Class of 2017 Scholarship Update Donna Clark Coordinator, School Counseling Services Leigh Ann Brown, Sheri Crigger, & Cedric Delbridge District College Counselors August 24, 2017

Huntsville City Schools Class of 2017 Excelled Columbia High 4% increase in the number of students getting scholarships One student with a Air Force Academy Military Appointment Fine Arts scholarships are up by 100% Grissom High Current school total exceeds 2016 total by over $1 million Increased over 200% in both Fine Arts and Other categories Five full scholarships offered through JROTC programs; one student will attend USMA Huntsville High 48% of students received at least one scholarship offer Increased over 80% in athletic and business/technology/industry scholarships Alabama’s first Global Citizen Year Fellow

Huntsville City Schools Class of 2017 Excelled Jemison High Current school total exceeds the 2016 total by 3% Overall increase of 277% in Fine Arts scholarships Athletic scholarships are up by 102% Lee High 5% increase in the percentage of seniors receiving scholarships 45% increase in Fine Arts scholarships One student received 12 scholarships from academic, athletic and from local organizations New Century Technology High 67% of students received at least one scholarship offer Over 250% increase in athletic, business/technology/industry and other scholarships 77% increase in fine arts scholarships

On Average, 41.5% of the 2017 Class Received Scholarship Offers School Number of Seniors Number of Seniors Getting Scholarships Percentage of Seniors Getting Scholarships Columbia 176 49 28% Grissom 416 178 43% Huntsville 462 222 48% Jemison 40 23% Lee 164 66 40% New Century 93 62 67% Make a chart/spreadsheet: $$, # of seniors, # of seniors getting a scholarship, % getting a scholarship

HCS Scholarship Offers Came from a Variety of Sources Academic Scholarships $41,820,290 (80.5%) Athletic Scholarships $6,386,323 (12.3%) Fine Arts Scholarships $976,959 (1.9%) Gov’t/Military Scholarships $1,633,470 (3.1%) Business/Technology/Industry Scholarships $149,450 (.30%) Other Scholarships $1,008,423 (1.9%)

Scholarships Came from a Variety of Sources

The Class of 2017 Received Over $50 Million in Scholarship Offers $ 51,974,915

Scholarship Offers Have Exceeded $50 Million for the Last Three Years

On average, Students in the Class of 2017 earned $34,952 per student in scholarship dollars!

Students Continue to Earn an Average Over $30,000

Our 2016-2017 Senior Counselors Were Instrumental in Helping Students Obtain Scholarships Columbia – Janelle Jagielski Grissom – Allison Hardt Huntsville – Bob Watson/Lacrecia Waters Jemison – Sabrina Oliver Lee – Stephanie Goglin New Century – Nancy Wolfe HHS & NCTHS – College Counselor– Leigh Ann Brown GHS & LHS – College Counselor – Sheri Crigger CHS & JHS – College Counselor – Cedric Delbridge

We Are Proud of Our 2017 Seniors!