Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Available to high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post secondary institution

• Essay between 500 and 1000 words written on a specific topic and submitted online • Name and location of school y0ou are attending should be included

Deadline: June 14 Website: www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm scholarships@abbottandfenner.com (for essay submission) Amarillo Women’s Network Scholarship Amount: $500 Requirements:

• Female • Resident of the northern 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle • Individual seeking to improve her career potential • Demonstrated leadership in school and community activities • Financial need is not a criteria

Deadline: April 1 (received in the scholarship office) Website: www.amarillowomensnetwork.org/Scholarships.php (case sensitive) American Chemical Society Scholars Program Amount: $2,500 (renewable) Requirements:

• Open to African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students • U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. • Full time student at an accredited college • Minimum GPA of 3.0 • Able to demonstrate financial need according to FAFSA form • Pursue a degree in the chemical science field, (includes the fields of chemistry, biochemistry,

chemical engineering, or chemical related science) • Students intending to enter Pre-Med programs or pursuing a degree in Pharmacy are not eligible

for this scholarship Deadline: March 1 Website: www.acs.org/scholars (application must be completed on-line) American Petroleum Institute Scholarship Fund Amount: Varies depending upon annual scholarship fundraiser Requirements:

• Graduating senior in the High Plains Chapter of API area • Minimum GPA of 2.5 • Enrolled as a full time student • Pursue a degree directly related to the petroleum industry (petroleum engineering, geology,

geophysics, or mechanical engineering) Deadline: April 15 Armed Forces Scholarships & Tuition Assistance Programs Amount: tuition, fees, and books in addition to a monthly supplement for living expenses. Requirements:

• See website for information on: • Montgomery GI Bill • ROTC scholarships • US Armed Forces College Funds Programs • Armed Forces Service Academy appointments

Deadline: see website Website: www.myfuture.com www.militarycareers.com

Association for Compensatory Educators of Texas, (ACET), Scholarship Amount: $1,000 (20 awards) Requirements:

• Must participate in a high school compensatory education program. A compensatory education program is one that provides remedial assistance and support for students who have failed TAKS in their school career or who are at risk of dropping out of school. Other programs given consideration are for migrant, Title I, Bilingual/ESL, and pregnant or parenting students.

Deadline: February 28 (postmarked) Website: www.acetx.org Association of Energy Service Companies (AESC) Amount: varies Requirements:

• Child or legal dependent of an employee of an AESC member company • Companies in Perryton include:

Vermejo Energy Services

Jet Well Service Complete Well Services Nabors Well Service Key Energy Service Western Hot Oil Renco Globe Services King Well Service Deadline: March 8 Automotive Engineers / Society of Automotive Engineers Scholarship Amount: varies Requirements:

• U.S. citizen intending to earn a degree in engineering or related science • Minimum 3.5 GPA for the 10th and 11th grades • Minimum requirements with regard to SAT or ACT scores (see individual requirements for each

scholarship in application booklet) • Application processing fee required ($5.00) • Essay required

Deadline: December 1 (postmarked) Website: www.sae.org/students/engschlr.htm AXA Achievement Scholarship Amount: $10,000 Requirements:

• Demonstrate individual ambition and drive • Individual determination to set and reach goals • Respect for self, family, and community • Possess the ability to succeed in college

Deadline: February 1 Website: www.axa-achievement.com Ayn Rand Institute Essay Contest Amount: 1st prize = $10,000 2nd prize = $2,000 (5 awarded) 3rd prize = $1,000 (10 awarded) Requirements:

• See website • Essay required on a selected novel – “ The Fountainhead”

Deadline: April 25 (Jrs. & Srs.) Website: www.aynrand.org Best Buy Scholarship Amount: 1100 awards of $1,000

Requirements: • Enter an accredited U.S. university, college, or technical school in the fall immediately following

graduation • Based on community service and academic achievement • Applications can only be submitted on-line at the website below

Deadline: February 15 Website: www.bestbuy-communityrelations.com www.at15.com Big Sun Scholarship Amount: $500 Requirements:

• Student athlete • Participation in any sport is allowed • High school senior or student already attending a post secondary institution • Essay on a specific topic and submitted online

Deadline: June 20 Website: www.bigsunathletics.com Blue Bell Creameries Regional Scholarship Amount: $1,000 (5 awards) Requirements:

