Scholarships and Financial Aid
DHSHS
This version was updated March 15, 2012.
Financial Aid Terms
Grants are money you
don’t have to pay back
and are usually based
on financial need.
Work Study or Student Employment
Programs let you earn money for
college in a job on or off campus.
Scholarships are free money for
college and are usually based
on your area of study or merit,
such as good grades, special
talents, or community service.
Loans are borrowed money that
you must repay, usually with
interest.
• These scam-spotting rules are from
www.FastWeb.com:
• Don’t pay money to get money.
• Too good to be true? It probably is.
• Spend time, not money.
• Legitimate scholarships are never guaranteed.
• Feel suspicious? Trust your instinct.
Beware of
scholarship scams!
• Go to the websites shown for more
information
• Or visit the DHSHS Career Center for
more information
Scholarship
Searches
Register with scholarship search websites. The more
scholarship applications you submit, the greater your
chances of receiving scholarships. Try:
www.cappex.com
www.fastweb.com
www.hsf.net
www.MeritAid.com
www.SchoolSoup.com
www.Scholarships.com
www.NextStepU.com
www.icanaffordcollege.com
Google scholarships for your own situation, such as
“Scholarships for Twins” or “Scholarships for
Musicians” or “Scholarships for Writers.” Be sure to
keep a list of all user names and passwords you use.
Scholarship Searches
• When your completed
DHSHS scholarship
application is received in
the Career Center, a
scholarship file is made
for you.
• Copies of your application
are submitted for you
when you fit specific
eligibility requirements
for GPA, test scores,
activities, etc., for local
scholarship opportunities.
DHSHS
Scholarship
Application
• Many of the Local
Scholarship providers
accept the DHSHS
Scholarship Application.
* An asterisk means an
extra form, essay,
photograph, or family
member’s military
Honorable Discharge papers
must also be submitted.
Local Scholarships – page 1
• American Legion, Owen Coffman
Post #519*
• APWA – American Public Works
Association*
• Othel Britton Memorial
Scholarship Foundation
• Reynaldo Carreon, M.D.
Foundation* with Pathways to
Success
• California Desert Association of
Realtors*
• California Retired Teachers
Association, Division #89
• California Women for
Agriculture*
• Walter Clark Legal Group
• COD Alumni Association in
conjunction with Pathways to
Success*
• Desert Healthcare District
Healthcare Professionals with
Pathways to Success*
• Coachella Valley Pathways to
Success – CVPTS*
• Coachella Valley Alumnae
Panhellenic - CVAP
• Daughters of the American
Revolution, Cahuilla Chapter*
• Desert Escrow Association*
• Desert Hot Springs Rotary
• Desert Hot Springs Women’s Club
Local Scholarships – page 2
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Elks Club*
The Gas Company*
La Quinta Arts Foundation*
Ladies of Mission Lakes
NPS Commercial/Taber Family
National Charity League*
National League of American Pen
Women*
Navy League Scholarship Fund*
Negro Academic Scholarship Fund
Paletteers Art Club
Palm Springs Art Museum*
• Palm Springs Historical Society
• Palm Springs Leadership
Association - PSLA
• Palm Springs Teachers
Association* - PSTA
• Palm Springs Lion’s Club
• Parissa Labbaf Memorial
Scholarship
• SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
• UCLA Club of the Desert*
• USC Trojan League of the Desert*
• Women Leaders Forum* with
Pathways to Success
Local Scholarships – page 3
1. Members of scholarship committees read
your application and make their decisions
according to their own unique criteria.
2. At some point you may receive an
invitation to be interviewed.
ALL applications (college, job, and
scholarship) will require time, energy,
attention to detail, accuracy, and thought
from you.
• Female candidates who submit the DHSHS
Scholarship Application will be considered
if they meet the following requirements:
4.0 GPA, and at least 1000 combined SAT
Reading & Math scores.
• Four finalists were interviewed on March 6.
Coachella Valley
Panhellenic
Association
California-Hawaii Elks Major Project, Inc.
For Students with Disabilities
• Scholarships from $1,000 to $2,000 each
• You must be a US citizen to apply
• You must have a physical impairment, neurological
impairment, visual impairment, hearing
impairment, and/or speech-language disorder
• Application is online at www.chea-elks.org or pick
up a paper application in the Career Center
• Applications must be postmarked on or before
March 15, 2012
• Pathways to Success scholarship
applications are due by March 17, 2012
• For the online application, go to
http://www.cvpts.com
Pathways to Success
• Students who submit the DHSHS
Scholarship Application will be considered.
Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded.
• Finalists will be interviewed in March or
April.
California Desert Association
of Realtors
• Four $2,500 awards
• Applications are only available at
www.rcdsa.org
• Deadline to submit an application
is March 31, 2012
Riverside Sheriffs’ Association
• Up to five years of scholarship funding
available to students pursuing the visual arts.
• Student must have applied to college with
the intent to take courses in the visual arts.
Scholarship may continue into and
throughout college. For application, click on
http://www.lqaf.com/scholarshipapplications-now-available/
• Entries due by April 6, 2012.
La Quinta Visual Arts
Scholarship
• A $1,000 scholarship is offered to a student
with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and who exhibits
outstanding creative ability in Writing, Art,
Drama, or Music.
• Student must be highly recommended by a
teacher or counselor with first-hand
knowledge of her work.
• Entries due by April 11, 2012.
National League of
American Pen Women
PS Women’s Press Club
• $1,000 scholarships
• Apply by April 12,
2012 (OR SOONER) if
you are pursuing a
career in journalism,
or any other media,
television writer,
screenwriting, music
or a related field.
