New scholarships available

There are two new opportunities for North Dakota students to earn scholarship money to attend any of the post-secondary institutions in North Dakota, said Jane Aune and Gayle Nelson, school counselors at Jamestown High School.

The scholarships are the North Dakota Academic Scholarship and the North Dakota Career and Technical Scholarship.

Students can receive $750 per semester for up to four years of post-secondary educational costs. This could amount to as much as $6,000. Once they are in college, they must maintain a 2.75 college GPA.

The North Dakota Career and Technical Scholarship requires the student to earn a 24 on the ACT or take the WorkKeys assessment program from ACT and earn at least a five on each of the three tests. The WorkKeys assessment consists of Reading for Information, Applied Mathematics, and Locating Information.

The Class of 2010 will have until Feb. 6, 2010, to take the ACT or to take the WorkKeys test.

With the Academic Scholarship, students must meet the following requirements: one credit of Algebra II; one credit for a math that Algebra II as a pre-requisite; two credits of the same foreign language or Native American language; one credit of fine arts or career and technical education; one additional credit of a foreign language, fine arts or career and technical education; obtain a grade of a “C” in each credit or half-credit required for the diploma; have a cumulative GPA of at least a “B”; a 24 on the ACT; and one credit of an advanced placement course with the examination or a dual-credit course.

To receive the Career and Technical scholarship, students must meet these requirements: one credit of Algebra II; two credits of an approved plan of study of career and technical education coursework; three additional credits, two of which must be in the area of career and technical education; obtain a “C” in each credit or half-credit required for the diploma; obtain a cumulative grade point of a “3.0”; receives either a 24 on the ACT or earns at least a five on each of the three WorkKeys Assessments.

In addition to these requirements, the class of 2011 will be taking the ACT or the WorkKeys in April 2010.

This test will be paid for by the local school district. The counselors encourage anyone who has questions to contact them at the high school.

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