Name of
Scholarship
Due
Date
Amou
nt
Criteria
Application process
The Delta Kappa
Gamma Society
International –
Florence A. Cook
Recruitment
Grant
Chicago Student
Scholarship
1/11/
2013
$500
Women Educations, grant to one
femail high school senior who will be
enorelled in college full time
pursuing a career in the teaching
field.
www.deltakappagamma.org/IL/
12/31
/12
$1,000 
Student in the "Chicago area"
includes the following counties:
Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane,
Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry,
Will. Short answer prompt to why
Chicago is a great city.
https://collegeprowler.com/schol
arship/chicago/
HomeStar Bank
Customer
Scholarship
$2,000
per
year
Eligible application include any high
school senior whose parent or
grandparents is a customer of
HomeStar Bank. Minimum of 3.2
GPA – planning to enroll full-time at
an accredited two or four year
college, university, or trade school.
Criteria selection based on positive
leadership and character exhibited in
academic and extracurricular school
activities and the community and/or
religious activities. Positive impact
on others and financial need will also
be considered.
HomeStar NAACP
(National
Association for
the Advancement
of Colored
People)
Scholarship
$500
per
year
Kankakee County
Hispanic
Partnership
$500
per
year
Any high school senior that resides in
Kankakee County and is a member of
the NAACP (Kankakee County
Branch). Minimum of 3.2 GPA.
Enrollment in an education program.
Criteria selection based on positive
leadership and character exhibited in
academic and extracurricular school
activities and the community and/or
religious activities. Positive impact
on others and financial need will also
be considered.
Any high school senior that resides in
Kankakee County and is Hispanic or
Latino heritage.
Minimum of 3.2 GPA. Enrollment in
http://www.homestarbank.com/s
cholarship.htm
http://www.homestarbank.com/s
cholarship.htm
http://www.homestarbank.com/s
cholarship.htm
Ronald McDonald
House Charities
U.S. Scholarship
Program
12/20
/12
Variou
s
AXA Achievement
Scholarship
12/1/
12
$10,00
0 and
$25,00
0
an education program. Criteria
selection based on positive
leadership and character exhibited in
academic and extracurricular school
activities and the community and/or
religious activities. Positive impact
on others and financial need will also
be considered.
RHMC invests in students who are
exemplary role models in their
communities and have the initiative
to fulfill their educational goals.
Multiple different scholarships
available and requirements needed
for each.
Our scholarships winners are known
as AXA Achievers. They are ethnically
and economically diverse, but they
share these qualities:
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AXA Achievement
Community
Scholarship
2/1/1
3
$2,000
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12/13
/12
$500
And
$1,000
www.axa-achievement.com
Ambition and drive
Determination to set and reach
goals
Respect for self, family and
community
Ability to succeed in college
An AXA Achiever must demonstrate:
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KIEOP
KankakeeIroquois
Education Office
Professionals
Student
Scholarship
http://rmhc.org/what-wedo/rmhc-u-s-scholarships/
Ambition and drive
Determination to set and reach
goals
Respect for self, family and
community
Ability to succeed in college
Pursing a higher education degree in
Business or Vocational/Technical.
Has taken at least 2 tech or business
classes in high school. Essay
Required.
www.axa-achievement.com
More information located in the
guidance office.