DKHS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
"Be The Best Panther You Can Be"
January 12, 2024
Affordability and Scholarships
Paying for College Information and Scholarship Searches
While you wait for the FAFSA to open (estimated in December), here are some things to start reviewing and thinking about.
College Cost and Financial Aid Estimator
uAspire’s College Cost Calculator: https://calculator.uaspire.org/
Federal Student Aid Estimator: https://studentaid.gov/aid-estimator/
Student/Family Informational Sessions
Virtual Financial Aid Events (for students): https://www.uaspire.org/News-Events/Virtual-Financial-Aid-Help-Events
Michigan virtual financial aid webinars for families
Michigan Scholarship Info webinars
Student Resources: https://www.uaspire.org/For-Students
Guide to Finding and Applying to Scholarships (blog post): https://www.uaspire.org/News-Events/uAspire’s-Guide-to-Finding-and-Applying-to-Scholar
Scholarships
Service/Leadership
https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/equitableexcellence/
Applicants to the Equitable Excellence® Scholarship Program Scholarship Program must:
Be current high school seniors in one of the 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia or Puerto Rico who plan to enroll full-time in an accredited two-or four-year college or university in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year.
Demonstrate ambition and self-drive to be a force for good in school, community or work activities
Be willing to provide a release to publicize their identities and information about their achievements along with photographs for use in program promotion and information.
Have a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Students with a deceased parent or experienced Foster Care
Scholarships by County in Michigan
Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan- a lot of scholarships- 1 application
Michigan Specific Scholarship Programs
MAS (skills scholarship for certificates and tech programs)
Golden Apple Scholars (for those going to school to be a teacher)
Michigan Association of Broadcasters (those interested in broadcast or communications)
National Fluid Power and Robotics (see last page)
General Scholarships
BigFuture (juniors and seniors)
CollegeBoard: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/scholarship-search
Fastweb: https://fastweb.com
Cappex / College Greenlight: https://cappex.com/scholarships
Specific Identity/Group Websites/Scholarships
FFA Scholarships
Asian American /Pacific Islander
APIA Scholarship Program https://apiascholars.org/
USPAACC https://uspaacc.com/programs/education
Arab American / Middle Eastern
The Arab American Institute https://www.aaiusa.org/scholarships
ADC https://adc.org/arab-american-scholarships/ (Michigan)
Black / African American
United Negro College Fund https://uncf.org/
NAACP https://naacp.org/find-resources/
Hispanic / Latinx
Hispanic Scholarship Fund https://www.hsf.net/
LULAC https://lulac.org/programs/education
LGBTQ+
Point Foundation Scholarships https://pointfoundation.org/scholarships
League Foundation Scholarships https://www.leaguefoundation.org/
Native American/ American Indian
American Indian College Fund https://collegefund.org/students/
American Indian Education Fund http://www.nativepartnership.org/
Undocumented Students
Roberto A. Salazar Legacy Scholarship - This scholarship provides financial assistance for undocumented high school and undergraduate students that are aiming to pursue higher education in the Fall 2024 semester.
The Dream.US Opportunity Scholarship - This scholarship is for students who live in locked-out states where they cannot receive in-state tuition. Applications are open to immigrant students with or without DACA or TPS who came to the U.S. before the age of 16 and before Nov. 1, 2018. https://www.thedream.us/scholarships
The Dream.US National Scholarship - Similar to The Dream.us Opportunity scholarship, the National scholarship includes undocumented students who reside in non-locked out states and need financial assistance in order to pursue higher education. https://www.thedream.us/scholarships/national-scholarship/
Golden Door Scholars https://www.goldendoorscholars.org/
Loan Information for Parents
Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loan Information: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized
Parent PLUS Loan information: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/plus/parent
For high school students, CTE, technical colleges and engineering schools
Fluid Power Scholarship, is a $2,000 scholarship available to students pursuing fluid power education. Multiple scholarships are available for the 2024-25 academic year. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2024, at 11:59 PM CT.
A minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale, 500-word essay, a completed online application and one letter of recommendation are required from each applicant. The Foundation’s goal is to help graduating high school seniors, and individuals enrolled at technical colleges, community colleges, and universities pursue their interests in fluid power.
The second, called the Robotics Challenge Scholarship, is a $30,000 scholarship (up to $7,500 per year, for up to four years) award for a graduating high school senior participates as part of a FIRST® Robotics, National Robotics League, or VEX Robotics Competition Team and uses pneumatics in their robot. One merit-based award is available for the 2024-25 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 5, 2024, at 11:59 PM CST.
A minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, a 1,000-word essay, a completed online application, and one letter of recommendation are required from each applicant. The goal of the NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship is to bring an awareness of pneumatic options in robotics to high school students and to stimulate increased use of fluid power products in these competitions.
If you have any questions about NFPA’s scholarships, or any other programs that NFPA offers, please email me at hnemeth@nfpa.com. Thank you for your time.
DKHS Mystery Trip Quarter Auction Fundraiser.
This event is open to the public as a fundraiser for the Class of 2024 and we need as much participation as possible so we’re trying to spread the word.
Please email melwiessner@icloud.com with any questions. There is also an organized FB Event anyone can visit for more information.
Ski Club
Host an Exchange Student
ATHLETICS
100 Career Wresting Wins
Congratulations to Gauge Stampfler on achieving 100 career wrestling wins! His dedication and skill on the mat have led to this impressive milestone. Here's to the hard work paying off and many more victories to come!
Do A Job Recipient
Congratulations to Isaiah Resendiz, this week's (Dec. 22, 2023) DO A JOB Game Ball Award winner. Isaiah serves our program as a teammate, JV & V manager, video chief, part time statistician, and assistant to the assistant coach. A tireless worker who loves to help, Isaiah played in his first HS game vs Calhoun Christian and was in the JV starting lineup scoring the game's first bucket. He wanted to make sure Izzo knew. Great job Isaiah we are proud of you and appreciate you. DO A JOB and Go Panthers!!!
