Student Services

• core academic skills and the ability to apply those skills to concrete situations in order to function in the workplace and in routine daily activities
• em­ployability skills (such as critical thinking and responsibility) that are essential in any career area
• job-specific, technical skills related to a specific career pathway

• Architecture & Construction
• Arts/AV
• Business Management & Administration
• Information Technology
• Human Services
• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Scholarships/Scholarship Sites 

• www.sdmylife.com
• Chegg Scholaships – https://www.chegg.com/scholarships
• Select Dakota – Scholarship Opportunities – https://sdbor.edu/teachers-counselors/Documents/Scholarship-opportunities.pdf

SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOLARSHIPS: 

• http://www.studentscholarships.org
• Builddakotascholarships.com

AMERICAN LEGION:

http://www.legion.org/needalift

AVIATION SCHOLARSHIPS:   

• http://www.sdpilots.org

COLLEGE STEPS PROGRAM: 

A program developed by Wells Fargo to help you plan for college.  Enroll at any time and receive electronic postcards with helpful college-planning information.  In random drawings seniors can receive a $1,000 college tuition prize.

• http://www.wellsfargo.com/collegesteps

DISCOVER PRIVATE COLLEGES:

• http://www.discovercolleges.com/                    

FAFSA (FEDERAL STU AID)

• www.fafsa.gov

FASTWEB – http://www.fastweb.com

These websites add more scholarships to weekly:

www.smartscholar.com  

www.studentscholarships.org

HARVARD UNIVERSITY :

Harvard announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition.  If your family earning is less than $60,000 a year and you are an honor student, you can go to Harvard for free-no tuition and no student loans.

• http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu                     

MITCHELL TECH:

• https://www.mitchelltech.edu/admissions/financial-aid-options/scholarships

YANKTON COLLEGE:

$1,000 scholarships to students that have a Yankton College connection.

• www.yanktoncollege.org

Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation: https://www.sfacf.org/scholarship-and-award-funds/

• 50 different scholarship;  Awards range from $250 to $5,000

Raise.Me:

• Go to their Website,
• create a profile and fill it in to earn money toward college!!
• Great to start in 9th grade!!!!!!

Hyvee:

$1000  scholarships to qualified students. Program guidelines and application forms are available at www.hy-vee.com Deadline: Applications must be postmarked on or before February 8, 2019

Questions contact: Hy-VeeUniversity@hy-vee.com

South Dakota State DAR Scholarship for Military Descendants:

The South Dakota State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution offers a $500 scholarship to direct descendants of United States Military Veterans. Applications are in the counseling office.   Deadline: February 15, 2018.

ELKS SCHOLARSHIPS:

There are four opportunities available for students.

1. ANY high school senior who is a U.S. citizen may apply for the Most Valuable Student Scholarships. Applications must be submitted online at enf.elks.org/mvs by November 15, 2018.
2. For the children or grandchildren of dues-paying Elks, they can apply for the The Elks National Foundation Legacy Awards. The application must be submitted online by at elks.org/scholars/scholarships/Legacy.cfm by February 1, 2019.
3. The South Dakota Elks Association Vocational Grant is for students who will be enrolled in a Post Secondary Vocational/Technical School program. The paper applications must be submitted to the Yankton Elks Lodge, 504 W 27th Street, by November 15, 2018. They must be received by the Lodge prior to the deadline, not postmarked.
4. Emergency Educational Grants are also available to children of deceased or totally disabled Elks members. For more details on the Educational Grant program, please visit, elks.org/scholars/scholarships/Eefgrants.cfm

If you have questions, contact the local scholarship chairman, Steven Pietila, at 605-760-4916.

Applications are in the counseling office.

SDACDE Karst Scholarship:

The SDACDE is offering three $500 scholarships. The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage those students concerned with conserving their natural resources by furthering their education in an agricultural/conservation related field. The scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors who will be attending a 4-year college or a vocational school.

