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MATTHEW FITZSIMMONS
PUPIL SERVICES COORDINATOR
SCHOOL COUNSELOR – GRADES 11-12 (A-L)

KASEY GRIBBLE
SCHOOL COUNSELOR – GRADES 11-12 (M-Z)

RENEE CHERNIN
SCHOOL COUNSELOR – GRADES 9-10 (A-L)

RACHAEL PALKO
SCHOOL COUNSELOR – GRADES 9-10 (M-Z)

JOSEPH TOTSKY
MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR
7TH & 8TH GRADE

LISA JACQUES
MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR

ANNA CULKIN
EVERGREEN SCHOOL COUNSELOR

TARA MORCOM
EVERGREEN SCHOOL COUNSELOR

ERICA GERMANI
RDW SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Scholarship | Criteria | Due Date | Application Location |
Lehigh Valley Section of the Society of Women Engineers Scholarship | Scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded to students who identify as female graduating from area high schools (areas with zip codes beginning 177-187 and 195-196, which includes over 20 counties in Pennsylvania) in 2023 and enrolling in an engineering program at a college or university in the summer or fall of 2023. The scholarship recipients are chosen every year based on academic achievement, extracurricular and leadership activities, an evaluation form, and an essay.
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January 29, 2023 | http://lv.swe.org/scholarships.html
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PACAC Scholarship
(Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling) |
The PACAC Scholarships are for high school seniors graduating from PACAC member high schools. This scholarship is intended to support a student’s goal of continuing their education.
Multiple scholarships were awarded in May 2022. The top recipient received the $1,500 Scholarship in memory of one of our PACAC founding fathers, Benjamin James. The other three recipients received a $1,000 Scholarship. These are one-time, nonrenewable scholarships. Selection Criteria:
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February 1, 2023 | https://www.pacac.org/pacac-scholarship
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Elks National Foundation – Legacy Awards | Eligibility
If you are selected as a 2023 Legacy Awards recipient, you will be required to perform three instances of service with an Elks Lodge during the four years you are receiving the scholarship. Click here for more information about serving with the Elks. |
February 6, 2023 at 11:59 Pm PST | https://www.elks.org/scholars/scholarships/Legacy.cfm#WhoIsEligible
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Explore Scholarships Scholarship – College Board | Students in the class of 2023 who explore the BigFuture Scholarship Search will earn entries in monthly drawings for $500 and $40,000 scholarships. As soon as you explore one or more other scholarships, you’ll be automatically entered into monthly drawings. BigFuture will award $500 scholarships to students who explore scholarships between July 2022 and February 2023. We’ll select 50 winners every month. BigFuture will award two $40,000 scholarships every month between now and February 2023. By exploring scholarships, you’ll also automatically earn 1 entry for every $40,000 drawing. | February 2023 | https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/bigfuture-scholarships/scholarship-details/explore-scholarships
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Apply to Colleges Scholarship – College Board | Students in the class of 2023 who apply to two or more colleges will earn entries in monthly drawings for $500 and $40,000 scholarships. As soon as you confirm your applications to college, you’ll be automatically entered into drawings. | February 2023 | https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/bigfuture-scholarships/scholarship-details/apply-to-colleges
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PSECU Scholarship | This scholarship program awards scholarships valued at up to $8,000 ($2,000 per year, renewable for up to four years) to six students each year.
Applicants must:
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February 28, 2023 | https://go.psecu.com/scholarships
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Wayne/Pike County Farm Bureau Scholarship | The Wayne/Pike County Farm Bureau offers the “Agriculture, The Heat of Growing Wayne/Pike County” Scholarship to deserving high school seniors as a way to heighten a long-term interest in agriculture and its varied positive impacts in our area. | March 1, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Blair E. Caboot Memorial Scholarship | The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NPCTM) annually presents a $750 scholarship to a deserving senior student from northeastern Pennsylvania. The scholarship is in memory of Blair E. Caboot, a past President of NPCTM and mathematics educator in the Abington Heights School District and Keystone College. The scholarship applicant should excel in mathematics in high school and have future plans in a mathematics-related field.
Eligible applicants must attend school in one of the following counties: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Sullivan, Wayne, & Wyoming. |
March 3, 2023 | https://sites.google.com/ctclc.edu/npctm/scholarship-information?authuser=0
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FNCB Bank Scholarship | FNCB Bank will award three one-year scholarships each in the amount of $1,000. Awards are made payable to the recipient’s school and may be applied to any component of the school’s comprehensive fee.
A student is eligible to apply if:
*All accounts must be active and in good standing, with no delinquent or charged off loans. Children of FNCB Bank employees or officials are not eligible to apply. |
March 15, 2023 | https://www.fncb.com/scholarship
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Horatio Alger Scholarship | As one of the nation’s largest need-based college scholarship programs in the country, the Horatio Alger Scholarship Programs specifically assist high school students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their young lives. While many programs are directed primarily to recognizing academic achievement or leadership potential, the Horatio Alger Association seeks students who have exhibited determination, integrity, and perseverance in overcoming adversity, as well as have critical financial need.
REQUIREMENTS To be eligible to apply for any of the Horatio Alger Undergraduate Scholarships, applicants must meet the following criteria:
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March 15, 2023 | https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/85190-Horatio-Alger-Association
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United Steelworkers Hugh Carcella Scholarship | An applicant must be the son, daughter, or legal ward of a member of the United Steelworkers, District 10 (Eastern) in good standing with the Local Union participating in the Scholarship Program; or the son, daughter or legal ward of a disabled or old age retiree or deceased member of an affiliated Local Union, who was in good standing with the United Steelworkers at the time of their retirement or death.
To be eligible for the award, applicants must be in the graduating class of the year the scholarships are awarded. Applicants who have graduated high school or completed one semester or more at any college or university are ineligible. |
