{"id":97,"date":"2014-10-02T21:03:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphascholarships.wordpress.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2019-09-16T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T22:00:40","slug":"parents-of-grade-12s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/parents-of-grade-12s\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of Grade 12&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Link to Scholarship Power Point Presentation for Parents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/files\/2019\/09\/Scholarship-Presentation-for-Parents.pptx\">Scholarship Presentation for Parents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarship Databases &amp; Websites:<\/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>Specific websites of post-secondary institution(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most awards have firm criteria and firm deadlines.&nbsp; If those are not met, the application will not be considered.<\/li>\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>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 Grade 12 should fill in their&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/files\/2019\/09\/Student-Profile-2019-2020-1.docx\">Student-Profile-2019-2020<\/a> and return it to Ms McChesney in room A100 ASAP.&nbsp; This completed form is required for in-house Alpha Scholarships (including Grad Council, Staff, PAC, etc.) and is also a great place to organize information that will be asked by other scholarship applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Post Secondary Planning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationplanner.bc.ca\/\">educationplanner.bc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edupass.org\/\">edupass.org<\/a> (US bound students)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to Scholarship Power Point Presentation for Parents: Scholarship Presentation for Parents Scholarship Databases &amp; Websites: www.scholarshipscanada.com www.studentawards.com Specific websites of post-secondary institution(s) Other Sources: Parents\u2019\/guardians\u2019 places of work and\/or unions Student\u2019s place of work and\/or union Clubs\/community groups\/teams\/credit unions &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/parents-of-grade-12s\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8542,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"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=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}