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Still Wanted: Your Scholarship Award Letters—Current total for the senior class of 2015: $21,473,729 (Tremendous!)
Please keep those award letters pouring in!! You are close to setting a new standard of excellence for Millard North!!
Goal: Set a new Millard North Scholarship Record. Current Record holder: Class of 2014 with $22,000,000 in scholarship awards.
Guidance Newsletter
April 20, 2015
Millard North High School
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Thu. April 23—United States
Marine Corps Recruiter—
11:30 am
Dear Seniors and Parents/
Guardians…
Thank you for bringing in your
very impressive scholarship/award
letters. Congratulations to all of
you. Even though the deadline
has passed for publication in the
Omaha World Herald, Honor’s
Night Booklet and Graduation
Book, please continue to bring in
your Scholarship Award Letters to
the Guidance Office. Your final
class total will be announced at
graduation. Keep those
$$$$$$$$$ rolling in!!
Class of 2015 Honors Night
May 7
6:00 pm—MNHS Auditorium
Presentation of:
Scholarships
National Honor Society
Stoles
IB Stoles
Senior Academic Letters
Honor Cords
Other Senior Awards
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Issue 29
Upcoming ACT Assessment National Test Date
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EducationQuest is located in
Rockbrook Village (108th and
West Center Road). Address:
11031 Elm Street, Omaha, NE
68144. Appointment required:
Telephone: 402-391-4033.
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2015
ACT
2015
Test Date
Registration
Deadline
Late Registration (Late Fee)
June 13 (due to
construction, the
ACT will not be
administered at
MN.)
May 8
May 9—22
(Go to ACT’s
website for a
list of available
test sites.)
Sign up today. http://www.actstudent.org/
EducationQuest: Be sure to
click on our scholarship link:
ScholarshipQuest. This is a
free database...over 2,000
Nebraska-based Scholarships.
ATTENTION JUNIORS—Just a reminder that ALL
Juniors will take the ACT on Tuesday, April 28th
beginning at 8:00 am at Millard North.
Millard
North has taken care of registration and fees for all
juniors for this test date only. You do not need to
register online for this exam.
Junior News
Scholarship for Juniors...FBI Omaha
life and how he/she will use that experience in the fu-
Division Scholarship. The FBI Oma-
ture. Applications are available in the Guidance Of ice.
ha Citizens Academy Alumni Associa-
Deadline: May 29.
tion would like to assist local students
Where Will You be This Summer? Looking to build
in their efforts to further their educa-
your resume, help with scienti ic research and make
tional goals with a scholarship provided
new friends this summer? The University of Nebraska at
by Citizens Academy funding. One
Omaha College of Information Science and Technology's
applicant from Nebraska and one appli-
Summer High School Internship Program will help you
cant from Iowa will be chosen to each
carve out a career path before you even start college.
receive an individual $1,000 scholar-
Our internship gives you hands-on experience directly in
ship in support of their higher educa-
our labs where you will learn the fun and excitement of
tion. Applicants must be a junior with a
scienti ic research and development activities, as well as
2.75 GPA or higher and plan to attend
explore potential careers in IT. Our internship program
an accredited two or four-year college.
will give you the opportunity to learn new concepts,
The applicant must obtain a letter of
tools and skills, work on real research with our faculty
recommendation and write and submit
and staff and help solve development problems. For
an original essay regarding an experi-
more information, please check out our website
ence that has greatly in luenced his/her
at https://intern.ist.unomaha.edu/.
Guidance Newsletter
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SCHOLARSHIPS
College Specific:
University of Nebraska-Kearney
The International Fraternity of Phi
Gamma Delta White Owl Scholarship
Phi Gamma Delta is offering the
White Owl Scholarships to support
the higher education of quality men
and aid in the development of strong
leaders within the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Applicants are not
obligated in any way to joining the
Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta or any
other fraternal organizations at UNK.
Up to two scholarships of $250 each
will be awarded. Applications are
available in the Guidance Office.
Deadline: April 24.
University of Nebraska-Omaha—
Alpha Xi Delta: Extraordinary Senior Scholarship
Alpha Xi Delta would like to reward a
deserving high school senior woman
with a $200 scholarship to the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the fall.
The interested senior woman must
have at least a 3.0 GPA and plan on
attending UNO in Fall 2015. Applications are available in the Guidance
Office. Deadline: May 20th.
