Scholarships
Chugach School District Senior Scholarships – The Chugach School District Board of Education has created a fund to assist graduates with pursuing further education. Applications are due by April 30 of each year. Please speak with your Advisory Teacher for more information and application materials.
APS – The Alaska Performance Scholarship – The Alaska Performance Scholarship provides Alaskan high school students an opportunity to earn a scholarship that helps cover the cost of a qualified Alaska college, university, or vocational/technical program. Information can be found at:
http://acpe.alaska.gov/FINANCIAL_AID/Grants_Scholarships/Alaska_Performance_Scholarship
In order to qualify for the APS, students must receive a qualifying score on one of the following:
- WorkKeys – Discuss with your Advisory Teacher
- ACT: http://www.act.org/content/act/en.html
- SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register
- APS requires each district be sent official test scores directly from ACT/SAT. To ensure test scores are sent to FOCUS, you must enter our FOCUS code when registering for the ACT/SAT or PSAT tests. Juniors and Seniors who fall within income guidelines qualify for ACT/SAT waivers. Please contact your Advisory Teacher for more information.
FOCUS Homeschool code: 020346 (ACT/SAT will list this as Chugach Extension School/Valdez)
FAFSA (student loan) paperwork must be filed by June 30, annually, prior to APS funds being disbursed: https://fafsa.ed.gov/
UA Scholars Program – Each year, University of Alaska requests each school to nominate students performing in the top 10% of the 11th-grade class to receive the UA Scholars award. The UA Scholars award is a $12,000 scholarship disbursed in the amount of $1,500 per semester, for a total of eight semesters, over a five-year period.
http://www.alaska.edu/scholars/
Nominations are based on student GPAs. Please contact your Advisory Teacher to discuss your class standing.
Please review this checklist to help you prepare:
- Are you current in all your Content Area Levels?
- Have you completed all required assessments?
- Are you currently working on any Levels beyond graduation minimums?
- Have you submitted grades for classes taken in addition to those on the CSD Report Card?
GPAs are calculated through the following conversion:
Advanced – 90% and above = 4.0 (courses beyond Minimum Graduation Level = 5.0)
Proficient – 80 – 89% = 3.0 (Proficient courses beyond Minimum Graduation Level = 4.0)
GVEA Career and Technical Education Scholarship
Deadline: July 31
$2,500 – 1 award
To be eligible, students must 1.) be immediate family member of GVEA customer receiving power through GVEA at principal residence, 2.) plan to enroll in part-time or full-time program with a recognized license/certificate/degree, 3.) have at least a 2.0 GPA.
http://www.gvea.com/inside/scholarship
SP Scholarship
Deadline: April 9
$10,000 – 10 awards
The SP College Scholarship program was created to help students win scholarships without the hassle of filling out paper applications and writing dozens of essays.
https://studentscholarships.org/scholarship/13400/sp_scholarship_scholarship.php
HP (Harris Poll) Scholarship
Deadline: April 9
$1,000 – 1 award
To be eligible for the $1,000 Harris Poll Scholarship, you must be: A) A legal resident of the 50 United States and DC. B) 13 years or older at the time of entry. C) Have not won a prize in the preceding 90 days and, D) Not employees of iGain, its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, and its advertising and promotions agencies, and/or the immediate families and/or household members of each of the above. Only one entry per person.
Mahin and Saifulla Salemy High School Scientific Scholarship
Deadline: May 31
$1,000 – 2 Awards
This scholarship is offered by Shahram Salemy, MD FACS.
It is open to high school seniors in the United States who have been accepted to and will attend college (either 4-year or community) in the United States, and have an interest in the sciences.
