Scholarships for Hispanic Students

Financial need should never limit a student’s ambitions.
Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) empowers Latino families with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete higher education, while providing scholarships and support services to as many exceptional Hispanic American students as possible.
As the nation’s largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, HSF has awarded more than $550 million in scholarships and provides a range of impactful programs for students, HSF scholars, alumni, and parents.
The application opensĀ January 1, 2018, and closesĀ March 31, 2018. Scholarship recipients will be selected in June 2018. For more information visitĀ hsf.net.
For details about the College Board’s other scholarship partners connected to the PSAT/NMSQTĀ®Ā and PSATā„¢ 10, please seeĀ our scholarships page.

University of Montevallo Scholarship Opportunity

ATTENTION CREATIVE WRITERS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO!

  • The Jim Harrell Poetry Prize is for entering freshmen at the University of Montevallo
  • $2000 scholarship for the contest-winning poem
  • $1000 scholarship for second place
  • See the flyer below for complete details on the awards and how to enter.
  • For more information, please contact Jim Murphy, Professor of English, atĀ murphyj@montevallo.eduĀ orĀ 205-665-6431.

Cash for College Week

Shelby County High School PartnersĀ withĀ CashĀ forĀ CollegeĀ as FinancialĀ AidĀ ResourceĀ forĀ Students

ACT Prep Camp

The University of Montevallo will be hosting another ACT Prep Camp this summer, allowing students the opportunity to brush up on content and test taking strategy for the ACT.

Camp will be held on Tuesday, May 30th ā€“ Friday, June 2nd from 9:00am ā€“ 3:00pm daily. Ā This is a great opportunity for students to achieve their target ACT score as well as increase scholarship opportunities. Also, students receiving reduced lunch will receive a 20% discount when registering.

For additional information and to register please visitĀ http://www.montevallo.edu/academics/experience-learning/partnerships/camps/act-prep/

Academic Booster Club scholarship

Criteria:

GPA ā€“ 3.5 or higher

ACT ā€“ 24 or higher

Two Letters of Recommendation ā€“ one from a teacher and one from a community individual

Essay ā€“ Topic: Please state in 100 words or less on ā€œIf you could live in any Time Period what Time Period would that be and whyā€.

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Completed Application

Applicant must be enrolled in a 2 or 4 year College, beginning Fall Semester 2017

Deadline ā€“ May 2, 2017

Return completed application and attachments (Recommendation Letters, Essay, Resume) to SCHS Counselor, Mrs. Keahey by the deadline.

Academic Booster Club-Scholarship Application