The following information is available
through the Guidance Department and on the school bulletin boards. School
website: www.northwoodfalcons.com .
ABC Auto Parts Annual Scholarship
Program - is available to individuals actively involved in a Vocational
program or those who would like to pursue a career in the Automotive Aftermarket
industry. Deadline March 31, 2007 See. Mrs. Anderson for an
application.
Barksdale Officers’ Spouses Club Scholarship - Applications are available for graduating high school seniors that are military dependents and are planning to continue their education at a college, university or vocational college. Postmark deadline to apply is March 16, 2007. Website www.geocities.com/bosc_scholarships.com .
Caddo Parish PTA application is
available in the counselor’s office. Deadline April 13, 2007. See Mrs. Anderson
for an application.
Campus Door Scholarship - Campus
Door will award $100,000 in scholarships. To apply, simply visit www.campusdoor.com/scholarship .
Carol Meyer Memorial
Scholarship Award - The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics
will award a $500.00 scholarship in memory of an outstanding mathematics
teacher and fervent worker on their Board, Carol Meyer. The award is made
to a high school senior who has expressed an interest in pursuing a career in
mathematics or mathematics education.
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Jesse
Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program recognizes outstanding young
volunteers. You may access the web site at: www.dav.org/volunteers/jesse_brown_scholarship.html.
Harvard University announced this
past spring that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families
will pay no tuition. To find more about Harvard offering free
tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard’s financial
aid website at: www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily or call the school’s financial aid office
at (617) 495-1581.
Junior League of
Shreveport-Bossier Inc. Scholarship - Students must be a community
volunteer, graduating senior and have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Applications are available in the counselor’s office. Deadline is
April 16, 2007. See Mrs. Anderson
Louisiana Pest Management Association - Life Sciences Scholarship-$1000.00
Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship
Program - Applications are available in the counselor’s office. The
deadline is March 23, 2007. See Mrs. Anderson.
Oil City Rotary Club Scholarship
Program - Applications are available in the counselors’s office. The
deadline is April 13, 2007. See Mrs. Anderson.
Nashville Auto-Diesel College is
offering a new scholarship program for a high school senior at Northwood with
strong technical aptitude who wants to pursue a career in the auto-diesel or
collision repair and refinishing field. Interested students need to see
Mrs. Anderson.
Northwestern State University
President’s Leadership Program for Freshmen - Applications for participation
are available in the counselor’s office. See Mrs.
Anderson.
SAMMY 2007 Award Program -
recognizes outstanding scholar athletes in grade 12 from high schools
throughout the US. Visit www.bodybymilk.com
.
Texas State Technical College Marshall - Scholarship Applications are available in counselor’s office.
Apply for the 2007 AP Art and Essay Award - Entrants must be AP Art, English or History students during the 2005-2006 or 2006-2007 school year and must currently be attending high school. Download the PDF entry from at: http://www.collegeboard.com/prod .
Call Me Mister Program - Historically Black colleges are looking for future black male teachers and will send them to college for 4 years free. Website: www.callmemister.clemson.edu .
Camelot College of Baton Rouge, LA - is presently providing short-term job specific training in the following areas: Medical Assistant, Computer Data Processing, Cosmetology and Paralegal.
For more information visit the website:
www.camelotcollege.com.
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge - The 2007 LSU Spring Invitational Program is March 28, 29, & 30. Invitations will be mailed to eligible students the 3rd week of January. Invitation Eligibility: 1. ACT score of 28 or greater aor SAT score of 1240 or greater AND
2. Minimum academic high school grade point average of
3.2.
Louisiana State
University - Baton Rouge, College of Engineering and the Center for
BioModular Systems will host the Recruitment into Engineering of High Ability
Minority Students(REHAMS) Summer Program from June 2 - June 30, 2007. This
is an intense academic program. Interested juniors may see Mrs.
Anderson.
McNeese will host a University
Preview day call "Cowboy Q & A Day" on Saturday, March 10, 2007 in the
Student Union Annex (Next to the University Bookstore).
Mississippi College of Veterinary
Medicine will host it’s open house on April 13th and April
14th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
NCAA Initial -
Eligibility Clearinghouse is an organization that works with high schools to
determine a student’s eligibility for athletic participation in his or her first
year of college enrollment. NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic
Association) evaluates the academic credentials for high school
student-athletes interested in participating in athletics at an NCAA Division I
or II member institution. Students who wish to participate in college sports
during their first year of enrollment in college must register
with the clearinghouse. Student may apply at: www.ncaaclearinghouse.net.
Northwestern State University will host a Freshman Connection on the following dates:
May 31-June 1, 2007
June 15, 2007
June 29, 2007 (Shreveport)
July 12-13, 2007
July 18, 2007 (Leesville)
July 27,
2007
Texas State Technical
College, Marshall-College Preview Day will be held March 2, 2007 9:30
am.
For Questions and Concerns contact:
Linda W. Anderson
Northwood High School
(318) 929-2719