JA Fellows Day of Service 01/06/14

 

The Discover Program at Grady

Have you ever thought about a career in healthcare but not sure where to begin?

• The Discover Program is a way for you to explore different career paths in the medical field.
• The program is for high school aged individuals who may have an interest in medicine but are not sure if it is the right career for them.
• The program is best suited for those students who may need guidance and mentorship to turn an early interest into a real life plan.

For more information, click here.

Joe Francomano Scholarship

Description: Deadline:

The Achievement Foundation, Inc., an independent not-for-profit organization, provides an annual award of $5,000 in memory of Joseph Francomano, a past president of Junior Achievment. The award, which may be renewed for a total of four years, can be used at any accredited four-year college or university for any program leading to a baccalaureate degree. February 1 for scholarship starting September of the same year.

Click here for more information. 

Ron Brown Scholar Program

The Ron Brown Scholar Program seeks to identify African-American high school seniors who will make significant contributions to society. Applicants must excel academically, exhibit exceptional leadership potential, participate in community service activities and demonstrate financial need. The applicant must be a US citizen or hold a permanent resident visa card. Current college students are not eligible to apply.

Click here for more information.

Bank of America Student Leaders

To become a Student Leader, you must:

• Currently be a junior or senior in high school
• Be able to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit/charitable organization and work 35 hours a week
• Be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship through the end of September 2014
• Be able to participate in a week-long Student Leadership Summit in Washington, DC (July 13- July 18, 2014) (All expenses paid as part of the Student Leaders Program. This week will be part of your 8-week experience.)
• Be a student in good standing at your school
• Obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator.

DEADLINE: January 25, 2014

For more information click here.

Summer Youth Employment

You must bring in all of the required documentation and complete an application in person at AWDA:  DEADLINE is January 31, 2013.

• 2012-2013 High School Transcript (Must show current grade level)
• Georgia STATE ID or Driver’s License (School ID Will Not Be Accepted)
• Social Security Card
• Birth Certificate
• Proof of Residence (Current Lease, or Utility bill-gas, light, water or home phone bill)
• Register Online for Selective Service (Males 18 yrs or older) Prior to arrival

For more information, please visit http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=778 .

SPROUT.UP Entrepreneurship Conference for Youth

To register click here. (First 100 tickets half off with registration code: sprout100)

Yes Camp 2014! Presented by Morehouse College

AT&T Scholarship

The AT&T Foundation has announced the continuation of their scholarship program with UNCF to provide scholarships for African-American students, who are dependents of current regular full-time employees of AT&T, Inc. and its U.S. Subsidiaries.
 Applicants must be a high school senior (planning to enroll in) or an undergraduate student attending any accredited two or four-year college or university. The candidates must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. The applicants must be 26 years old or younger as of February 15, 2013. Children and dependents of senior managers and officers are not eligible.
The awards of $2,500 will be granted to recipients attending a four-year college or university while the recipients of a two-year college will receive $1,500. The scholarships will be awarded for the 2013-14 Academic year.
Lastly, the candidates must have a parent that is a current full-time employee of AT&T, Inc. and its U.S. Subsidiaries to be eligible for this program.
 
For more information, please click here.

WyzAnt Scholarship

WyzAnt Tutoring's third annual college scholarship contest is now open! Multiple prizes are up for grabs including a first place scholarship worth $10,000! The WyzAnt College Scholarship is available to students who plan to be enrolled in a four - year college or university sometime between August 1, 2013 and November 1, 2015.
To be considered, you must submit a 300 - word essay about how you will use your education to make an impact on others. Finalist selection will be based on votes from your email and social media contacts.

Please click here for more information.

Spotlight Performance Job Opportunity For Alumni!!

The successful candidate must:

• Be able to work independently—with home access to a high-speed internet connection

• Have very strong interpersonal, presentation, and general communication skills

• Be computer literate, and be comfortable explaining, selling, and helping set-up and

deliver our application-based programs

• Have tons of energy, creativity, and be enthusiastic about helping students and others

develop professional communication skills.

