Scholarships, Contests, & Opportunities

• Meeting Street Scholarship Fund: The Meeting Street Scholarship Fund supports high-achieving South Carolina students with demonstrated financial need of scholarships for as much as $10,000. Applications are open from January - May. Find additional information here. 

• Cynthia Graham Hurd /St. Andrew's Library Black History Month Essay Contest: This contest is open to all Charleston County School District students in grades 6 - 12. One winner will be selected at the middle school and high school levels and the winners will be presented with a trophy and a $50 Amazon gift card. Find additional information here.

• Bonds Wilson High School Association Scholarship: The Bonds-Wilson High School Alumni Association is offering the “Ruben Smith Scholarship” in the amount of $500.00 for the fall college school term. The deadline is April 30th. (No late applications will be accepted). The winner(s) of the scholarship will be selected and notified on or before June 15th. Find the application here.

• Wofford Scholars (See Ms. McCall if interested): Since 1949, outstanding high school students have been competing at Wofford for scholarships based on leadership, academic achievement and character. Each year the college receives nominations for the Wofford Scholars Program from guidance counselors across the United States. From these nominees, students are selected and invited to compete for a variety of scholarships. Wofford's faculty/staff, students and alumni eagerly anticipate meeting the best and brightest young people in the country on Scholars Day. 

• Girls State (See Ms. Krupilis if interested) : Attention Junior girls, American Legion Auxiliary Palmetto Girls State is coming this summer!
  ALA PGS is a weeklong summer program designed to immerse you in a real, functioning government, in the mythical State of Palmetto. You’ll meet lots of new friends from across the state, and you may even be eligible for some college scholarships!

• Boys State (See Ms. Krupilis if interested):  Attention Junior boys, American Legion Auxiliary Palmetto Boys State is coming this summer!
  ALA PGS is a weeklong summer program designed to immerse you in a real, functioning government, in the mythical State of Palmetto. You’ll meet lots of new friends from across the state, and you may even be eligible for some college scholarships!

April 17 - MaeDe Esperanza Myers Brown 2023 Scholarship

May 5 - R4A's Daniel Stern Citadel Scholarship

June 15 - Tragedy to Triumph Anastopoula Law Firm Scholarship