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:

Link

Notification:

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

POLISH HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER 

YEAR 2026 - SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

We are very pleased to announce that our $4,000 scholarship will be available for up to ten

qualifying high school students for the year 2026.

To be eligible for our scholarship a student must be a senior who is of Polish descent (at least

one parent) and lives in Monroe County or one of the surrounding six counties. Your complete

(including an official high school transcript) application must reach us by February 1, 2026.

You are required to have an official copy of your academic transcript emailed to us by your

high school. We have no restrictions on your area of major study in college, that is, you might

be majoring in the fine arts, computer science, premed, languages or still undecided.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Application

The James H. Rice Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship offers financial assistance and recognition to high school seniors in the counties of Ontario, Seneca, and Yates. The scholarships are designed to assist graduating seniors in pursuing a post-secondary education in any state at an accredited institution which provides a two or four year college program. The scholarship may be used for any bona fide school related expense such as tuition, fees, books, and room and board.

This scholarship requires the student to be a 2026 graduate from any one of the fifteen public high schools in the counties of Ontario, Seneca, or Yates, possess a minimum of an 87 GPA during their high school career, complete an application, and provide two letters of reference. 

There will be a minimum of two scholarships awarded in the amount of $1,000 each.

Applicants need not have a Masonic connection, nor does race, creed, religion, color, sex or national origin have any bearing in the selecion process. Recipients are selected after completing the comprehensive written application. 

Applications are available in the Guidance Office.

Application deadline is Saturday, April 4, 2026

Thompson Health Guild Scholarship

The Thompson Health Guild is pleased to announce the availability of up to six (6) scholarships, each valued at $2,000, for eligible high school seniors. To qualify, students must be enrolled for their entire senior year in a high school located in the Thompson Health System service area. Eligible school districts in the Thompson Health System are: Bloomfield, Canandaigua, Geneva, Honeoye, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Livonia, Marcus Whitman, Midlakes, Mynderse, Naples, Newark, Palmyra-Macedon, Penn Yan, Red Jacket, Victor, and Waterloo.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit to graduating seniors who plan to enroll in any accredited university, college, or proprietary school offering post-secondary education in a healthcare-related field. Award recipients are not restricted to New York State institutions. A list of eligible healthcare areas of study is included below for your reference.

Scholarship funds will be distributed in January 2027 following the recipient’s successful completion of their first semester of college and confirmation of intent to continue studies in a health-related field. Prior to payment, recipients must submit documentation verifying fall semester grades and registration and payment for the second semester. Scholarship payments will be made directly to the student.

The Scholarship Application and High School Counselor Form are available at: https://www.thompsonhealth.com/Foundation/Thompson-Guild/Guilds-Scholarship

All application materials must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2026. Application materials received after this deadline will not be considered. 

Eligible Healthcare Professions

Biomedical Engineer/Scientist

Dental Hygienist

Dietician

Health Care Administration

Laboratory Technician

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Massage Therapist

Medical Assistant

Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapy Assistant

Optometrist

Pharmacist

Physical Therapist

Physical Therapy Assistant

Physician

Physician’s Assistant

Physiologist

Psychologist

Psychiatrist

Radiologic Technician

Speech Therapist

Sports Medicine

Noyes Health Auxiliary Scholarship

Noyes Health Auxiliary, offers up to $5000 in college scholarships to reward hard-working students entering the medical field. 

Fighting COVID-19 has shown the world how important essential health care professionals are to our existence. Presently, our

world is in need of very caring medical professionals in all areas of medicine and its research.

Scholarships will be granted to qualified students matriculating in an associate or

bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university in medicine,

nursing, or in another health-related field, including dentistry, ophthalmology, and

pharmacy. We are inviting you to encourage appropriate students to apply for these

scholarships. We are glad we are able to offer this opportunity to help students in

the Noyes Health service area defray the high expenses incurred by today’s college

students.

APPLICATION