**All Scholarships are listed by DUE DATE.
**They indicate grade level that is eligible to apply.
**Note specific career/major criteria (in bold)
**Pay close attention to DAY and TIME the scholarship is due as well as HOW TO SUBMIT it!!
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Seniors:
Deadline: Oct 12, 2025
"Celebrating Texas Public Schools" Scholarship
"Celebrating Texas Public Schools" Scholarship
This scholarship is for graduating seniors who can use their voice and visual media (i.e., video) to share how their public school education has impacted them. This scholarship aims to highlight the “Great Things Happening in Texas Public Schools” from the student’s perspective.
This year, Friends will award one scholarship. The student may be college-bound, joining the workforce, continuing education through trade schools or other forms of post-secondary training, or the military.
Those interested in applying for the scholarship must do the following:
1. Prepare a video/multimedia presentation, 2 minutes or less, regarding how your public school education has impacted your life/career choice and prepared you to meet your future goals.
2. Request one letter from a teacher, guidance counselor, principal, vice-principal, or superintendent related to the student’s work in school (pdf preferred).
3. Complete the application. Include how the scholarship will be used for the student's future/help achieve my goals, including approval to use video/presentation, the link for presentation, upload the recommendation letter, and submit.
9th - 12th:
Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Patriotic Audio Essay Competition Grand Prize: $35,000 Award
Record your original 3-5 minute (+ or – 5 second max.) audio essay on a flash drive, or other electronic device. You will submit the recording, typed essay and completed entry form to your local VFW Post for judging.
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Pick up a paper copy in the College and Career Center.
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