1. Scholarships & Financial Aid Basics Guest Speakers: Felipe Martinez, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis Kelli Lively, Washington University, Student Financial Services Michelle Luraschi, PHS
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2. PHS College & Career Resources
Sign-up for Remind me texts of college & career events, college visits, scholarships, deadlines & more.
Juniors: to or
Seniors: to or
Use College Counseling website
Select“Student Services” then “College Counseling”
Mrs. Luraschi’s
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3. Scholarships 101 What? When? Oct.-June
Merit/academic: usually college funded
Activities/Interests (athletics, band, scouts, leadership, major, demographics): college or externally funded
Need: private college or externally funded
Combined (academics, activities, financial need)
When? Oct.-June
How? Essay? Letter(s) of recommendation? Financial need essay?

4. Scholarships may be found in 6 areas:
Where?
Scholarships may be found in 6 areas:
College funded:
Automatic &/or merit-based scholarships
Departmental and/or institutional scholarships
Externally funded:
Family/work/community connections
Local opportunities forwarded to PHS
 National scholarship search engines   
Internet key word searches:
professional associations in ______field
scholarships for students with/in _______

5. Local & National Scholarships
Local Scholarships
Arriving at PHS from Oct.-May
Check for new scholarships every 2 weeks on College Counseling website
Search by:
Scholarship Name
Category
Last Update (change arrow to descending)
National Search Engines
Raise Me & St. Louis Graduates
Ethnicity, special interests, major
Complete 1 general profile (FastWeb, Cappex)