Scholarships that have been received by the Guidance Office are listed below. Remember, scholarships are FREE, do not go forward with any that ask for any sort of payment.

There are a number of scholarship websites that are also available, here are some popular options:

Fastweb

Student Scholarships

Scholly

Big Future

Notification:

The NYS Scholarships for Academic Excellence provide up to $1,500 per year for up to five years of undergraduate study in New York State.  Naples HS uses class rank to determine the winners. More information can be found here:

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NYS Higher Education Services Corporation offers numerous scholarships to NYS students attending college in NYS. The link below will take you to all the grants and scholarships offered.

NYS HESC Link

Patriot's Pen

Each year, more than 60,600 students in sixth through eighth grades enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen® annual youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of nearly $1 million in state and national awards. Each first place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first place winner wins $5,000! 

The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief. Students interested in participating must submit their essay prepared on this year's theme, with a completed 2025-2026 entry form, to their local participating VFW Post. Find your sponsoring local VFW Post as applications must be turned in by midnight, Oct. 31. 

 Application Information

Voice of Democracy

Established in 1947, our Voice of Democracy® audio-essay program provides high school students with the unique opportunity to express themselves in regards to a democratic and patriotic-themed recorded essay.  Each year, more than 26,400 ninth through 12th grade students from across the country enter to win their share of more than $1.4 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the program. 

The national first place winner receives a $35,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school. A complete list of other national scholarships range from $1,000-$21,000, and the first place winner from each VFW Department (state) wins at least a scholarship of $1,000. Students interested in participating must submit their audio essay prepared on this year's theme, with a completed 2025-2026 entry form, to their local participating VFW Post. Find your sponsoring local VFW Post as essays must be turned in by midnight, Oct. 31. 

Application Information

Monroe Chapter of NYS Society of Professional Engineers

Scholarship

The Monroe Professional Engineers Society provides scholar awards to high school seniors from high schools within the counties that comprise the Chapter’s region. Students must plan to attend college to pursue a degree in an ABET accredited engineering program. The Scholar Award is based on academic achievement, participation in scholastic and out of school activities, work experience, and volunteer/community service activities. Scholar awards are sponsored by local companies and organizations. The following is a list of recent awards, their amounts, and sponsor preferences:

$2500 scholarship(s)

• Colliers Engineering (formerly Bergmann Associates) Scholarship for civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering

$2000 scholarships(s)

• LaBella Associates Scholarship

• Vastola Scholarship

• Erdman Anthony Scholarship for civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering

• Alstom Signaling Inc. Scholarship

• Optimation Technology Scholarship for mechanical, electrical, computer engineering

• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)

• David Lazzar Scholarship

The scholar award program also provides copies of applications to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where the applicants indicate interest in attending RIT to study electrical or computer engineering. RIT reviews the applications and directly awards the Edward J. Ries Memorial Scholarship.

We encourage all seniors who are interested in engineering to review the scholar award application and apply if they meet the minimum requirements of 600/500 Math/Critical Reading SAT’s, 29/25 Math/English ACT’s, and 85 or 3.0 GPA.  Applications are available starting October of each year and are due in December. Please see the application for the specific due date.

Download The Application

Click the following link to download the application document which is in MS Doc file format: MPES Scholarship Application 2025

Application Deadlines

All applications must be postmarked by the date indicated below:
2024 Application Deadline: December 20, 2024
2025 Application Deadline: December 19, 2025