Saturday, April 20, 2013
The Northwest High School seniors were presented with their awards at a recent rotary event.
Six Northwest High School seniors have been awarded scholarships from the High Ridge Rotary Club. They were presented with the awards at a recent rotary event. Michelle Brinkman won a $750 scholarship. She will attend St. Louis University. She is seeking to become a pediatrician. The five other winners received $500 scholarships. They include:
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Our panel of experts are waiting in the comments to offer advice to help high school students and parents prepare for college.
Welcome to Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comment section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. This week we're talking all about preparing for college. Patch wants to help you find the answers to your questions, but we needed some help. We've compiled a team of experts to help us out. Meet the experts: If you have a college preparation related question, ask below in our comment section and one of our experts will answer! If you consider yourself a local expert and would like to be added to the list, let us know! jordan.lanham@patch.com
Monday, October 22, 2012
Patch is looking for experts who can share their advice to help high school students and parents prepare for college.
We want to find the answers to all your questions about preparing for college this week, but we need a little help. In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local experts who can answer readers' questions and offer advice about preparing for the ACTs, applying for loans or scholarships and any otherinformation college-bound students and parents may have. If you consider yourself an expert and can answer these questions and more, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, Oct. 25. Curious as to what we are looking for? Take a look at some of our previous Patch Pro posts: So what do you say, who wants to…
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Sixteen college-bound students from local schools receive a boost from the Fenton Area Chamber of Commerce
The Fenton Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded 263 high school graduates with more than $212,000 in scholarships money since 1987. This year there were 40 scholarship applications from Fenton area high school seniors. Sixteen of the students were presented with a Fenton Area Chamber scholarship at an awards luncheon on Wednesday "It was a very difficult task to choose who our recipients would be," said Sean King, who made the scholarship presentations. "We are here to recognize the 16 seniors who stood out in some way." King announced each student's achievements as they were called to accept their Chamber scholarship. The recipients are: Danielle Ader – Northwest High School Danielle is a National Honor Society Member and is involved in …
Monday, April 16, 2012
Proceeds to be used to establish scholarship funds.
Rockwood will honor four former students who died during military service at the second annual Peter Navarro BBQ. The event will be at Lafayette High School, 17050 Clayton Road, Wildwood. Since 2006, a scholarship has been awarded to a senior Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) student at Lafayette in honor of Army SPC Navarro, a 2003 graduate. Organized by Lafayette’s AFJROTC and the Chesterfield American Legion Post 556, proceeds from this event will help establish scholarship funds in the memory of three other Rockwood graduates: Army SPC Paul Varner, Lafayette High School ‘03 Marines CLP Riley Baker, Eureka High School ‘02 Army SSGT Edward Forrest Jr., Rockwood Summit High School ‘03 According …
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Fourteen high school seniors were honored at a scholarship luncheon
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Fenton Area Chamber of Commerce presented 14 local high school seniors with scholarships at its July Scholarship Luncheon at Andre’s West Banquet Center. Scholarship recipients included Nathaniel Aden, Michael Baer, Dustin Capehart, Kellie Chapman, Maria Delgado, Caitlin Giustiniano, Rachel Greer, Kevin Heyn, Kelly Hill, Michael Maragni, Savannah Mulenex, Jordan Thomas, Bree-Ann Topp and Taylor Wakeland. Kevin Heyn was awarded the Ginny Goede Scholarship for his leadership and commitment to serving the community. Members of the Fenton Chamber, along with the high school seniors and their families, were in attendance to honor the outstanding academic achievement of the 14 scholars. This event was sponsored by Sean C. King – Edward Jones…
Jeff Buckman
2:47 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Depending on the type of degree you want to pursue, most local four-year colleges have online classes or a School of Professional Studies (for those non-traditional students). I second Ms. Abellard's statement about community college. It's a great way to get the basic courses completed at a great price. Financial aid (loans) are available, but you would need to file the FAFSA to see which one(s) … more ›