Guidance: Scholarships

Local Scholarships

by Jim Hansen

September 18, 2008

West Sioux Community High School

Jim Hansen, Counselor

1300 Falcon Drive, Hawarden, IA 51023-2099

Phone 712-551-1181 Fax. 712-551-1514

The West Sioux Guidance Department has a full array of school catalogs, scholarship listings, and an excellent computer program "Choices Planner" and "Choices Explorer", a program that has all of the pertinent information you might want to know on every college in the U.S.; and a scholarship search offering over 5000 national scholarships. To receive "Choices Planner" at your home computer, type in www.ihaveaplaniowa.gov. All scholarships received throughout the year are mentioned during daily school announcements and the applications are available from the Guidance Office.

The following local scholarships are available to graduating seniors who are continuing their education beyond high school. Applications forms are available on the West Sioux web page (www.westsiouxschools.org) All applications have a deadline of April 1, 2009.

I encourage all students to take advantage of these financial opportunities. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Alcester State Bank

American Legion Post 276-Ireton (3 available)

American Legion Post 254-Hawarden

Dallas Heckt

Ellen Johnson Memorial Scholarship

Epsilon Eta Sorority of Beta Sigma Phi

Floyd M. Kemper Memorial Scholarship

Fraternal Order of Eagles (2 available)

HCI Scholarship (2 available)

Hawarden Area Arts Council Scholarship

Hawarden Jaycees Scholarship