Scholarships Information

Please Note: Advertisement of opportunities here does not constitute sponsorship or endorsement of the sponsoring organization or the scholarship opportunity by the Fairfax County School Board, the Superintendent, or a specific FCPS school.  Opportunities may utilize a technology tool that has not been assessed by the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Information Technology. Students should gain permission from their parent or guardian before engaging in any non-FCPS opportunity and families should review and agree to the Terms of Service and User Agreements for any technology platform that opportunity may use before participating.

Local Scholarships For Edison Academy and CTE Students. 

Rotary Of Springfield Edison Academy CTE Scholarship

This scholarship is only open to students who attend the Edison Academy and who take CTE classes. All Academy classes at Edison are CTE classes. The scholarship committee plans to offer 1 or 2 scholarships up to $1100 each this year. 

  • The Online Window for making an application is closed but will reopen later in the school year 
  • There will be an online application to initially apply
  • Students must submit required additional supporting documents to the Career Experience Specialist in the Academy office or send by email to their email address. Required supporting documents are: 
    • Teacher/Counselor recommendation letter
    • High School Transcript
    • SAR report from FAFSA or most recent family income tax return

Awardees will be notified within 7-10 days of their scholarship award and asked to attend a Rotary Club Thursday lunch meeting to receive their award and follow-up details. 

Rotary of Alexandria CTE Scholarship 

The Rotary of Alexandria CTE Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors who studied in a CTE program at Edison Academy or a CTE program at another school or Academy with an Alexandria postal zip code

  • Online Window for application submission will be released in the Spring
  • Supporting Documents will be emailed directly to them

Awardees will be notified in May if they are to be recognized and receive scholarship awards. An awards luncheon will also be held. Previous year Rotary of Alexandria awarded 3, $2500 scholarships to deserving local CTE students.

Scholarship Qualifications will be provided on their application form.  Please note that the Alexandria Rotary CTE Scholarships are based primarily on the student having a clear career objective and commitment.  That objective must be related to the CTE courses they have studied in high school. Applications are rated on:

  • Personal statement of career objective (30 points)
  • Financial need (20 points)
  • Academic record in CTE courses (20 points)
  • School and community activities (10 points)
  • Recommendations, preferably from the CTE instructor (10 points)
  • Work or Career experiences related to their CTE area of study (10 points) internships, field experiences, youth apprenticeships, etc. 
  • May include an explanation of special circumstances the applicant wishes for the committee to consider.

 

More Scholarship Resources

Scholarships are awarded to students based on their academic record, leadership ability, talents or need for financial assistance. There are a number of Web Scholarship Searches available. Be very careful about scams and do your research.

Visit your High School College & Career Center and Check out Naviance Student

FCPS students are encouraged to check out the scholarship opportunities available through their high school College & Career Center and in their Naviance Student account.  Naviance Student is a web-based service designed especially for high school students and their parents to aid students as they make decisions about academic plans, colleges and post-secondary training, and careers. Use this guide to help you locate scholarships in Naviance. 

Scholarships offered by organizations other than FCPS are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Fairfax County School Board, the Superintendent, or this school. Additional scholarships and awards can be searched through the Financial Aid Offices of the colleges and universities under consideration.

 

 

Upcoming Scholarship Deadline Reminders. 

Visit Naviance or see your College & Career Center at your base high school for more information on these scholarships.