• Pick up a paper
application in the
Career Center as
soon as possible!
• You will be considered if you submitted the
DHSHS Scholarship Application.
• CRTA will interview finalists for their $1,500
scholarship.
• Special consideration given to students
interested in a teaching career.
• Scholarship interviews will be held on April
29.
California Retired Teachers Association
Palm Springs Div 89
• 58 students’ DHSHS Scholarship Applications were
submitted on Feb 6, 2012.
• Number of scholarships vary, but the DHS Women’s
Club gives as many as they can: $1,000 for students
attending 4-year colleges, and $500 for community
college.
• Finalists were interviewed March 12 and 13.
DHS Women’s Club
• Female candidates who submit the DHSHS
Scholarship Application will be
considered.
• Finalists will be interviewed, probably in
March or April.
National Charity
League
Financial Aid & FAFSA
• Apply for FAFSA after January 1, 2012
• Colleges where you have been accepted for
admission will give you a financial aid offer to
review in the spring
• Check your submitted FAFSA online
at www.fafsa.ed.gov and open your
submitted results. This is your SAR
(Student Aid Report)
• The top 2 or 3 colleges you entered
on your FAFSA form will notify you
of your financial aid package and
details when/if you are accepted
• Your Social Security Number, and your parents’
Social Security Numbers.
• Date of birth for you and for your parents
(month, day, year).
• Month and year your parents were married, or
divorced.
• Your driver’s license number, if you have one.
• Your Alien Registration Number, if you are not a
U.S. citizen.
• 2011 Federal tax information--or tax returns for
yourself and for your parents. You can use 2010
tax returns, and update your information after
2011 returns are completed.
Information you need to fill out FAFSA
• Before you start filling out your FAFSA online,
get a PIN (personal identification number).
• Go to www.pin.ed.gov.
• Get a PIN for yourself, and ask one of your
parents to get one.
• This lets you sign your FAFSA electronically.
Get a PIN
• Signed into law in September 2011
• Effective for 2013-2014 school year
• Online application will be opened January
2013 to gather FAFSA-like information
AB 131 Dream Act
• $500 ACLU Scholarship Essay Contest
• In an essay, students are asked to address
the topic: “What Civil Liberties Mean to
Me.”
• Pick up a paper application in the Career
Center
• Deadline March 15, 2012
Desert ACLU
Scholarship Committee
• You must be an African American graduating senior
with a GPA of at least 3.3 intending to pursue a
degree from a four-year college or university.
• Visit the DHSHS Career Center for a paper
application.
• Applications due no later than March 29, 2012.
The Links,
Incorporated
• You must be a U.S. citizen, and belong to
JROTC or are a dependent or direct
descendant of an active, reserve, retired,
or honorably discharged member of the
military service.
• Download an application online at
www.palmsprings.navyleague.us
• Due March 15, 2012
Navy League Scholarship
$1,500
• You must have a minimum of 3.5 GPA
• You must declare ART as your major for study at a 4-year
college or university
• You must be a U.S. citizen, and belong to JROTC or are a
dependent or direct descendant of an active, reserve,
retired, or honorably discharged member of the military
• Download an application online at
www.palmsprings.navyleague.us
• Due no later than March 15, 2012
The Carolyn Lilley
Memorial Art Scholarship
$1,000
• Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to
graduating DHSHS students
• Candidates must demonstrate financial need, have
excellent grades, and be accepted by a 4-year college
to pursue a B.S. or B.A.
• Visit http://desertstarweekly.com/2011/11/11/deserthot-springs-scholarship-announcement-2/
• Winners will be selected from the DHSHS Scholarship
Application entries
Parissa Labbaf
Memorial Scholarship
The Desert Valley Women’s Club
Scholarship $500
• For a female who is a graduating senior and has been
involved in extracurricular activities, community service,
and/or paid work experience during high school.
• Applications due by April 11, 2012. Pick up a paper
application in the Career Center.
Women in Mining
California Chapter Scholarship
$1,000
• For a male or female student who will obtain an education
leading to a degree through a course of study related to
mining, geology, engineering, or environmental studies.
• Applications due April 13, 2012, or earlier.
• Pick up an application in the Career Center.
• Visit website at www.wimca.org
• Scholarships are available to graduating seniors
who been accepted and are committed to
attend UCLA’s Fall 2012 Freshman Class.
• Pick up a paper application in the Career Center.
• It is due by April 15, 2012.
UCLA Club of the Desert
• $20,000 scholarship available to graduating
senior who plans to study agricultural business,
science, technology, or a related field.
• Pick up a paper application in the Career Center.
• It is due by April 15, 2012.
California Table
Grape Commission
• $500 to $1,500 Scholarships are available to
graduating seniors who are interested in
pursuing a career in Accounting.
• Pick up a paper application in the Career
Center.
• Deadline April 30, 2012.
Desert Hospitality
Accountants’ Association
• Scholarship for a female who is planning to
pursue a career in the
culinary/hospitality/nutrition arts.
• Pick up a paper application in the Career Center.
• Applications are due May 1, 2012
Les Dames d’Escoffier International
Palm Springs Chapter
• $250 to $1,500 Essay Competition for children of
full-time or retired public employees.
• If you are eligible, write an essay that proposes
ways to reduce the accident rate among
teenagers.
• Pick up a paper application in the Career Center.
• Entries are due May 11, 2012
Suggestions for
success…
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Present yourself well. Neatness counts.
Check your spelling on everything.
Be sure your name is on each page.
Submit all requested information, and submit
it on time.
• Be prepared to go to the post office for
postage and to mail your own entries.
Think about what you want:
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