Joseph’s College of Cosmetology
Celebrating 50 Years...$2,500.00
Anniversary Scholarship. We’re
celebrating our 50th year milestone in June by helping new students realize their dreams of becoming professional. Students
that enroll and start their education during the month of June will
be given a $2,500.00 Anniversary
Scholarship. It’s our way of acknowledging our rich history and
celebrating our mission of guiding
new professionals into their careers. Now is the time to enroll.
Call (800)742-7827 for more
informaƟon.
Joseph’s College of
Cosmetology
2637 O Street
Lincoln, NE 68510
Nebraska 2nd District Congressional Scholarship. The
Holland Children’s Movement
has been asked to administer
this scholarship program. Four
(4) scholarships in the amount
of $2,500 will be awarded to
individuals who, in the opinion
of the committee, are able to
best articulate how they will
contribute to the American
dream. Eligible students must
reside within the Second Congressional District of Nebraska
and qualify for admission to an
accredited college, university or
community college within the
Association of Information
Technology Professionals
Scholarship. AITP in partnership with AIM, is offering several scholarships to help further
the education of students who
are planning to attend or continuing to attend a college,
university, community college,
or technical school in Nebraska,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, North
Dakota, or South Dakota, with
the goal of achieving an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in
Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer
Science, or a related field.
I’m First Scholarship. The I’m
First Scholarship is a $4,000
scholarship ($1,ooo per year, renewable for four years of college)
awarded to up to 10 graduating
high school seniors who will be
the first in their family to go to
college and are matriculating to a
CSO College Partner institution.
View CSO College Partners at
http://www.imfirst.org/partners/
college-partners/college-partnerslist/. Ideal Candidates will display the following qualities:
Seeking financial aid and scholarship support for college/Strong
writing skills and unique perspective/Experience with or commitment to community service/
Leadership experience. Application available online at: http://
www.imfirst.org/scholarship/.
Deadline: May 22.
Second Congressional District
at the time the award is made.
Guidelines and applications are
available in the Guidance
Office. Deadline: April 24.
Pink Bandana Beat Breast
Cancer Scholarship. Pink
Bandana is an non-profit organization which raises money
and awareness about breast
cancer for women 40 years of
age and under. The applicant
must have a parent that has
battled breast cancer in the
past 10 years. Applications are
available in the Guidance
Deadline: May 1, 2015. Applications available at http://
www.aitpomaha.com/
scholarship-information.html.
The Norden Club of Lincoln
Foundation Scholarship. A
$1,000 scholarship will be
awarded this year to an applicant who wishes to pursue an
educational experience or project pertaining to any of the
five Scandinavian countries;
Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway, and Sweden. Applications are available in the Guidance Office. Deadline: May 1.
Office. Deadline: Must be
received by April 30.
Independent Cattlemen of
Nebraska-Jim Hanna Memorial Scholarship. It is a $500
scholarship in memory of Jim
Hanna open to the child of any
ICON member who plans to
attend college in the fall of
2015. The recipient is allowed
to attend any school in any
major of their choice. The
student must maintain a 2.5
GPA and be involved in extracurricular activities. Applications are available in the Guidance Office. Deadline: April
30.
UNO Summer Techademy
2015. Brought to you by the
College of Information Science
and Technology. These week
long technology camps will not
only introduce middle and high
school students to fun, handson courses such as graphic
design, robotics, coding, game
design - this year we're offering
advanced courses for students
who already have experience. There's something for
everyone at Techademy! Limited spots...register online at:
https://
techademy.unomaha.edu/
Jim Hurlbert Memorial Baseball
Scholarship. The American
Legion, Department of Nebraska
will award up to four (4) scholarships not to exceed $500 each, as
funds are available for Senior
Legion Players. http://
www.nebraskalegion.net/.
and Guidelines are available in
the Guidance Office. Three
letters of recommendation are
required. At least one (1) of
these letters must be from an
individual who self-identifies as
a GLBT person. Deadline: June
1.
IRIS-Phoenix Scholarship.
Each year scholarships will be
awarded for individuals who self
-identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or as children
of gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transgendered persons. The
total number and dollar
amounts of the scholarship will
be determined by the Scholarship committee based on the
number of successful applicants
and funds available for distribution. Recipients must send proof
of enrollment in a program of
higher education. Applications
Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program. Abbott &
Fenner Business Consultants
are pleased to be able to continue with our scholarship
program. We will be awarding
up to $1,000 to the winner(s)
each year. Scholarship Deadline: June 15. Students will
submit an essay on the topic
that appears on the scholarship
page of our website: http://
www.abbottandfenner.com/
scholarships.htm. (Juniors also
welcome to apply).