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STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Oct. 31--Coca-Cola scholarships: Applications are due for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation college-scholarship program, sponsored by the Coca-Cola Co. The awards are open to high school seniors in the United States who attend school in a participating Coca-Cola bottler’s territory. Scholars are evaluated on the basis of leadership in their schools and communities, academic achievements, and motivation to succeed. Fifty-one national scholars will receive awards of $20,000 each; 101 regional scholars will receive $4,000 awards. Contact: Coca-Cola, (800) 306-COKE; Web site: http://www.cocacola.com/scholars.
*Dec. 17--Auto skills contest: Entries are due for the 1997 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Quality Care Challenge, sponsored by Ford Motor Co. and the American Automobile Association. The contest for high school senior automotive-service students will award more than $3 million in scholarships and prizes. To qualify students will take a state-level auto skills written test in February and March and compete in a statewide hands-on competition in April and May. Contact: Student Auto Skills, Mail Stop 75, 1000 AAA Drive, Heathrow, Fla. 32746-8030; (407) 444-8378.
*Feb. 3--ExploraVision awards: Entries are due for the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards, sponsored by the Toshiba Corp. and the National Science Teachers Association. The competition, open to K-12 students, asks students to work in teams of three or four to envision what a form of technology might look like in 20 years. Twelve teams--four first-place and eight second-place--will be selected as national winners. Each student on the first-place teams will win a $10,000 savings bond; each second-place team member will win a $5,000 savings bond. Every student and adviser who enters wins a gift, and teacher-advisers of winning teams win Toshiba equipment for their schools. Contact: Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards, NSTA, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22201; (800) EXPLOR-9 or (703) 243-7100.
*Feb. 28--Horace Mann scholarships: Applications are due for the Horace Mann Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Horace Mann Cos. The program offers $40,000 in awards to high school seniors who are children of public school employees; the total includes one $20,000 scholarship, three $4,000 scholarships, and eight $1,000 scholarships. To be eligible, a student must be a college-bound senior whose parent or legal guardian is public school or college employee. The student must have at least a B average and score at least 23 on the ACT or 1,000 on the SAT. Contact: HMSP, P.O. Box 20490, Springfield, Ill. 62708; Web site: http://www.horaceman.com.
*March 7--Essay contest: Entries are due for the Kaplan/Newsweek “My Turn” Essay Contest, sponsored by Kaplan Educational Centers and Newsweek magazine. High school students are asked to submit a 500- to 1,000-word essay on their solution to issues that will affect the quality of life in 21st-century America. Ten winners will be awarded with $1,000 scholarships; the first-prize winner will also receive free Kaplan PSAT, SAT or ACT course, book or software product. In addition, the winners and 20 honorable mentions will be published in the Newsweek Education Program book My Turn Essays: Student Reflections. Contact: KEC, (800) KAP-TEST.
*May 15--Wal-Mart scholarships: Applications are due for the Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Scholarship, sponsored by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The scholarship is awarded to 240 college-bound students who have a strong interest in science and technology, good academic standing, and a record of community involvement. Contact: Keely Beene, Community Programs, W-MSI, 702 Southwest 8th St., Bentonville, Ark. 72716-9002.
TEACHER FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Oct. 30--Teacher education: Applications are due for the Performing Arts Center and Schools: Partners in Education Institute to be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., May 7-11, 1997. The institute is designed to promote school-community partnerships in the performing arts, with special focus on the education of teachers. Up to 14 two-person teams, consisting of a representative from the performing arts center and from a neighboring school system, are selected for participation. Contact: Performing Arts Centers and Schools Program, JFKCPA, Washington, D.C. 20566-0004; (202) 416-8806; fax: (202) 416-8802.
Nov. 15--Science-teacher award: Entries are due for the Philips Media Hands-On-Science Teacher Award, sponsored by Philips Media and the National Science Teachers Association. The award recognizes teachers who best use computers to enhance their science teaching and their students’ hands-on learning. K-8 science teachers are eligible. Entrants are asked to submit a description of their innovative use of computers and hands-on-learning manipulatives in the classroom. The grand-prize winner will receive a $1,000 cash award and $750 toward attending the NSTA’s national convention in New Orleans, La., in April 1997. Ten runner-ups will each receive $100, a one-year NSTA membership, and their choice of science software from Philips Media. Contact: NSTA Award Programs, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22201-3000; (703) 243-7100; Web site: http://www.nsta.org or http://www.philipsmedia.com/teacherslounge.
Dec. 1--Early-childhood teaching awards: Nominations are due for the Kohl/McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards. The awards are open to full-time teachers in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties) who have taught full-time for at least three years. Contact: Kohl/McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards, (312) 335-KIDS.
Dec. 1--Taft educators’ scholarship: Applications are due for the William Howard Taft University educators’ scholarship program. The award, valued at $10,650, will include all tuition, registration, and application fees in the university’s independent-study Doctor of Education program. The program does not require any seminar or classroom attendance; students may keep their full-time jobs and live anywhere. Applicants must have at least a bachelor’s degree and two years’ teaching or educational-administration experience. Contact; WHTU, 201 E. Sandpointe Ave., Office 330, Santa Ana, Calif. 92707-5703; (800) 882-4555.
