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Off Season Scholarships Reward Students
Many students are finding success
in securing scholarships for collage
during the “off-season” of scholar­
ships applications. A recent survey
of college applicants found that the
rush for scholarships applications
comes at the start of the school se­
mesters in September and again in
January. Yet many scholarships have
rotating or multiple award dates,
awarding scholarships to applicants
2, 3 or more times per year.
Timing can help in receiving these
scholarships. Since many of these
scholarships are awarded on a first
come first served basis, students are
finding that their success increases
when there is less competition. Since
many students wait until the fall and
winter months at the start o f each
semester to apply, there is more com­
petition at those times. Students are
finding that they can have a distinct
advantage of receiving these schol­
arships ifthey apply in the spring and
summer months when there is less
competition
According the National Com ­
mission on Student Financial Aid
there are billions o f dollars o f
scholarships available to students
each year yet many students are
just not aware o f them C urrent­
ly, there are over 375,000 schol­
arship and grant sources avail­
able which do not have to be paid
back More than 80% o f these
scholarships do not depend on
family need or exceptional grades
but are awarded based on factors
such as the student’s interests,
hobbies, academ ic focus, age,
heritage or p arent’s work or m il­
itary service.
Now, through the resources of the
National Academic Funding Admin­
istration (NAFA), an updated publi­
cation for 1996 is available which
provides important information that
will help all students seeking finan­
cial assistance.
For information send business size,
double stamped selfaddressed enve­
lope to NAFA, 8 15 Middle St. Dpt S,
Portsmouth, NH 03801. There is a
$2 handling fee.
Tracy Adair took first
place at the American
Dance Sensation
competition. A
seventh grader at
Catlin Gable School,
Tracy has studied
ballet and jazz since
she was three.
Kenton Elementary Cited By Education Department
U.S. Secretary of Education Ri­
chard W. Riley recognized Kenton
Elementary School in North Port­
land this week for showing “marked
success in im proving student
achievement” through extra help
from Title I, a national program de­
signed to help children build aca­
demic skills.
Kenton in one of 56 elementary
and secondary schools in low-income
areas across the country honored in
the Title I 1995-96 National Recog­
nition Program Pine Grove Elemen­
tary School in Hood River is the only
other Oregon school recognized for
“beating the odds.”
“ Kenton
principal
Linda
Wakefield and her staff work togeth­
er to assess and identify student needs
and to coordinate schoolwide efforts
to raise achievement scores,” says
Jefferson Region director Edith Wil­
son. Innovative, hands-on programs
target reading and math skills, and
“Kenton students’ math scores are
now above the state average,” ac­
cording to Wilson.
Riley said that Kenton and other
identified Title 1 schools are unusu­
ally effective in rasing achievement
in student bodies where the level of
poverty is high. “All the critical ele­
ments for effective school are here-
and the results are clear," he said.
“Higher test scores, improved atten­
dance, more staff expertise, reinvig­
orated leadership and enthusiastic
community support are the products
Outdoor School Celebrates Milestone
It began at one leased church
cam p 30 years ago.
Now, 180,000 sixth graders
later, M ultnom ah E ducation
S e rv ic e D i s t r i c t ’s O u td o o r
School is a nationally-recog­
nized environm ental and natu­
ral science education program.
Each year over 7,000 students
from ten public school districts
and sev eral p riv ate sch o o ls
spend a week living and learn­
ing science in “a school in the
o u t-o f-d o o rs.”
A d d itio n a lly , 1,500 high
school students annually vol­
unteer as student counselors,
gaining valuable work experi­
Counselor
Education
Program
ence and skills.
To mark the 30th anniversary
o f O utdoor School, a celebration
will take place on May 15, at
1:30 p.m. at Camp C ollins in
Gresham.
The event will feature remarks
by S e c r e ta ry o f S ta te P hil
Keisling and Superintendent of
Public Instruction Norma Paulus.
O riginal staff from the 1960s
will share m em ories aiong with
others w ho’ve attended the pro­
gram since the early years.
“Yosemite Sam” (Tony Profitt)
will lead the crowd in singing the
traditional Outdoor school song, “The
Magic Penny.”
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PEPPERS
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Students, student counselors and
staff from each of the five Outdoor
School sites will prepare displays
and exhibits. Refreshments will be
served at 3:00 p.m.
As the late Governor of Oregon
Tom McCall said when he present­
ed a plaque to the 100,000 student
in 1983, “This school is vital to our
state’s future because here the stu­
dent can see that just one person’s
effect on the environmental is rep­
resentative of society’s impact on
the environment..This program has
swept me off my feet- the concept,
the success, and what it means down
the line in terms of a viable, healthy
and wonderful, green Oregon.”
CANTALOUPE
of these high-performance school.”
Kenton, located at 7528 N.
Fenwick, was submitted for consid­
eration in the recognition program
by the Oregon Department of Edu­
cation.
Improvement in student achieve­
ment, professional development of
teachers’ skills and knowledge, and
partnerships among the school, par­
ents and community were among
criteria used to determine program
quality.
Minority
Entrants Soar In
PhD Programs
The number o f A frican, His­
panic and Native A m ericans en­
tering Ph D. program s in the na­
tio n ’s b u s in e s s s c h o o ls has
surged 42% in the current aca­
demic year, an extensive survey
of universities has found.
The extraordinary one-year in­
crease shatters the myth that quali­
fied minorities do not want careers
as business school professors, noted
The PhD project, which conducted
the survey. The prime reason for
gaining a Ph D. in business is to
become a professor.
Currently, 96% of the nation’s
business school faculty members are
white -- a number that has barely
changed in decades.
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The School of Education at Ore­
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Students must first receive under­
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Accreditation is based on meeting
“high standards in areas including
quality of faculty and graduates, and
program excellence,” according to
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