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COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS - A BASIC INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS Brought to you by the Westerville High School Counseling Departments

WELCOME • Community Scholarship Liaison Mrs. Sherri Blais • School Counselors Mrs. Megan Lemmon, Central Mrs. Jennifer Stovall, South Mrs. Julie Taylor, North

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION? 1. Log on to www.wcsoh.org 2. Click on the ”box” Community Scholarships located in the middle of the district’s home page OR on the front page of each high school. (If by chance the “box” is not available, please type “Community Scholarships” in the search box.) 3. It will open up to the Community Scholarship Instructions page. 4. Follow the instructions to complete the application process.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION? 5. Upon completion of the Community Scholarship Instructions, on the right panel under downloads, you will see ”Central High School”, ”North High School” and “South High School”. Click on the high school where you attend. * Each high school has its own Community Scholarship Listing. * District * High School Specific * Parent Organizations

All Community Scholarship Applications are to be returned to the high school Counseling Office no later than Friday, January 10, 2020. NOTE: Application Materials will not be accepted after 3:00 p.m. * Feel free to turn in the application packets early. * This should be the students’ job to complete the scholarship application and related materials. * Parents and students are asked to sign the Provision Statement on the Cover Sheet.

Students applying for scholarships will be expected to make their own copies of the application materials they need for each scholarship. A checklist can be found on the instruction sheet. Upon completion of Instructions 1 – 7, students are asked to bring their scholarship packets to the Guidance Office where they will receive the appropriate number of Unofficial Transcripts and Testing Pages to attach to their Application packets for free. Students will IMMEDIATELY submit these completed packets to Guidance Office. NOTE: To avoid a long last minute wait, make every attempt to complete Instructions 1-7 promptly and turn them in early. Students can apply for as many scholarships as they would like — they may win multiple scholarships. QUESTIONS? ASK or SEE a SCHOOL COUNSELOR

AWARD PROCESS ∗ If a student is awarded a scholarship(s), how will they be notified? Either by a school counselor or by a representative from the specific scholarship committee. ∗ When will a student receive notification? Suzie Smith Scholarship Mid-April to May 1 st Winner ∗ Will a student be notified if they did not get a scholarship? No. If you have not received notification by May 1 st you were not selected for a community scholarship.

RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIP MONEY ∗ How will a student receive his/her scholarship money? At the Senior Evening of Excellence at your school in May, invitation to a special ceremony of the scholarship club/organization OR at your college/university. ∗ When should a student expect to receive his/her scholarship money? In May or when you start at your college/university in the Fall. ∗ You will receive an envelope at Evening of Excellence. Please make sure to check your envelope for a check(s) and/or instructions on how to receive your scholarship.

THANK YOU NOTES ∗ Students who are awarded a scholarship may be asked by the school counselor to write a thank you note upon notification. ∗ Please ask your son/daughter if they wrote a thank you note to the scholarship donor. ∗ Some donors will not release the scholarship money until a thank you note is received.

Evening of Excellence: Central: Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 pm South : Wednesday , May 13 at 7:00 pm North: Thursday, May 14 at 7:00 pm

Thank You Westerville Community for providing the scholarships for our students!

CONTACTS ∗ Mrs. Megan Lemmon, Central, lemmonm@wcsoh.org ∗ Mrs. Julie Taylor, North, taylorju@wcsoh.org ∗ Mrs. Jennifer Stovall, South, stovallj@wcsoh.org

QUESTIONS?