March 15, 2023 (must be postmarked by this date) | See Guidance for details. |
The Vanessa Joy VanGorder Memorial Scholarship | This $2,000 scholarship is open to high school seniors planning to pursue a career in education or environmental studies. | March 24, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Hermine Solt Student Scholarship | PA Association of Educational Office Professionals (PAEOP) offers the Hermine Solt Student Scholarship which is a $500 scholarship for a Pennsylvania High School senior who is pursuing higher education in a business-related field (office technology, accounting, secretarial, business education (including business education teaching), business management, etc.). | March 31, 2023 (must be postmarked by this date) | https://www.paeop.com/site/Default.aspx?PageID=71
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Mike Munchak Community Service Scholarship | Candidates must be actively involved in community service activities in programs funded by the United Way, be full-time resident and/or students of districts within Lackawanna, Wayne, or Pike Counties and accepted by an accredited university, college or trade school in a two or four year degree track, for the 2023-24 school year.
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March 31, 2023 | www.uwlc.net
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Shikar-Safari Club International (SSCI) Scholarship | Students entering college, technical school or graduate programs in the area of wildlife conservation, outdoor education, game and land management, and the life/animal sciences applicable to the above. SSCI annually approves an amount dedicated to the scholarship program. Awards up to $5,000 per applicant per year will be considered. Renewals will be considered on a case by case basis. | April 1, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Wayne Conservation District Perry/Westgate Memorial Scholarship | Contest is open to any student entering a 2 or 4 year college under an agricultural, conservation, or environmentally oriented college curriculum. If there are any questions regarding the curriculum you plan to study, contact the office. Some examples would be Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering, Aquatic Biology, Soil Sciences, Parks and Recreation, Forest Sciences, Agronomy, Wildlife Biology, etc.
STUDENT MUST BE ENTERING FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE IN CURRENT YEAR.
The contest is open to Wayne County students only.
There is no discrimination to race or sex.
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April 6, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship | Scholarship is a for a deserving high school senior, pursuing a career in nursing and living in the Wayne Memorial Hospital Vicinity. | April 10, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Lackawaxen River Conservancy Scholarship | The Lackawaxen River Conservancy Scholarship is open to all college-bound twelfth-grade students who
The amount of the award is $500.
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April 12, 2023 | https://lackawaxenriver.org/mission-goals/the-lackawaxen-river-conservancy-scholarship/
or See Guidance for details.
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Human Resource Foundation Scholarship | HRF offers three $1,000 scholarships to eligible high school seniors and one $1,000 scholarship to an adult learner either entering college for the first time or returning to college to embark on a career change.
Eligible students/learners will reside in Wayne, Pike, or Monroe County. He/she will be planning to pursue a career in Human Services, Social Work, or Special Education. Preference will be given to individuals who are looking to pursue human, social, educational, or health/clinical career paths working directly with individuals with disabilities.
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April 15, 2023 | https://www.hrfnepa.org/scholarships
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Georges Lieber Essay Contest on Resistance | In 3,000 words, you are encouraged to raise questions, single out issues, and identify dilemmas involving resistance. Essays may be written in the formal or informal tone, but most importantly, an individual voice should be evident. The essay should be developed from your point of view and may be biographical, historical, literary, philosophical, psychological, sociological or theological. It must be the original, unpublished work of one student. Only one essay per student per year may be submitted. It must have a title, and must be written in English Essay should be titled, typed in 12-point font easily readable font (such as Times New Roman), double-spaced with 1″ margins and numbered pages. Submissions will be judged anonymously, by the Gettysburg College Jewish Studies Committee.
Email your essay, with “Georges Lieber” as the subject, to the Jewish Studies Committee at Gettysburg College: |
April 19, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society Scholarship | This college scholarship is open to all high school seniors in Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne and Pike Counties of Pennsylvania who will be attending a two or four-year college full time and majoring in one of the following curricula:
The scholarship is awarded in increments of $1,000 per year for each year of the degree program. |
April 30, 2023 | http://www.nepaaudubon.org/about/scholarships/
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Northern Tier Hardwood Association Scholarship | The Northern Tier Hardwood Association (NTHA) of Pennsylvania is offering one $1500 scholarship to a student majoring in forest management, forest products, or a closely related field. Students should be current students at a two or four-year college or university. In order to apply a student needs to have graduated from a high school and have lived in one of the following counties in Pennsylvania: Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wayne or Pike, or are student members of NTHA. | April 30, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 114 Scholarship | The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 114 Scholarship is available for students who have a parent/grandparent that was disabled in some way in connection with military service. Discharge paperwork, Veteran Administration proof, etc. are not required for the application.
The amount of the award is $500.
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May 2, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Thorpe Merit Scholarship | The Thorpe Merit Scholarship is a $500 award given to a graduating Western Wayne senior that demonstrates academic excellence as well as community involvement and/or extracurricular activities. Eligibility is limited to graduating seniors planning on attending a two or four year college/university. The recipient of the scholarship will be notified by June 2nd. | May 19, 2023 | See Guidance for details. |
Discover Nursing | Open to seniors pursuing the field of nursing. Many different scholarships available. | Check website for deadlines | http://www.discovernursing.com/scholarships#levels=high-school |
Pennsylvania American Legion Scholarships | Many different scholarships are available. | Check website for deadlines | https://pa-legion.com/programs/student-and-youth/scholarships-program/ |