• Have a bachelors degree, and 1-2 years related work experience

For more Information, please contact Mark Larsen at mlarsen@spotlightperformance.com

2014 Student of Integrity Scholarship

 

 

 

2014 Student of Integrity Scholarship: Topic & Instructions1. Students must write an essay, not to exceed 500 words, based on the following topic:  The importance of the Better Business Bureau in today’s marketplace.  Students may write the essay in any form they wish. Judging will be based on how well students captured the essence of the topic and their creativity in responding.

Students must also submit the following:2. A copy of the student’s transcript.
3. A one page letter that explains the student’s leadership skills and community activities or service.

 

To obtain more information and apply, please visit: http://atlanta.bbb.org/2014-student-of-integrity-scholarship/


Young Entrepreneur Awards

NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards are open to any graduating high school senior entering their freshman year at an accredited (not for profit) two- or four-year university, college or vocational/technical institute. Applicants MUST be running their own small business in order to be considered for an award.

For more information please visit : http://www.nfib.com/yef/yef-programs/young-entrepreneur-awards

Real Money, Real Life.

Student Launch Pad

Student Launch Pad is a one-on-one coaching program for students to discover and apply their purpose, passions, and strengths. Through our 7-week program, students identify what major, career, and/or college are best for them. They determine an action plan for their future on how to reach their goals, as well as learn interviewing and resume writing techniques. Visit www.StudentLaunchPad.com for more information or call 404-662-2205 to speak to Stephanie Shackelford, Director of Student Coaching.

SunTrust Scholarship Sweepstakes

High school seniors planning to attend college in the fall of 2014, or

Current college students continuing undergraduate studies in the fall of 2014

Sweepstakes details are:   

• Registration begins Sept. 16th and the first drawing is held on Oct. 25th
• Free to enter — eligibility is not based on GPA or financial need
• Entrant's permanent residence must be in one of the following states: AL, AR, GA, FL, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV or the District of Columbia (DC)
• One entry per drawing, but students can register during each drawing period
• Eligible colleges include 2 and 4 year public and private institutions
• Checks made payable to winner's college of attendance

Bank of America Student Leaders Application: Now Open!

For more information please visit: http://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/global-impact/student-leaders.html?cm_mmc=ebz-corprep-_-vanity-_-ee01lt0025_vanity_student_leaders-_-enterprise#fbid=3znhYtmp-7Z

Join the Tweet Up for JA Build Your Future

 

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. EST, guidance counselor Brooke Meadows from Chicago’s Amundsen High School will answer questions during a Twitter chat about college and career readiness and the new JA Build Your Future™ app, underwritten by PwC. Submit your questions to us via Twitter @JA_USA using the hashtag #JACareers, and then check out the answers during the chat or afterward by searching on the #JACareers hashtag.

Atlanta's TrepStart Day

Independent Youth Inc. is proud to announce its inaugural Atlanta TrepStart Day on Monday November 11, 2013 from 9:00am to 2:30pm. Presenting sponsor, Georgia State University’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) chapter will host the event on the campus of Georgia State University.  Registration for this upcoming event is now open.

Event details and registration information is available at: https://trepstartdayatlanta.eventbrite.com/?nomo=1If you are interested in applying for a scholarship to attend this event please email Ms. Renee Sandler at: renee@blamtastic.com.

The event will focus on giving high school students various perspectives on entrepreneurship while teaching key entrepreneurial concepts in a hands-on setting. During the day students will hear from keynote speaker, Michael Coles (co-founder of Great American Cookie Company) as he shares his entrepreneurial journey and road to success. In addition, students will attend break-out sessions that focuses on various facets of entrepreneurship, a networking lunch and a panel discussion. Each break-out session is presented by a nationally-recognized teen entrepreneur (members of IY’s Teen Entrepreneur Network).

