{"id":95,"date":"2014-10-02T21:02:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphascholarships.wordpress.com\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2019-09-14T18:12:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T01:12:49","slug":"parents-of-grade-8s-11s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/parents-of-grade-8s-11s\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of Grade 8&#8217;s-11&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Post Secondary Planning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationplanner.bc.ca\/\">www.educationplanner.bc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edupass.org\/\">www.edupass.org<\/a> (US bound students)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scholarship Databases &amp; Other Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarshipscanada.com\/\">www.scholarshipscanada.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentawards.com\/\">www.studentawards.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alpha\u2019s&nbsp;Scholarship Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/\">https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Specific websites of post-secondary institution(s)<\/li>\n<li>Parents\u2019\/guardians\u2019 places of work and\/or unions<\/li>\n<li>Student\u2019s place of work and\/or union<\/li>\n<li>Clubs\/community groups\/teams\/credit unions to which student or parents (or other family members) belong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In General: &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Get Involved!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most awards recognize a student who has excelled in a combination of academic, community and extra-curricular involvement or leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Few awards are based solely on marks.<\/li>\n<li>Emphasis is on recognizing well-rounded young people who balance school and life (team, club, community) involvement.<\/li>\n<li>The more years a student has been involved and\/or a leader, the more impressive the application.<\/li>\n<li>Applications usually require at least one (and sometimes three or more) reference letter from an adult (teacher, coach, employer, club sponsor) who can attest to the student\u2019s qualifications.&nbsp; These references should be asked for well in advance of the application due date.<\/li>\n<li>Many awards require the applicants to write some sort of personal essay (ex.&nbsp; \u201cdescribe one challenge you have faced in your life and how you have dealt with it\u201d) or written answers to detailed questions (ex.&nbsp; \u201cwhy is education important to you?\u201d or \u201cwhat is your strongest leadership skill?\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where to Start:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every student should keep track of his\/her activities (teams, clubs, community groups, jobs, contest participation, recognition awards, skills, achievements, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Participate, participate, participate!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post Secondary Planning: www.educationplanner.bc.ca www.edupass.org (US bound students) Scholarship Databases &amp; Other Sources: www.scholarshipscanada.com www.studentawards.com Alpha\u2019s&nbsp;Scholarship Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/ Specific websites of post-secondary institution(s) Parents\u2019\/guardians\u2019 places of work and\/or unions Student\u2019s place of work and\/or union Clubs\/community groups\/teams\/credit unions to which student &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/parents-of-grade-8s-11s\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8542,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/3390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}