Rocky Mountain Junior Kayak League Scholarship Program
We understand that the cost of our program may not be affordable for some families. We
believe that programs like this should be available to everyone, so the Rocky Mountain
Junior Kayak League offers scholarships to help offset the cost. Anyone can apply for
these scholarships, and they are limited to one scholarship per athlete. The scholarships
are paid for by individual league coaches, so we do not give them to just anyone. To
receive a scholarship, you must fulfill certain responsibilities that benefit the Junior
Kayaking League. Below are a list of the available scholarships and the responsibilities
that accompany each one. Not only does the scholarship program help families to save
money, it also teaches the students responsibility, management, teamwork, and other
skills such as photography and computer skills.
Photography Scholarship: $500/season
Students with a photography scholarship will be responsible for taking photos at practices
and events and posting them to the web gallery and to the team blogs. They will also be
required to write short descriptions of the photos as well as blog entries about their
experiences in the Junior Kayak League. These students will also need to post photos to
kayak forums such as Mountainbuzz.com and Boatertalk.com. Photos should also be
submitted to online and printed publications and photo contests such as American
Whitewater, Coloradokayaking.com, the CW Spray, and other publications. Photo
scholarship students will receive help from coaches in order to improve their
photography. They will also learn photo-editing software such as Adobe Photoshop. The
student will need to have access to a camera. A 5 megapixel digital camera is the
minimum acceptable camera.
Writing Scholarship: $500/season
Students on a writing scholarship will be responsible for writing articles about their
experiences in the Junior Kayak League. They should also write stories about League
events and family or other paddling trips. These articles will be posted to the Team Blogs
on a weekly basis during the summer. Articles will also be submitted to online and
printed publications such as American Whitewater, Colorado Kayaking.com, the CW
Spray, and other magazines and publications. Writing students will also be responsible
for updating the whitewater community of new blog entries by posting on the Internet
forums. Students on the writing scholarship will receive help from coaches and parents in
order to improve their writing and editing skills. Students will learn word processing
programs as well as some web editing skills needed for managing the Team Blogs.
Students will need to have access to a computer.
Graphic Design Scholarship: $500/season
Students on the graphic design scholarship will be responsible for doing graphic work for
the needs of the Junior League. This would include (but is not limited to) ad designs for
websites and magazines, fliers, posters for events, banners, team logos, and Team Blog
designs. Students on the graphic scholarship will learn and use design programs such as
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Imageready. They will receive help from
coaches and parents with those programs and in developing their graphic design skills.
Students will need to have access to a computer.
Video Scholarship:
Students on the video scholarship will be responsible for video taping league events,
practices, and trips. They will coordinate together to edit and compile short video
segments for the website, team blogs, and YouTube. They will also work together to
make a Junior Kayak League Video for each season. These videos will be used to
promote the league at certain events and will also be given to families as keepsakes. They
will learn and use video editing software such as Imovie, Final Cut Pro, and Premeire
Pro. Students will need to have access to a digital video camera and computer.
Event Cooridnator Scholarship: $500/season
Students on the event coordinator scholarship will be responsible for organizing League
events under the supervision of the local team’s coach. All students on this scholarship
will work together to set up these events. They will plan the different competitions and
the scoring systems as well as arrange for judges. These students will develop their
leadership, management, organization, and communication skills while completing a very
important job for the Kayak League.
Parent helper scholarship:
This scholarship is sort of unique in that it will depend on the needs of each team. Duties
for parents can include, but are not limited to, driving shuttle, carpooling kids to practice,
safety boating, driving kids and gear for road trips, judging at events, etc. etc. The
amount of scholarship given will be up to the individual coach and will depend on the
level of commitment provided from the parent.