Jan. 10--Eleanor Roosevelt teacher fellowships: Applications are due for the Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships, sponsored by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. The fellowships, which range from $1,000 to $10,000, are available to K-12 women public school teachers interested in transforming the nation’s classrooms into gender-equitable learning environments. Teachers must have at least three years’ full-time experience; part of the applicant’s teaching assignment must be in math, science, or technology. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must plan to teach for at least three years after the fellowship year. Contact: AAUW Educational Foundation, Dept. 92, 2201 N. Dodge St., Iowa City, Iowa 52243-4030; (319) 337-1716 ext. 92.
Feb. 1--Wright fellowship: Applications are due for the Wright Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University, for secondary school teachers of science. The yearlong fellowship offers teachers time to pursue projects related to their field while in residence at the university in Medford, Mass. A salary of $35,000 plus benefits and a moving stipend are included. Contact: Ronnee Yashon, Educational Coordinator, WCSE, TU, 4 Colby St., Medford, Mass. 02155; (617) 628-5000, ext. 5394; fax: (617) 627-3995; e-mail: ryashon@pearl.tufts.edu; Web site: http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/index.html.
March 1--James Madison fellowship: Applications are due for the James Madison Memorial Fellowship, sponsored by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation. The fellowship is awarded to in-service secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies in grades 7-12, and to graduating or graduated collegians who wish to become secondary school teachers in those subjects. Each year at least one award of up to $24,000 covers tuition, fees, books, room, and board associated with study leading to a master’s degree in American history, political science, or education with concentrations in the framing, principles, and history of the U.S. Constitution. Stipends cover five years of part-time study by teachers or two years of full-time study by recent baccalaureates. Contact: JMFP, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, Iowa 52243-4030; (800) 525-6928; fax: (319) 337-1204; e-mail: recogprog@act-act4po.act.org.
OTHER DEADLINES
Oct. 23--Fulbright scholarships: Applications are due for the 1997-98 J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program, sponsored by the United States Information Agency, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and the Institute for International Education. The awards are intended for graduate study abroad in academic fields and for professional training in the creative and performing arts. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent by the beginning date of the grant. All applicants are required to have sufficient proficiency in the language of the host country to carry out their proposed study or research. Full grants provide round-trip international travel, maintenance for the duration of the grant, a research allowance, and tuition waivers. Contact: U.S. Student Programs Division, IIE, (212) 984-5330.
*Nov. 1--'Unsung Heroes’ awards: Applications are due for Education’s Unsung Heroes Awards, sponsored by Northern Life Insurance Co. The program recognizes educators for their innovation and positive influence in education. All full-time K-12 education professionals--including teachers, principals, classified staff, and paraprofessionals--are eligible. Eighty winners will choose either a $2,000 award to be used to further their project within their school or a $2,000 scholarship award for continuing their education. Three top prizes of $25,000, $10,000, and $5,000 will be awarded based on a program’s ability to be replicated. Contact: Northern Life’s Education’s Unsung Heroes Award Program, c/o CSFA, 1505 Riverview Road, P.O. Box 297, St. Peter, Minn. 56082; fax: (507) 931-9709; Web site: http://www.unsungheroes.com.
*Dec. 6--'American Heroes’ awards: Nominations are due for the 1997 American Heroes in Education Awards, sponsored by the Reader’s Digest Association Inc. The national program honors teachers and principals who are making a difference in their schools. Individual teachers and principals, or teams of up to six educators, will receive $5,000 with an additional $10,000 going to their schools to support ongoing activities that encourage educational excellence. Any teacher, principal, or administrator may nominate a fellow educator. Contact: Claudia L. Edwards, director, AHEA, RDA Inc., Reader’s Digest Road, Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570-7000.
Dec. 20--Career-education awards: Entries are due for the American Association for Career Education Citations for Career Education Initiatives--Programs, Practices, and Publications That Work, sponsored by the American Association for Career Education. The Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Career Education are offered each year for student, staff, and employee education and training, management, counseling, assessment, evaluation, and research, as well as curriculum design and delivery, career-resource centers, partnerships, coalitions, collaboratives, and various publications. Contact: Pat Nellor Wickwire, 2900 Amby Place, Hermosa Beach, Calif. 90254-2216; (310) 376-7378.
Jan. 31--Environmental awards: Entries are due for the 1997 “A Pledge and a Promise” Environmental Awards, sponsored by the Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks. The program is open nationwide and offers three awards for school groups in four categories--K-5, 6-8, 9-12, and college-level--for projects that improve the environment. Project entries will be judged on students’ accomplishments in four areas of environmental improvement. A total of 13 awards will be presented, including a first-place award of $12,500, a second-place award of $5,000, and a third-place award of $2,500. In addition, a grand prize of $20,000 will go to the school-group entry in any of the four categories that excels in overall creativity, innovation, and positive environmental impact. Contact: “A Pledge and a Promise” Environmental Awards, Sea World Education Department, 7007 Sea World Drive, Orlando, Fla. 32821; (407) 363-2389; Web site: http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld.
