversity of DarmstadtUniversity of StuttgartBRENDA Coffield-Fellmer

European MCEC Program ManagerBrenda.Coffield@militarychild.org+49 (176) 24865620

CHART your course materials available at MCEC storehttp://www.militarychild.org

Web Resources

http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info

Web Resources• U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/finaid

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

• http://www.fafsa.gov/

• California Student Aid Commission http://www.csac.ca.gov/

• College is Possible http://www.collegeispossible.org/

• Financial Aid http://www.finaid.org/

• Free Scholarship Search & Information Service http://www.freschinfo.com/

• Gates Millennium Scholars http://www.gmsp.org/

• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities http://www.hacu.net/

• Hispanic Heritage Foundation http://www.hispanicheritage.org/

• Latino College Dollars http://www.latinocollegedollars.org/directory.htm

• Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund http://maldef.org/leadership/scholarships/general/

• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs http://exchanges.state.gov/

Additional Resourceshttp://www.dodea.edu DoDEA HQhttp://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info Local Scholarshipshttp://www.usnews.com/education/ Best Colleges, Yearly Statisticshttp://www.careerlaunch.net Career Assessmenthttp://wwwmilitarychild.org Military Child Education Coalitionhttp://www.schoolquest.org Schoolquest – College Planner, State Scholarship Finderhttp://www.militarystudent.dod.mil/ Military Student http://www.usa4militaryfamilies.dod.mil/ USA for Military Families

http://www.nefe.org/hsfppportal/index.html NEFE Financial Planninghttps://www.hrc.army.mil/site/education/InState/index.htm In-State Tuitionhttp://www.vitalchek.com/ Obtaining Birth Certificateshttp://www.birthcertificatesusa.com http://travel.state.gov/family/family_issues/birth/birth_593.html Overseas

Question and Answer Period

Juanita Harvin The Real World…what are you

doing?Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

harvinj@gmail.com

011-49-172-837-6653 (International) Germany

http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info

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