Students are encouraged to apply for local scholarships in their senior year, as most local scholarships are directed to graduating seniors. The KRHS Guidance Office updates local scholarships yearly, and serves as a central place for local scholarships to promote their opportunities, and a convenient place for students and parents to access these scholarships. Management of scholarship information and files is extremely time consuming and done as a courtesy to our community and our students, in order for KRHS Guidance Office to continue to provide this service we ask students to be respectful of the files and the guidelines outlined here.

The 2009 Scholarship Listing will be updated every Monday, as of January 26th. It is the students responsibility to check the listing. The listing will have the following information:

Name of Scholarship
Scholarship Criteria
Type of application (Custom or Common)
Deadline
Where to send application
Application available: On line or at KRHS

Please note, students are responsible for assembling of the applications and sending scholarships to the appropriate addresses. The majority of scholarships require a high school transcript, which can be "unofficial", unless requested to be "official". Students request transcripts via the guidance secretary, Ms. Linda Maguire, and require 24 hours notice. In the case of "unofficial" transcripts, students may obtain one transcript and copy it for each application. In the case of "official" transcripts, students need to request the number they need, as these are required to be signed and sealed. Please keep in mind guidance office hours, school vacations, and scholarship deadlines, as last minute requests for transcripts may not be processed in time.

In addition to transcripts, most applications require a student resume, and recommendations. In most cases, scholarships allow students to use recommendations utilized for college applications, so students only need to photocopy these and include with the application.

There are two types of scholarship applications: Custom and Common. Custom Application means the scholarship has a unique application. In most cases these will not be available on line, these applications are available in the KRHS Guidance Department and may be picked up during regular office hours. Regrettably our staff is not able to mail applications, students or parents must pick up these applications in person. Common Application(CA) is a generic application, the student downloads a blank CA, fills out the main application, attaches required documents and then runs copies of this packet and submits to those scholarships that utilize the CA. (The Common Application is available for download in early February)

Most scholarships also require Student Aid Report (SAR), which is available to students after they complete the FAFSA. Student's log into their FAFSA account, search SAR, print. This is how scholarships verify need. Failure to submit a SAR may exclude a student from the scholarship.

Finally, every year scholarship committee's comment on the applications they receive. As a result of this feedback, students are advised to please only apply to scholarships for which they meet stated criteria. Many students just send out applications regardless of meeting criteria, please do not. Please be sure you provide all the information requested. Many students fail to follow application directions, which disqualifies a student from consideration. Please apply. Many scholarships get few or no applicants, and we know there are students who meet the criteria.

Notification of Awards

In most cases students will be notified of receiving a scholarship in June of their senior year. Students are invited to the Local Scholarship Awards night held at KRHS on June 11. Students will be sent an invitation to attend the first week in June. Most scholarships provide an award letter to share with the college/university they have chosen to attend, which outlines how the scholarship will be dispersed. It is common practice for scholarships to release funds after completion of the first semester and once the student submits a transcript of first semester grades. Award checks are usually made out to the student and the college/university. The student signs the check and turns it into the college/university's billing office.