Teen Entrepreneurship Symposium participants; develop and strengthen their entrepreneurial mindset, increase social and networking skills, and gain an in-depth understanding of entrepreneurship. In cooperation with several local businesses, TrepStart Day has become a unique, educational and engaging conference that inspires teens to discover their passion and become an entrepreneurial-minded individual.

The cost to attend this event is $20 per attendee.

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award

An applicant for the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards need to be a graduating high school senior who is entering his or her freshman year at an accredited two-or four-year university, college, or vocational institute in the fall of 2014 and who owns/operates an established business. Many applicants participate in organizations such as DECA, Junior Achievement, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Future Farmers of America (FFA), National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), among others, but this is not a requirement. The Award recipients are selected by an independent scholarship organization. Scholarships are merit-based, not based on financial need.

For more information please visit :

http://www.nfib.com/Portals/0/PDF/AllUsers/YEF/Letter_guidance_counselor2013-2014.pdf

Cool New JA App!

 

 

JA Build Your Future^™

JA Build Your Future is a new app that helps teens, their parents and teachers break down the cost of achieving young people’s career goals into real, easy to understand numbers. Created jointly by Junior Achievement USA and PwC, JA Build Your Future helps teens explore potential future income from a desired career and evaluate the cost of post-secondary education to help them make informed decisions.

In JA Build Your Future, teens can assess more than 100 careers, see what levels of education are required, then calculate the cost of education. Teens can then adjust the level of money they and their parents may contribute, combined with student loans they may need to secure. At the end of the exercise, teens are given a Return on Investment (ROI) score between 1 and 5. The score helps teens and their parents create a roadmap for success that will take them from choosing a career to calculating the cost of achieving it.

JA Build Your Future works on Apple and Android phones and tablets. Get the app now at Google Play. Or, download JA Build Your Future for Apple iPhone or iPad now!

Turner Chapel College Fair

Easy Essay Workshop

Making The Trade

United Realty Students Scholarship

Open to high school and college students between the ages of 16 and 22 within the continental U.S. who are legal residents or U.S. citizens

• Scholarship payable to the winner upon proof of attendance at a college, university or certified trade school in the United States
• Employees of United Realty Partners, LLC and each of their affiliates, and their respective employees, and their relatives may not apply
• Home-schooled students may apply as long as the course of study is equivalent to that of a senior in high school.

For more details please visit: http://www.urpa.com/scholarship.html

Georgia Southern Leadership Scholarship

 

To qualify for a leadership scholarship, a student must earn a minimum 3.0 GPA, a minimum 1100 SAT (math + critical reading only) or 24 ACT, have outstanding leadership in high school, and leadership and involvement in the community through volunteer activities. Students selected as finalists will be invited to campus for a personal interview during the Leadership Conference in March. Additional information regarding this event will be sent to selected students. The application deadline to be considered is February 1, 2014. Students must be admitted to Georgia Southern University prior to this deadline for consideration.

For more details please visit : http://admissions.georgiasouthern.edu/programs/scholarships/

Kohl's Cares Scholarship

                                  

Students must be between the ages of 6 and 18 (as of March 15, 2013) and not yet a high school graduate.

The student's volunteer actions should be described in detail on the nomination form.

Volunteer efforts must have occurred in the last year.

Winners will be chosen based on the benefits and outcomes of their volunteer service.

Nominators must be 21 or older.

For More Details please visit: http://www.kohlscorporation.com/CommunityRelations/scholarship/media/images/kid-devon.png

Abbott & Fenner Sholarship

The A&F Scholarships are available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post secondary institution.

Deadline: June 14, 2014

AWARD VALUE: $1,000 

For More Details please visit: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm

Wealthy Habits

 

Why is financial literacy for our children important?

Imagine how life would be different if we had learned at an early age how to manage money wisely and invest it for the future.