• U.S. citizen and/or be born in the United States • Texas resident • Graduate in top 25% of class • Must be a member in good standing of the Texas Association, Family, Career and Community

Leaders of America. (FCCLA) • Demonstrate leadership, citizenship, academic achievement, character and economic need

Deadline: March 1 (postmarked) Website: www.texasfcda.org Buick Achievers Scholarship Program Amount: up to $100,000 Requirements:

• Enroll as a full-time student as a first-year freshman at a 4-year college or university • Plan to major in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Business Administration, Finance,

Marketing, or Design • Interested in a career in the automotive or related industries

Deadline: February 28 Website: www.buickachievers.com

Burger King Scholars Foundation Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Maintain a GPA of 2.5 throughout high school • Work and average of 10 hours per week, 40 weeks per year • Participate in community service and/or co-curricular activities • Written recommendation from high school counselor or principal and the student’s employer • Demonstrate financial need

Deadline: January 10 Website: www.bkmclamorefoundation.org/WhatWeDo/ScholarsProgram Caprock Holiday Basketball Tournament Amount: $500 Requirements:

• Must have participated in the Caprock Holiday Basketball Tournament as a player or manager/trainer

• Graduating Senior • Minimum GPA of 2.75 • Demonstrate superior characteristics of integrity, dependability, application endeavors,

consideration of others, and cooperation with fellow students, school administration, and the overall community.

• A letter of recommendation from the high school principal, senior class counselor, and two teachers

• Must enroll as a full time student at a four-year accredited university Deadline: March 15 Career Colleges and Schools of Texas Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements: • Scholarship must be used at any of the 50 career colleges participating in the scholarship program (see packet in counselor’s office for a list of colleges)

Deadline: May 1 Website: www.colleges-schools.org www.careerscholarships.org Career and Technology Association of Texas, (CTAT) Scholarship Amount: $1,000 (25 awards) Requirements:

• Graduating Senior • Based on academic achievement, leadership, and success in completing programs in career and

technical education • Successfully complete at least three credits in two or more courses of Career and Technology

Education • Enroll as a full-time student in an accredited institution • Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA • Essay required

Deadline: March 31 Website: www.ctat.org/scholarships/CTAT.html Cargill Community Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Graduating Senior living in a community near a Cargill operation • Given for a wide variety of experiences • Applicant does not have to be a member of FFA in order to be eligible • Children of Cargill employees are not eligible

Deadline: February 15 Website: www.cargill.com keyword: scholarships Carrier, Glen Carrier Charitable Trust Scholarship Amount: varies Requirements:

• Must be enrolled in a high school in Beaver County or be legal residents of Beaver County who are enrolled in accredited high schools located in counties adjacent to Beaver County, Oklahoma, or be graduates of Beaver county or adjacent high schools and currently enrolled in colleges, universities, or vo-tech schools

• Based upon financial need Deadline: March 30 Contact Info: Glen Carrier Charitable Trust Attn: V. Pauline Hodges PO Box 1453 Beaver, OK 73932 Email: vphodges@ptsi.net

Coca-Cola Scholars Program Amount: 50 - $5,000 per year for 4 years 200 - $2,500 per year for 4 years Requirements:

Contact for this area: Cargill Ag Horizons PO Box 265 Spearman, Texas 79081 ATTN: David Jones (806) 659-3554

• U.S. citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Temporary Resident, Refugee, Asylee, Cuban-Haitian Entrant, or Humanitarian Parolee

• Current, full-time secondary school senior • Planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution • Minimum GPA of 3.0 • Emphasis is placed on community service, school volunteerism, school activities and leadership,

community and school awards and honors Deadline: October 31 (application must be submitted on-line) Website: www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org College Prowler Wachovia Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Legal resident of the United States • Submit an essay on any topic that is 1000 words or less. It can be an essay that you wrote for a

class, another scholarship, or a college application. • These scholarships are given on a monthly basis • See this website for many more scholarship opportunities

Deadline: Last day of each month -- (is a monthly contest) Website: http://collegeprowler.com/the_scholarship.asp Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Scholarship Amount: $200 (local recipient), $2,000 (state recipient) and $5,000 (national recipient) Requirements:

• Enrolled in an accredited public or private school • Display dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism • DO NOT have to be a U.S. citizen • Essay required

