HOPE for home educating families

Isaiah 40:31 '...HOPE in the Lord'


College Scholarships

I Timothy 6:11

"...pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness."

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http://www.freewebs.com

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New Information!

Daria made us aware at our April support group meeting that the

South County library in Boca has a small looseleaf binder in the kids

section available for college scholarship opportunities ~ go and check it out!

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FLORIDA

(this information came from the Florida-Homeschooling yahoo group email list, Lori is a friend of mine~Nancy)

08/25/06 - posted by: Lori Kirlin
Okay, here's the scoop! I just got off the phone with the program specialist
at Bright Futures. It is NOT necessary to be registered with the county in
11th and 12th grade.

Students homeschooling under an umbrella school are considered private school students and
ARE able to get the Bright Futures scholarship as long as the school is
registered with School Choice and the school completes the yearly School Choice
survey. The school administrator must submit your child's course list, complete
with approved DOE course codes, on a yearly basis.

The test scores needed for SAT are 970(for a lower award) and 1270 (for 100%
award). ACT scores are 20 & 28 respectively.

75 documented hours of community service are also required for the 100%
award.

Hope this helps to clear up all the misconceptions. The DOE site is very
difficult to understand with all the mumbo jumbo wording
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Lori Kirlin - (full service Grace Alone Academy)

http://www.gracealoneacademy.org
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College and Scholarships
Posted by: "Lynne Harris"  Date: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:06 am (PDT)

Websites link for scholarships. The
one most recommended is
http://www.fastwebs.com You register and it pinpoints
scholarships that may be appropriate to your interests. Also FAFSA is federal
loans, which are at 6% now. They can be paid back six months after graduation,
so the loans are deferred until the student has been working for a few months.
But they are loans, not scholarships or grants. If you are extremely low
income the Pell Grants are an option, but very few of us qualify for those. A
college student has to have parents information until they are 24 for financial
aid, and the parents are many times required to cosign for these loans. You
can apply for FAFSA online, and then work with the financial aid officer of the
college of choice.

I recently enrolled my daughter in dual enrollment at our local community
college. The classes are free, although I had to shell out $125 for books.
That is a good way to get college classes under the student's belt, and some
students, if they are dedicated enough can actually graduate high school and
college with an AA degree. The student can also take the ACT and needs an 18
on that for the 100% Bright Futures along with the 75 hours of volunteering.
With the 75%, the new incentive is that if the student goes to the community
college, they will get 100% paid.