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The POARCH CREEK BAND OF INDIANS http://www.bie.edu/ParentsStuidents/Gr online classes will cover computer EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ants/ science, calculus, geometry, algebra, Scholarship Opportunities for American English, physics, biology, chemistry, Tribal Tuition Payment Program Indian Students Spanish, French, history, statistics, The purpose of the Poarch Creek and psychology. These are free online Education Tuition Fund is to provide INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY MEDIA classes for high school students. The all Tribal members with an http://indiancountrytodaymedianet courses are being offered to help opportunity to increase the chances work.com/scholarships students prepare for college studies. of employment and/or increase their A few high schools are participating in salary. FAFSA a pilot program to provide the Free Application Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Financial aid such as the 1 Each Tribal member is allotted If the student has completed his/her applications are available online at $100,000 to assist with the costs of degree and still has funds remaining in www.poarchcreekindians.org, click on tuition, books, mandatory fees, and their allotment, they may continue their the Tuition Assistance link. dormitory fees associated with work toward a higher degree, or use the Applications are available up request. obtaining your degree. remaining funds to repay their college You can contact Ms. Shelia Stallworth loans. at (251) 368-9136, ext. 2241, or via Alternative educational options are email at sfisher@poarchcreekindians- available students aged 10-18 for Contact Ms. Shelia Fisher at (251) 368- nsn.gov or by fax (251) 368-0809. private schools. degree. 9136, ext. 2241, email sfisher@pci- nsn.gov or by fax (251) 368-0809. College Loan Repayment Program Special Needs Funding is provided for The funding that was set aside for students with special needs up to College Tuition Payment can be used $1,200.00 a year. The funds can be Middle and High School Alternative to repay college loans up to $30,000. used up to the age of 21. Programs The applicant must have completed Funds remaining in the completion of their degree program in order to Funds are provided for students who the senior year of high school can be apply for the Loan Repayment attend Public High Schools for the utilized for post-secondary education program. Tribal students can request Gifted. at any college or vocational school, so that the unused portion of their long as the institution is state Tuition Payments funds be applied to Tribal members may choose to use accredited. Although funds are set their College Loans. The application the $100,000 allotted funds for their aside for educational enrichment of for the Loan Repayment program is Post-Secondary education or repay the eligible Tribal member, in no way available for downloading at college loans. The application is are such funds the property of the www.poarchcreekindians.org. available at Tribal member. Not permitted under www.poarrchcreekindians.org, click this program are fees associated with Poarch Creek Fred L. McGhee First on the Scholarship link on the main public school or the home schooling Generation Descent Scholarship web page and it will take you to the of children of any age. The application is available to any Poarch Creek Education Department’s Poarch Creek First Generation person page where the applications links are No more than $3,000.00 per year is that is pursuing a college degree or located. allotted for the alternative education vocational training. The application program (private schools). The funds period for the scholarship has no If you need to provide documentation are distributed to the school at the deadline. The applications must be of Tribal membership, contact Tribal rate of $250.00 per month. Again, the complete. The application can be Benefits at (251) 368-9136, ext. 2281 governing educational body of the found at or ext. 2209 state in which the particular school is http://www.poarchcreekindians.org/ located must accredit the school. The westminster/education.html#scholars 2 hips. Contact person for this Colorado http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/fina application is Mrs. Meagan Weaver, Fort Lewis College at Durango - id/Cultural_Diversity_Tuition_Waiver First Generation Scholarship Student must be 1/4 Native American _FY10.html Coordinator at 251-368-9136, ext. OR enrolled in a federally recognized 2242 or [email protected]. tribe OR a direct decedent of a tribal Williston State College member who lived on a reservation Student must be a member of an College Tuition Waivers for Native prior to June 1, 1934. underrepresented group OR American Students www.fortlewis.edu/current_students/ economically disadvantaged OR Twenty-four states have enacted laws financial_aid/nat_amer.asp transferring from a ND Tribal College. providing for scholarships, tuition Native American students must be waivers, or grant programs for Native Minnesota tribally enrolled. Americans. U of MN, Morris -Student must be www.wsc.nodak.edu/index.asp enrolled in a federally recognized Most of the states require that tribe OR a parent OR grandparent Free Tutorial Programs students be residents of the state must be enrolled. prior to enrolling in a state www.morris.umn.edu/financialaid/aip KhanAcademy.org and YouTube.com are college/university and/or be a .html programs that offer free help with member of a tribe from that state (i.e. assignments and classwork. You will find Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, North Dakota Dickinson State tutors for all fields of study available. If Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, University Khan Academy does not currently have Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, -Student must be a member of an the tutorial you need, you will probably Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, underrepresented group OR find it on You Tube. Several different New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, economically disadvantaged OR instructor choices for you topic are usually available, which gives you a Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, transferring from a ND Tribal College. chance to find someone who explains the and Wisconsin). Students should Native American students must be topic in a way that you best understand . check with the colleges they are tribally enrolled. http://khanacademy.org interested to see if Native American www.dsu.nodak.edu/pdf/applications scholarships or tuition waivers are /cultural%20diversity.pdf GCFlearnfree offered. http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ University of ND, Grand Forks The following colleges offer tuition Student must be a member of an Free tutorial programs provided by waiver programs to Native American underrepresented group OR the Goodwill Industries. You can learn students from any state: economically disadvantaged OR how to use Microsoft Office transferring from a ND Tribal College. programs, learn how to use your iPod Native American students must be and I pad. tribally enrolled. 3 AAA Scholarship Foundation and enrolled in an accredited Must be a current high school, college The scholarship is for eligible students United States university. bound senior, who has submitted from eligible Alabama house applications to and is planning on households to attend private school for Additional requirements 6and attending an accredited college or grades k-12. The scholarship is application information is found at university. awarded on a “First Complete, First http://www.aahd.us/initiatives/schola • Must be a U.S. Citizen. Award” basis. The application and rship-program/ • Must have an overall grade details are found at point average (GPA) of 2.5 or http://www.aaascholarships.org/ THE LAW OFFICES OF JSN ANNUAL higher on a 4-point scale (or equivalent). American Association on Health and DYSLEXIA SCHOLARSHIP • Must have a documented Disability (AAHD) Scholarship Two awards are given annually, each learning disability, a diagnosis Program 2016-2017 for $1000, for utition assistance at an of ADHD or ADD alone does The AAHD Scholarship Program educational institution. The applicant not qualify. supports students with disabilities must be diagnosed with Dyslexia and • Must provide a letter of pursuing higher education. Applicants be able to provide proof.