Deadline: December 1 DCP Midstream Career Technical Scholarship Amount: $1,500 (12 awards) Requirements:

• Pursue a 2-year program that relates to the natural gas industry, (including but not limited to compression, instrumentation and electrical, industrial maintenance, and welding)

• Based upon academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience, statement of goals and aspirations, and unusual personal or family circumstances

• Financial need is not considered. Deadline: March 1 Website: www.dcpmidstream.com/Sustainability/Pages/ScholarshipProgram.aspx

Don’t Mess With Texas Scholarship Amount: 1 award of $3,000 2 awards of $1,000 Requirements:

• Graduating Senior • Legal U.S. Resident and current resident of Texas • Must currently attend school in Texas • Must enroll in a two- or four-year college in Texas

Deadline: April 4 Website: www.dontmesswithtexas.org Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Written approval from parents to participate in the accelerated program • Complete graduation requirements from high school in no more than 36 or 41 consecutive

months • “The months to graduation will be measured beginning with the student’s first full month in the

ninth grade through the date the high school certifies on the application as the date the student completes all requirements for graduation.”

• Must have attended high school only in Texas • Texas resident

Deadline: immediately upon graduation Website: www.thecb.state.tx.us Educational Communications Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• United States legal resident • Demonstration of leadership and academic achievement • Must have taken the ACT or SAT • Recipients are selected by an independent committee of professional educators on the basis of

GPA, achievement test scores, work experience, and financial need

Deadline: May 15 Website: www.free-4u.com/educational_communication_scholarship_foundation.htm (includes multiple links to other scholarships) (must apply on-line) Elks National Foundation Legacy Scholarship Amount: $4,000 Requirements:

• Be a child or grandchild of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2006 or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2006. Great grandchildren are not eligible.

• High school graduating Senior • Must apply through the related member’s Elks Lodge, regardless of where the applicant resides • Must attend an accredited American college or university. Award cannot be used at a vo-tech

school. • Must take the SAT or the ACT before December 31

Deadline: January 30 (on-line applications only) Website: www.elks.org/enf/scholars Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship Amount: ranges from $4,000 to $60,000 Requirements:

• Graduating high school Senior • U.S. citizen • Must take the SAT or the ACT before December 31 • Essay required • Leadership, extracurricular activities, community service, work experience • Parental financial obligation statement required

Deadline: December 5 Website: www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.cfm Gates Millennium Scholars Program Amount: varies (1000 awards) Requirements:

• Applicant must be African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific American or Hispanic citizens/permanent residents of the United States

• Attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale • Have applied to, have been accepted into, or are enrolled full-time in an accredited college or

university • Have significant financial need as defined by the Federal needs analysis formula • Have demonstrated leadership ability through participation in community service,

extracurricular activities or other activities

• Emphasis is placed upon those planning to major in mathematics, science, engineering, education, library science, or public health

Deadline: January 11 -- paper application (postmarked) January 11 – online application Website: www.gmsp.org GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program Amount: $10,000 (renewable up to 4 years or $40,000) Requirements:

• Demonstrate at school, at the workplace, and within the community the attributes of leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship

• Demonstrate strong academic performance with a minimum GPA of 3.0 • Demonstrate financial need • United States citizen • Be a high school Senior attending high school in the United States • Plan to enroll as a full-time student pursuing a course of study towards a bachelor’s degree at an

accredited four year university in the United States • Semifinalists must be nominated by an eligible community member • Only the first 25,000 applications are accepted

Deadline: January 10 (online applications only) Website: www.reaganfoundation.org/GE-RFScholarships Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Director’s Memorial Amount: $2,000 ($500 for four semesters) Requirements:

• Member, child or spouse of a member, or child whose guardian is a member of a rural electric cooperative which is a member of the Golden Spread Electric Cooperative

• Must be enrolled as a full time student in the fields of engineering, agriculture, communications, or accounting

• Must possess the qualities of honor, integrity, thrift, good moral character, and a sincere desire to achieve educational goals

• Must attend a college or university in Texas or Oklahoma Deadline: March 15 Website: www.opportunityplan.com Goss-Michael Foundation Texas State Scholarship Amount: $5,000 Requirements:

• Texas graduating senior • Pursue a degree in visual arts • Based on artistic achievement, scholastic achievement, school and community participation, and

leadership • Essay and CD of 10 original works of art required

Deadline: April 30 Website: www.gossmichaelfoundation.org Harrington, Sybil B. Harrington Merit Scholarships Amount: $1,500 - $3,500/year Requirements:

• Graduate from a high school in the northern 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle graduating in the Spring

• Applicants must enroll in Amarillo College or an accredited institution in Texas • U.S. Citizen • Student enrolls in a minimum of 12 semester hours

Deadline: February 1 (received in the scholarship office) Website: www.actx.edu/foundation Helium Litigation Scholarship Fund Amount: 6 scholarships of $1,000 for the fall semester (renewable up to 4 years) Requirements:

• Resident of a 17-county area of Southwest Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, and the Texas Panhandle

• Student must plan to pursue a course in study in an area relating to agriculture, the environment, or energy

• Full-time student Deadline: February 1 (postmarked) Website: www. swkroa.com Hispanic Scholarship Fund/Colgate-Palmolive Scholarship Amount: $15,000 (1 award) and $2,500 (14 awards) Requirements:

• Be of Hispanic American Heritage • Be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident of the U.S. with a valid social security number • All legal permanent residents must submit a copy of their valid permanent resident card or

passport stamped I-551 • Cumulative GPA of 3.00 • Be pursuing your first undergraduate degree • Enroll full-time in a two or four year accredited institution

• Must be a first year student at a two-year college or a freshman at a four-year college/university • Must complete the FAFSA • Essay required

Deadline: December 31 Website: www.colgate.com/hazlau

Hispanic Student Scholarships Amount: varies Requirements:

• Numerous scholarships only available to African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. The awards, requirements, and deadlines vary, so students are encouraged to go to the website below and read through the various scholarships. Applications can be downloaded from the individual websites.

Deadline: varies Website: www.collegeview.com Horatio Alger Scholarship Amount: $7,000 to $22,000 Requirements:

• Graduating high school Senior • Plan to enter college in the fall following graduation • Intend to pursue a bachelor’s degree at an accredited institution • Involvement in co-curricular and community activities • Minimum GPA of 2.0 • U.S. citizen or permanent resident • Must reside in the United States • Must demonstrate integrity, perseverance in overcoming adversity, strength of character,

financial need, a good academic record, commitment to pursue a college education, and a desire to contribute to society

Deadline: October 25 Website: www.horatioalger.com/scholarships International Association of Administrative Professionals, (IAAP), Amarillo Chapter

Amount: $500 Requirements:

• Graduating High School Senior or current college student • Must be planning to attend an accredited business/secretarial college in Texas • Take a minimum of 9 semester hours • Must be pursuing an Office Administration Professional Certificate of business-related degree • Maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA • Based on educational objectives, financial need, scholarship and character

Deadline: April 1 Website: www.iaap-amarillo.org KFC Colonel’s Scholars Program Amount: $5,000 Requirements:

• Graduating Senior • Cumulative minimum GPA of 2.75 • Enroll in a public college or university in your home state • Pursue a bachelor’s degree • U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Deadline: February 8 Website: www.kfcscholars.org (applications on-line only) Livesey, Olin L. Livesey Scholarship Amount: 525 awards ranging from $250 - $25,000 Requirements:

• U.S. citizen • Can also qualify for the Scholarship Savings Membership Program and save up to 20-40% of the

total expense of a college education if certain criteria are met. • (See packet in counselor’s office for more information)

Deadline: June 1 No applications accepted prior to March 1 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Scholarship at the Indian Association of Amarillo Amount: $500 (5 awards) Requirements:

• Graduating Senior from the Texas Panhandle • Demonstration of academic merit • Demonstration of financial need

• Essay written on the life and achievements of Mahatma Gandhi Deadline: March 31 Website: www.fastweb.com/scholarships-directory/m-r/mahatma-gandhi-memorial-scholarship-wtamu McKelvey Foundation Entrepreneurial Scholarship Amount: $40,000 ($10,000 for 4 years) Requirements:

• High school Senior • Attend a 4-year college or university • Demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit by owning and operating their own business in high school • Own and operate a genuine business for at least one year • Have at least one employee • Have sales revenue

Deadline: January 15 Website: www.mckelveyfoundation.org (application must be completed on-line) Monsanto/American Farm Bureau Commitment to Agriculture Scholarship Amount: $1,500 (100 awards) Requirements:

• High school Senior enrolled in the United States • Family is actively engaged in production agriculture • Average to above-average academic record • Minimum ACT score of 18 or minimum SAT score of 850 • Enroll in an accredited college or technical school • Plan on a career in agriculture

Deadline: February 15 Website: www.monsanto.com or www.ffa.org National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators, (NAFEPA), Scholarship Amount: $2.500 (3 awards) Requirements:

• Senior student presently enrolled in a public high school OR students currently enrolled as Freshmen in an accredited university

• Pursing a degree in Education (1 award) • Pursuing a degree other than Education (1 award) • Pursuing a degree in any other area (1 award) • Extracurricular and leadership activities within school, community, or church • Financial need • Must include 3 letters of recommendation – principal, faculty member, and a non-family

member • Essay outlining his/her leadership activities and future goals

Deadline: January 15 National Commission for Cooperative Education Scholarship

Amount: varies Requirements:

• Must be accepted at one of the seven NCCE Partner colleges and universities, (see brochure in counselor’s office)

• Minimum GPA of 3.5 • Essay required

Deadline: February 14 (postmarked) Website: www.waceinc.org National FFA College & Vocational/Technical Scholarship Program Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• US citizen • Current member of FFA • High School Senior or student currently enrolled in college • Must enroll as a full-time student

Deadline: February 17 Website: www.ffa.org (application can only be completed online) www.fastweb.com (submit application electronically) National Merit Scholarship Amount: $2,000 Requirements:

• Be enrolled as a full-time student • Citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. • See counselor for details • Scholarship is based on PSAT scores

Deadline: Date that the PSAT/NMSQT is administered in October Website: www.nationalmerit.org Opportunity Plan, Inc. Educational Loans and Scholarships Amount: Varies -- is a financial assistance program Requirements:

• Awards based on character, ambition, and degree of financial need • Offers student loans with a current interest rate of 7% • Payments are deferred and interest is not charged as long as the student is enrolled on a full-

time basis and maintains a minimum GPA of 2.0 • Personal interview required • Essay required • Priority is given to students from the Panhandle and South Plains areas of Texas

Deadline: April 1 Website: www.opportunityplan.com

Ozarka Natural Spring Water Earth Science Scholarship Amount: $10,000 Requirements:

• U.S. citizen • Texas resident • Minimum GPA of 3.0 • Attend a four-year university and major in an area of Earth/Environmental Science • Essay required

Deadline: April 3 Website: www.nestlewaterstx.com Panhandle District Dental Society Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,000 (4 awards) Requirements:

• Graduating Senior of a high school in the Texas Panhandle • Based upon academic performance, student involvement, financial need, and vision for the

future • Citizenship involvement • Teachers letter of recommendation

Deadline: April 2 (received in the scholarship office) People Smart Scholarship Contest

• An essay contest on the subject of privacy in the 21st century and what it means to the current generation of high school seniors.

Amount: $2,500 Requirements:

• Currently be enrolled in a public or private high school (9th-12th grade) • Be a US citizen or permanent resident of the United States • Submit an essay on a selected topic (see application) OR submit a creative video, photograph,

infographic, etc. on a selected topic • Essay must include at least one piece of supporting evidence cited in MLA format.

Deadline: April 30 Website: www.peoplesmart.com/PeopleSmartScholarshipContest Phi Delta Kappa International Scholarship Amount: $1, 000 27 awards $2,000 1 award $4,000 1 award

$5,000 1 award Requirements:

• Graduating Senior • Selection is based on school activities, community activities, academic standing, letters of

recommendation, and a personal essay • After school employment will be considered as a community activity • Graduate in the upper one-third of graduating class • Planning to pursue a major in education. • Essay required

Deadline: February 1 (received in the scholarship office) Website: www.pdkintl.org Pioneer Investment Group Hi-Bred Scholarship Amount: $500 Requirements:

• Minimum GPA of 2.75 • Involvement in extracurricular activities • Involvement in community activities and causes • Major in agriculture, business, or science

Deadline: April 15

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Scholarship Program Amount: $1,000 - $10,000 Requirements:

• Graduating Senior • Legal U.S. resident • Live in a participating RMHC Chapter’s geographic region • Demonstration of academic achievement, financial need, and community involvement • Essay required

