1. Scholarships Juanita Harvin Wiesbaden, Germany Mapping your road to AWAG 2014

2. Cost of Education National Focus Eliminating the High cost of secondary Education in-DEPTness Creative Funding GRANTS/ LOANS GI Bill PAYING it Forward

3. Partnership program that encourages FAMILIES to plan for Life after High School & Financing their Dreams. 10 th Year of the Program – Volunteer based Education Forums (Students Grades 7-12 & their Parents) Workshops focusing on College, Career, Finances & Transition Portfolios – “Brag About Me” booklet To prepare students in managing their paperwork needed for SCHOLARSHIP & College applications in their Senior Year The Real World… what are you doing?

5. Scholarship Marketing/Financing the Dream ORGANIZATION Chart your Course 7-12 checklists / College planners ACTIVITIES-Documentation ePortfolios ESSAYS / Letters of Recommendations PRACTICE, PRACTICE, DO YOUR OWN! Request EARLY. PSAT/SAT’s / ACTMultiple PLANNING Middle School Statisticshttp://www.usnews.com/education/ SCHOLARSHIPShttp://www.fastweb.comhttp://www.fastweb.com Grade 9-Grad school (Space Camp-March 10) COLLEGE INFO www.schoolquest.com SPORTS Usually only4 sports offer full Scholarships: Football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. GIRLS GOLF! SOCIAL MEDIAYOUTube / Combines

6. EUROPEAN College Recruitment University of Heidelberg University of Darmstadt University of Stuttgart BRENDA Coffield-Fellmer European MCEC Program Manager Brenda.Coffield@militarychild.org +49 (176) 24865620 CHART your course CHART your course materials available at MCEC store http://www.militarychild.org http://www.militarychild.org

7. Web Resources http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info

9. Web Resources U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/finaid Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.gov/ California Student Aid Commission http://www.csac.ca.gov/ College is Possible http://www.collegeispossible.org/ Financial Aid http://www.finaid.org/ Free Scholarship Search & Information Service http://www.freschinfo.com/ Gates Millennium Scholars http://www.gmsp.org/ Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities http://www.hacu.net/ Hispanic Heritage Foundation http://www.hispanicheritage.org/ Latino College Dollars http://www.latinocollegedollars.org/ directory.htm Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund http://maldef.org/leadership/schola rships/general/ Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs http://exchanges.state.gov/

10. Additional Resources http://www.dodea.eduhttp://www.dodea.edu DoDEA HQ http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info Local Scholarships http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info http://www.usnews.com/education/http://www.usnews.com/education/ Best Colleges, Yearly Statistics http://www.careerlaunch.net Career Assessment http://www.careerlaunch.net http://wwwmilitarychild.orghttp://wwwmilitarychild.org Military Child Education Coalition http://www.schoolquest.org Schoolquest – College Planner, State Scholarship Finder http://www.schoolquest.org http://www.militarystudent.dod.mil/http://www.militarystudent.dod.mil/ Military Student http://www.usa4militaryfamilies.dod.mil/http://www.usa4militaryfamilies.dod.mil/ USA for Military Families http://www.nefe.org/hsfppportal/index.htmlhttp://www.nefe.org/hsfppportal/index.html NEFE Financial Planning https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/education/InState/index.htmhttps://www.hrc.army.mil/site/education/InState/index.htm In-State Tuition http://www.vitalchek.com/ Obtaining Birth Certificates http://www.birthcertificatesusa.com http://travel.state.gov/family/family_issues/birth/birth_593.html Overseas

11. Question and Answer Period Juanita Harvin The Real World…what are you doing? Delta Sigma Theta Sorority harvinj@gmail.com 011-49-172-837-6653 (International) Germany http://planningforlifeafterhighschool.info Facebook The-Real-World-what-are-you-doing RealWorld@dstger.org