Our next generation of adults (18- to 34-year-olds) are more likely to be less financially capable than our previous generations, with 23% spending more than their household income, 68% not having three months of expenses saved in case of an emergency, 34% engaging in expensive, non-bank borrowing, and averaging only 2.6 correct out of 5 questions covering concepts of economics and finance expressed in everyday life.   Nearly 44% of Americans don’t have enough savings or other liquid assets to stay out of poverty for more than three months if they lose their income. Almost a third have no savings accounts at all.

Wealthy Habits offers a free 3-day program that will touch on those important basics 101 concepts but will also cover the importance of preparing for their fast approaching adult responsibilities and the problems associated with bad debt and irresponsible money management.

UPCOMING CLASSES
Basics 101
October 12 & 13 (Ages 10-14)
November 29 & 30 (Ages 13-18)
December 31 & 31 (Ages 10-14)
Jan 2 & 3, 2014 (Ages 13-18)
REAL Money, REAL Life
November 24 - 26 (Ages 17-23) 10am-6pm

Visit http://wealthyhabit.org/ or call 678.218.1299 to learn more about how to get involved!

GADOE Student Advisory Council Accepting Applications

The Georgia Department of Education encourages APS students in grades 9-12 to apply for State School Superintendent John Barge’s 2013-2014 Student Advisory Council.

State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge is accepting applications through September 13, 2013.

The members of the Student Advisory Council meet three times during the school year with the State School Superintendent to discuss how decisions made at the state level affect students throughout Georgia.  Members are advisors and act as liaisons between the Department of Education (GaDOE) and the students of Georgia. Superintendent Barge will conduct the meetings, which will also feature various GaDOE personnel providing further information.

 

“I am excited about getting to know a new group of student advisors and discuss how our policies impact them on a daily basis,” said Superintendent Barge in an August 9th media release. “We want to make education work for all Georgia’s students, and hearing directly from them is the best way to ensure that happens.”

In 2012, Jamesia Robinson of Grady High School represented the district on the council.  In 2011, APS student Jasmine Davis, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School served as the district’s representative.

Meeting dates are: September 27, 2013, February. 14, 2014 and May 2, 2014.  Students interested in applying for the Council should contact Ron Culver at rculver@doe.k12.ga.us.  For more information or to download the application, visit the Student Advisory Council’s website.

About the Advisory Council

The State Superintendent of School’s student advisory council is a group of about 50 high school students from across the state who discuss how decisions made at the state level are affecting students throughout Georgia. Members meet two times throughout the school year with State Superintendent and are advisors that act as liaisons between the Department of Education and the students of Georgia. Students may apply for the advisory council at the beginning of each school year by obtaining an application from their school or from this website. Members are chosen by a committee of Georgia Department of Education representatives based on the applicant’s response to questions. Past topics discussed by the student advisory council include: the school dropout rate, student leadership, communication/messaging, the Georgia graduation rule, testing, school climate, and career, technical, and agricultural education.

“A March for Education”

Colleges that Change Lives presents....

an Informational Session and College Fair.
Monday, 08/12/13 @ 7:00p.m.

Visit http://www.ctcl.org/or http://www.ctcl.org/events/atlanta13 for more details.

Summer Teen Girl Empowerment Camp

"The Art of Becoming A Professional Woman"

 

Our mission is to connect and empower our Atlanta Chapter women by providing educational and social networking events while also giving back to our community. NAPW is an excellent way for like-minded professional women to network and support each other's goals. Since our chapter launched in January of 2012, we have been joined by hundreds of amazing women at our monthly chapter meetings ranging from business owners to corporate professionals to teachers to business coaches, etc. Our monthly meetings are the last Friday of every month.    

NAPW Atlanta Chapters

National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) is an exclusive membership organization that enables executive and professional women to network both online and offline, while providing a host of benefits to foster career growth.

 

Our Mission is to provide the most advanced forum for members to connect with like-minded professional women to develop innovative business and social relationships. We continuously offer our members the resources and benefits necessary to foster professional and personal success.

