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California Foundation for Gifted Education Student Scholarships & Awards
California Foundation for Gifted Education provides a scholarship award of $1000 to be given to a gifted high school student enrolling in an institution of higher learning during the next school year.
This scholarship has a different emphasis than most; instead of stressing grade point averages, need, or community service, the intent is to support an individual passion for learning or creating.
All application material must be postmarked by February 15. Announcement of scholarship recipient will be made by May 1.
Intended to assist you, as a GATE student, to excel in an area of interest or achievement. Grants are typically awarded to help finance:
• An original project which holds promise for the advancement of learning or contributes to a field of endeavor, or
• An instructional opportunity not available within your school district
Individual grants will be awarded in amounts up to $500. Mail completed application by December 1. Awards will be announced by mid- February.
Barbara Clark Award for Excellence in Writing
 The California Association for the Gifted announces the first annual Barbara Clark Award for Writing Excellence. Barbara Clark has been a teacher of the gifted, a university professor in gifted education, and the author of the most widely used textbook on gifted education in the world. Beyond this, however, Barbara Clark has a passion for writing and a great appreciation for the beauty of the English language. This award was created to encourage and acknowledge writing excellence in students throughout California. The award-winning student will receive a monetary award of $100; the primary award, however, will be publication of the student’s work in the Gifted Education Communicator Journal and on the CAG website.
Student applicants may be freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors in high school (or the equivalent), and a member of the California Association for the Gifted must submit the student’s application for the award
The writing topic is left open to student choice, but it should address a subject of vital interest to the student that has an impact on society as a whole. The student’s submitted work should include a vision of the possible future in this area of interest. The selection of the award winner will be determined by evaluating the student’s clarity of writing, grammatical correctness, creative vision of the future, and imaginative use of English, demonstrating the beauty of the language.
Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Awards
The California Association for the Gifted in association with the National Association for Gifted Children is pleased to announce the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Awards program. A $500 U.S. Savings Bond will be awarded to a California student by the Nicholas Green Foundation. This award is being distributed through the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and will be made to a California student currently in grades 3 - 6, who has distinguished him or herself in academics, leadership, or the arts.
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The Children's Bell Tower at Bodega Bay, the outdoor memorial to young Nicolas Green, is a magical place. Stephanie Wilkie, the 2008 Nichlas Green Award recipient visited the Bell Tower with her family. It stands on open ground, a thick growth of cypress trees on one side and green hills on the other. In the background are high dunes and a tantalizing glimpse of the ocean. The tower is 18 feet high, three tubular steel pyramids from which hang 140 bells: school bells, church bells, ships' bells, mining bells, cow bells. The centerpiece is a majestic bell, thirty inches high, from the Marinelli foundry in Italy, which has been making bells for the papacy for a thousand years. Nicholas' name and the names of the Nicolas Green Distinguished Student award recipients are on it, and Pope John Paul II went to the foundry to bless it. Whenever the wind blows, as it often does on this exposed coast, the bells chime, sometimes a few at a time, emphasizing the solitude of the surroundings, sometimes an entire orchestra sounding like happy children at play. Then the sound fades away, and the children are gone. |
Other Student Scholarships & Awards
Davidson Institute Seeks Extraordinary Achievers to Receive $50,000, $25,000 And $10,000 Davidson Fellow Scholarships
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development is offering high achieving young people across the country the opportunity to be named as 2009 Davidson Fellows, an honor accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of work in Science, Technology, Mathematics, Music, Literature, Philosophy or Outside the Box.
To be eligible, applicants must be under the age of 18 as of Oct. 1, 2009, and a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident residing in the United States. There is no minimum age for eligibility. The deadline to apply is March 4, 2009. Applicants must submit an original piece of work recognized by experts in the field as significant and it must have the potential to make a positive contribution to society. The scholarship must be used at an accredited institute of learning. For more information on the Davidson Fellows scholarship, or to download an application, please visit www.DavidsonFellows.org.
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