Deadline: February 16 (postmarked) Website: www.rmhc.org www.mcdonalds.com Schering/Key Corporation Will to Win Asthma Athlete Scholarship Amount: $5,000 Requirements:

• High school senior who has asthma • Excelled in performing arts, community service, visual arts, science, academics, or athletics • Receive an award related to the entry category • US citizen • Minimum 3.5 GPA

Deadline: April 30 (postmarked) Website: www.willtowinscholarship.com Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year, (SAMMY), Scholarship Amount: 25 awards of $7,500 Requirements:

• Participates in high school athletics • Based on the criteria of academic performance, athletic performance, leadership, community

service, and milk experience Deadline: March 5 Website: www.sammy.bodybymilk.com (online applications only) Society of Petroleum Engineers (Panhandle Section) Scholarship Amount: $500 - $750 Requirements:

• Plan to pursue a degree in engineering and a career related to the petroleum industry Deadline: March 1 The Sons of the Republic of Texas Amount: $3,000 (1 award) $2,000 (1 award) $1,000 (1 award) Requirements:

• High school senior

• Essay between 1500 and 2000 words written on a specific topic • Essay format and references are specified in the application

Deadline: January 31 Website: www.srttexas.org Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference, (SESPTC), Buster Bynum Education Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Parent/guardian family must have a gross taxable income less than $75,000 for each of the past five tax years

• Parent/guardian of the student must have been actively employed in public school transportation for the past 5 years

• Student must graduate from a public high school • Student must attend a postsecondary educational institution

Deadline: June 1 (postmarked) Website: www.alsde.edu Street Toyota Scholarship Amount: $1,000 (2 awards) Requirements:

• High school Senior graduating from a Texas Panhandle high school in 2012 • Enroll as a full-time student in an accredited university/college • 1500 word essay required

Deadline: March 31 Target All-Around Scholarship Amount: $1,000 to $10,000 Requirements:

• Graduating Senior • Legal US citizen • Minimum GPA of 2.0 • Based upon community volunteer service and volunteer leadership awards and honors • Essay required

Deadline: November 1 (postmarked) Website: www.target.com

Texas Advocates for Migrant Students, (TAMS), Scholarship Amount: varies Requirements:

• Status identified as a migrant student and must list migrant activity • Plan to attend an institution of higher learning upon graduation • Essay required

Deadline: March 29 Texas Association for Bilingual Education Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Requirements:

• Plan to enroll in a TEXAS college/university • Plan to pursue a teaching career in bilingual education • Applicant must be bilingual and biliterate in English and another language • Emphasis is on academic achievement, community service and commitment to bilingual

education Deadline: March 15 Website: www.tabe.org/main/forms Texas Association of Fairs and Expositions Scholarship Amount: varies Requirements:

• Must be an active member in good standing of Texas 4-H, Texas FFA, or Texas FHA • Must have competed actively in local fair competitive events • Must rank in the upper 33% of the graduating class • Application must be accompanied by a statement from the high school principal and agriculture

science teacher or county extension agent • Must attend an accredited college or university in TEXAS • Must enroll as a full time student • Must major in an agriculture and/or natural resource or consumer education related field

Deadline: April 24 Website: www.texasfairs.com Texas Association for Pupil Transportation Amount: $100 - $1,000 Requirements:

• Attend a public school in Texas • Enrolled in 9th – 12th grade • Speech required (4 – 6 minutes)

Deadline: January 30 Website: www.tapt.com

Texas Department of Transportation Conditional Grant Scholarship Amount: up to $5,000/year Requirements:

• Texas resident • Minority student or female • Minimum GPA of 3.0 • Minimum ACT score of 21 or minimum SAT score of 850 • Enroll in a four-year college/university • Pursue a degree in civil engineering or computer science

Deadline: March 1 Website: www.dot.state.tx.us/TxDOT.htm Texas Hospitality Association Scholarship Amount: 1st place = $5,000 2nd place = $2,500 3rd place = $1,500 4th place = $1,000 Requirements:

• Graduating high school Senior in TEXAS • Submit artwork for posters to be used in the fight against underage drinking

Deadline: May 4 Mailed to: Texas Hospitality Association PO Box 26752 Austin, TX 78755 Website: www.texashospitalityassociation.com