An overview of the camp is as follows:

DAY 1             Goal Achievement, Branding and Entrepreneurship

DAY 2             Financial Literacy, Social Media and Headshots

DAY 3             Leadership, Esteem Development and Social Media

DAY 4             Workplace Etiquette, Careers and Personal Development

DAY 5             Health & Nutrition, Independent Living Skills, Graduation

TO LEARN MORE VISIT:

http://2013napwatlcamp-zvents.eventbrite.com/

 

The Spirit of Innovation Challenge

The Spirit of Innovation Challenge (http://www.conradawards.org/pages/students)

The next opportunity to achieve greatness is now open!
The Conrad Foundation believes high school students have the potential to create the next world-changing, commercially-viable product or service. The Spirit of Innovation Challenge invites students ages 13 – 18 from around the globe to Get Their Genius On and conceptualize a solution in the areas of:

o    Aviation and Aeronautics

o    Cybersecurity and Technology

o    Energy and Environment

o    Health and Nutrition

Prove you have what it takes to change the world in the Spirit of Innovation Challenge!

Why Take the Challenge?
Because we believe you have the ability to make the world a better place. Each year we challenge you to address global sustainability by creating an innovative product or service using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Just as entrepreneurs must succinctly pitch their ideas, you will enter by working with a team to submit a proposal by answering only four questions about your project. Plus, you will also have access to mentors, webinar, videos, articles and resources to help you innovate and excel as an entrepreneur. Students who advance through the challenge receive the opportunity to submit a full business and technical plan as well as graphical representation of their project. You don’t need to create a prototype, but you are welcome to do so if you want the extra challenge!

What’s the Incentive?
Finalist teams receive a travel grant to present at the 2014 Innovation Summit at NASA Johnson Space Center and Space Center Houston for a chance to win a $10,000 seed grant to develop their product or service. 

 

Terri Whitmire's Writing Workshop Oppurtunity

Mission Statement

The Writers’ Tablet foundation seeks to build the whole child up academically, spiritually and socially using their writing as a form of expression.

Vision Statement

Create in our youth a sense of confidence and excellence that will train them to aim high and dare to dream.

Terri Whitmire has worked with children in various capacities including tutoring, ministering, and teaching. She began to realize her dreams of mentoring the youth of today when she launched The Writers’ Tablet Foundation.

This foundation offers free creative workshops to school-aged children. She has taught several classes in the Atlanta Metropolitan area as well as in her home town of Waterbury, Connecticut. Her lively and interactive classes offer a fun way to learn about writing and character building skills. One of her most popular workshops, The Dream to Vision, teaches the necessary steps to find and fulfill your purpose. It has been a favorite among students and parents alike.

Fee: $175.00

Upcoming Classes

College Entrance and Scholarship Essays Workshop
for rising high school juniors and seniors

July 15th - July 19th
Register now at www.easyessays.eventbrite.com

Contact Us

Writerstablet@gmail.com
facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTablet
Foundation.

Big Business on a Bankrupt Budget

Saturday, June 15, 2013, 12:00 pm

Southwest Branch Library, 3665 Cascade Rd SW, Atlanta, GA

FREE

 

This is a great look at the real-world application of skills that are used to keep a bussiness going!

Session 1 - Learn how to market, manage and motivate your business on a penny budget with the Success Instigator, Rhonda Nails.

Session 2 - The cost of Business: What you can (and cannot) write off with TaxChick Anissa Barbee.
This workshop is sponsored by GGene S.I.S., Inc, TaxChick and P.U.S.H.

For reservations, please call at the branch at 404.699.6363. All programs are free and open to the general public.

Opportunity for Students to Attend the Jackie Brewton's Class of 2013 College Prep Workshop

 

 

To Register, Please Follow the Link: https://www.formstack.com/forms/?1484984-XR31UjswWb