Local students chosen for honor choir
Singers from Franklin Community High School have been chosen for the state’s honor choir.
The students are: Ellie Bennett, Addie Mudd, Ava Ray, Lizzy Sekhon, Mackenzie White, Cara Janis, Charlie Kessler, Alexis King, Sydney Ladd, Leyton Tinberg, Brandon Beaman, Colin Haveman, Evan Jewell, Joey Persinger, Shaun Rickleman, Tyler Chlopeki, Cole Feyerabend, Gavin Litchfield and Mason Rutan.
Aspiring teachers can apply for scholarship
Students who want to teach and can commit to staying in Indiana to do so can apply for a scholarship.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is now accepting applications for the Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship.
The scholarship provides up to $7,500 each year of college (up to $30,000 total) for top performing Hoosier students who commit to teaching in Indiana for five years after earning their degrees.
To qualify, students must either graduate in the highest 20 percent of their high school class or earn a score in the top 20th percentile on the SAT or ACT. To continue earning the scholarship in college, students must earn a 3.0 cumulative GPA and complete at least 30 credit hours per year. Current freshmen and sophomore college students are also eligible for the scholarship, but priority will be given to high school students.
Interested students should apply by Nov. 30 at ScholarTrack.IN.gov. The Commission will select finalists by Jan. 4 to be interviewed at regional sites across the state. Students selected to receive the scholarship will be notified by April 5.
Library offering scholarship
The Greenwood Public Library will award a scholarship to a high school senior who loves to read.
The Century of Reading Scholarship, worth $5,000, is open to seniors attending a high school in Johnson County or a homeschooled student who lives in the county.
This one-time award has been established by the library in honor of its 100 years of service to the community.
The college scholarship will be awarded to one local senior who reads 50 books from a select list, and also demonstrates insight and creativity in an essay about how reading has impacted and inspired their future.
Applications are due March 1 from the online application form at www.greenwoodlibrary.us/scholarship. No paper applications will be accepted.