Applications can be picked up in the counseling office or online at www.brookingsconservation.org  Deadline: March 31, 2019

BURGER KING SCHOLARSHIP:

South Dakota Engineering Society:

$2000 Engineering Scholarships for 2019 High School Graduates who will be attending South Dakota Engineering Schools in the Fall of 2019. Students who plan to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology or South Dakota State University may apply for the scholarship.Applications can be picked up in the Counseling Office.  Deadline: January 16, 2019

Davis-Bahcall Scholar Program:

WSC ART & DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP:

B. Davis Scholarship:

Resource Conservation Speech Contest: 

Resource Conservation Speech Contest for students 9-12.  Scholarship value for first place $1100.  Applications can be picked up in the counseling office. Deadline: March 30, 2019.

Local Junior Achievement of South Dakota $500 Leo Crawford Scholarship

Application Deadline: March 1^st

o    Please note this application has been updated and the deadline has been moved to March 1^st.   If you have printed applications from year’s past – please disregard and print new applications for your file.

·       Available for South Dakota seniors who have had Junior Achievement at some point in their K-12 education (including the high school JA Ethics program).

·         Application Posted: https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-southdakota/scholarship

 National Scholarship – KPMG Future Leaders Program

·         This is an application we were made aware of through JA USA

·         Application Deadline:  January 31^st

If interested: https://womensleadership.kpmg.us/charitable.html

·         Applicant criteria includes:

o    High school female seniors planning to enroll in a 4-year undergraduate program for the upcoming fall semester

o    Proven track record of academic excellence and leadership potential

o    Minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA

o    Interest in a business or STEM academic track

o    Demonstrates a significant financial need

Direct any questions to (336-7318 or 800-871-7007).

Basin Electric scholarship- Members of Clay Union Electric: 

Each year the Basin Electric Power Cooperative Scholarship Program awards more than 180 scholarships in the amount of $1000 each. Five 25 scholarships are for children of BEPC or subsidiary employees will be designated for qualified applicants who plan to attend a certified Vocational or Technical school, and five of 25 will be designated for qualified applicants who plan to achieve an engineering degree. Twenty will go to children of member cooperative employees and 141 to member-cooperative consumers.

Clay-Union Electric will award one $1000 scholarship to a child of a member. The scholarship must be used for educational costs and the student must enter college in the fall of the school year and will be distributed in August for the full amount. Applications are available on our website at www.clayunionelectric.coop, in our office or call to request one.

Completed applications must be received by February 15th, 2019 and can be emailed to jwilliams@clayunionelectric.coop, mailed to PO Box 317 Vermillion, SD 57069 or dropped off at the office at 1410 E. Cherry St. Vermillion.

OUTDATED SCHOLARSHIPS:

Tests

College Admission Tests

Most colleges and universities require either the ACT or the SAT for college admission.  Check the website of the school(s) you are considering to determine which test to register for.  Both tests now utilize an online registration process.  Register for the ACT at http://www.actstudent.org. Register for the SAT at https://student.collegeboard.org/.  The ACT writing test and SAT sub tests require additional fees, and may be required by certain post secondary institutions.

Test preparation resources:

• Method Test Prep (link within student’s SD MyLife portfolio)
• SAT Test Prep: https://www.chegg.com/test-prep/free-resources/sat
• ACT Test Prep: https://www.chegg.com/test-prep/free-resources/act
• Test Prep Review
• Number2.com
• top 50 strategies for SAT test day
• Learning Express Library https://www.learningexpresshub.com/

ACT:

Registration information is available in the guidance office — must register online at www.actstudent.org.  The ACT test is given at VHS.

Test Fees: ACT  $50.50  ACT WITH WRITING  $67.00            

Vermillion’s High School code is:  421-315

Vermillion’s Test Center code is:  197-480.

SAT:

SAT TEST Schedule – Registration information is available in the Counseling office – must register online at http://www.collegeboard.com/.

Vermillion’s High School code is:  421-315

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) is the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test:

Sign up in the Counseling Office; cost is $15.00 (cost subject to change)

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): 

The ASVAB is the most widely used multiple aptitude test battery in the world, developed and maintained by the Department of Defense. Students are provided with scores on eight individual academic tests and three Career Exploration Score composites: Verbal Skills, Math Skills, and Science and Technical Skills. The battery takes approximately three hours to complete and test results are returned to schools in about two weeks. For more information on the ASVAB test, go to the Today’s Military website.