Financial Aid for Seniors Starts Now

Seniors!

The BIG scholarship we have been telling you about is finally available!  The SCV Scholarship Foundation offers over 20 scholarships just for Canyon Seniors.  The largest scholarship is five thousand dollars!  We will be having a meeting to tell you more this Thursday, December 11^th in the Q-theatre during lunch.  The scholarship can be found HERE and the deadline to turn in your application (one application for over twenty scholarships) is Monday, February 2^nd.  

It is now time for us to shift our focus to financial aid.  Once you come back from winter break make it a priority to listen, or read, the bulletin.  We will be announcing scholarships almost weekly.  Scholarships are one way to get free money.  Schools, companies, and individuals gift you with money for college that you don’t need to pay back. 

   

The second way to get free money is to apply for GRANTS.  Grants are also free money that you don’t have to pay back.  The government offers a grant called the Pell grant and the state of California offers a grant called the Cal-Grant.  To apply for both of these, you must fill out the Free Application for Student Aid, or FAFSA.   Starting January 1^st, 2015, you can begin your FAFSA application.  Everything you need to know about the FAFSA can be found HERE. This application is done completely online.  However, you have to “sign” your application so you and your parent must get an electronic signature called a PIN from the government.   This process can take about a week, so it would be a good idea to apply for your FAFSA PIN over the break.  That way you are ready to go January 1^st.  Click HERE to apply for a FAFSA pin.

Are you worried you don't know enough about the FAFSA?  Don't worry, we will give you more information each week once we come back from winter break!

See you on Thursday!