Kentucky Scholarships - Jefferson County Public Schools
Kentucky Scholarships - Jefferson County Public Schools
Kentucky Scholarships - Jefferson County Public Schools
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<strong>Kentucky</strong> <strong>Scholarships</strong><br />
Multicounty<br />
plan to enroll in an accredited university,<br />
vocational or training school; be a resident<br />
or the primary residence of parent or<br />
guardian be in the Licking Valley RECC<br />
service area; complete an application form<br />
and write an essay on “What Changes Do<br />
You Foresee in the Future of Electricity?”;<br />
submit an official transcript and ACT or SAT<br />
scores and 2 letters of recommendation and<br />
comments from teachers. Based on school<br />
and community involvement, scholastic<br />
achievements, leadership activities, club<br />
membership activities, essay as well as<br />
financial need.<br />
Award: $1,000<br />
Number: 4, 1 per service county<br />
Deadline: April 13<br />
Contact: Suzanne Vance<br />
**********<br />
Miss Licking Valley<br />
RECC Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a resident of the Licking<br />
Valley RECC service area, be at least a high<br />
school senior, and not reach age 22 before<br />
September 1.<br />
Award: $250, $500, and $750<br />
Number: 3<br />
Deadline: End of April<br />
Contact: Gina Jenkins<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Logan Telephone Cooperative<br />
Educational Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a graduating senior<br />
residing in the Logan Telephone Cooperative<br />
service area and already be accepted at a<br />
college, university or technical school.<br />
Award: $1,000; $500 first semester, $500<br />
second semester with a 2.5 GPA<br />
Number: 3<br />
Deadline: April 15<br />
Contact: School counselor; or Kristen<br />
Brawner, e-mail kbrawner@loganphone.<br />
com; or Logan Telephone Cooperative, P.O.<br />
Box 97, Auburn, KY 42206-0097, phone<br />
270.542.4121 or 270.934.4121, e-mail<br />
cservice@logantele.com, website www.<br />
logantele.com<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Daryl Lee Martin Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a graduate of a high<br />
school in Fayette, Jessamine, Madison or<br />
Scott <strong>County</strong> and submit an application<br />
and 2 letters of recommendation. Based on<br />
academics, activities and work with young<br />
people.<br />
Award: $500<br />
Number: 1<br />
Deadline: June 1<br />
Contact: School counselor or Rachel<br />
Skinner, YMCA of Central <strong>Kentucky</strong>,<br />
239 East High Street, Lexington, KY<br />
40507, phone 859.367.7321, website www.<br />
ymcaofcentralky.org<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Mason-Bracken <strong>County</strong><br />
Bar Association Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be an Augusta High<br />
School, Bracken <strong>County</strong> High School,<br />
Mason <strong>County</strong> High School or St. Patrick<br />
High School graduating senior and submit<br />
an essay on the “Law Day” theme.<br />
Award: $250<br />
Number: 1<br />
Deadline: Varies<br />
Contact: School counselor or Delores Baker,<br />
Mason-Bracken <strong>County</strong> Bar Association,<br />
134 West Third Street, Maysville, KY<br />
41056, phone 606.564.7969<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Meade <strong>County</strong> RECC<br />
Postsecondary Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a Breckinridge <strong>County</strong><br />
High School, Frederick Fraize High School,<br />
Grayson <strong>County</strong> High School, Meade<br />
<strong>County</strong> High School or Ohio <strong>County</strong> High<br />
School graduating senior; be enrolled<br />
or plan to enroll in a full-time course of<br />
study (12 hours minimum) at an accredited<br />
4-year university or community college<br />
or accredited technical school; have at<br />
least a 2.5 GPA; have a parent or legal<br />
guardian who is a Meade <strong>County</strong> RECC<br />
member and whose primary residence is<br />
in the cooperative’s service territory; and<br />
demonstrate financial need, community<br />
and personal achievements, high academic<br />
achievement, and school involvement.<br />
Applicant must not have received a full<br />
scholarship for the semester.<br />
Award: $1,000<br />
Number: 7<br />
Deadline: April<br />
Contact: School counselor<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Members Choice<br />
Credit Union Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a graduating high school<br />
senior; parent, guardian or student must be<br />
a Members Choice Credit Union member in<br />
good standing; and be enrolled as a full-time<br />
student in an accredited college, university<br />
or trade school at time of scholarship<br />
payment.<br />
Award: $1,000<br />
Number: 5<br />
Deadline: March 31<br />
Contact: Scholarship Coordinator, Members<br />
Choice Credit Union, 145 Russell Road,<br />
Ashland, KY 41101, phone 606.329.7876,<br />
e-mail tlambert@mccu.net, website www.<br />
mccu.net<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Middle Cumberland<br />
Education Association Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a <strong>Kentucky</strong> Education<br />
Association (KEA) member; apply in the<br />
district in which the applicant is employed;<br />
provide proof of enrollment in a continuing<br />
education program; and submit a 1-page<br />
typed reflection of applicant’s active<br />
involvement in the KEA Student Program,<br />
local education association, KEA and/or<br />
National Education; Association and a<br />
letter of recommendation by a KEA member<br />
addressing applicant’s professionalism and<br />
active involvement in KEA.<br />
Award: $500<br />
Number: 2<br />
Deadline: Varies<br />
Contact: Nancy Erp, Middle Cumberland<br />
Education Association, 406 Clements<br />
Avenue, Somerset, KY 42501, phone<br />
606.679.2692, e-mail nancy.erp@pulaski.<br />
kyschools.us<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Military Officers Association of<br />
America (MOAA) Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be an immediate family<br />
member of an active duty service member,<br />
National Guard, Reserve, or of a retired<br />
military or deceased military sponsor, or<br />
a son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter<br />
of a Fort Knox Area Chapter,<br />
MOAA, member or auxiliary member; not<br />
be the recipient of a full 4-year scholarship;<br />
demonstrate extracurricular activities, honors<br />
and awards, and volunteer work; and<br />
submit an essay.<br />
Award: $500<br />
Number: 9<br />
Deadline: April<br />
Contact: School counselor<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Mother-to-Mother of Lexington Inc.:<br />
Justin Eller Memorial Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a resident of central<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong> and a mother. Preference is given<br />
to participants in Mother-to-Mother.<br />
Award: Up to $1,000<br />
Number: Varies<br />
Deadline: March 1<br />
Contact: Danielle Sanders-Jackson, Motherto-Mother<br />
of Lexington Inc., 530 East<br />
High Street, Lexington, KY 40502, phone<br />
859.269.8207, e-mail mothertomotherlx@<br />
aol.com<br />
____________________________________________<br />
Mountain Telephone Scholarship<br />
Eligibility: Must be a Bath, Elliott, Menifee,<br />
KHEAA<br />
245<br />
Affording Higher Education 2011–2012