Scholarships

• The Jerry Shingleton Scholarship benefits graduating seniors from a high school in Hampshire or Hardy Counties who are specifically interested in advanced training/education in the automotive field. The estimated scholarship amount is $500. This scholarship may be renewable.
• The Bill and Stella Halterman Crane Vo-tech and Trades Scholarship benefits graduating seniors from Moorefield High School who have demonstrated a passion for the trades and plan to pursue a career in one of the following areas:  automotive mechanic/technician, medical technician, electrical/electronics technician, HVAC technician, robotics technician, masonry, welding, or woodworking. The estimated scholarship amount is $1,500. This scholarship may be renewable.
• The East Hardy County Vo-Tech Training Scholarship benefits residents of East Hardy County who completed a high school education through an East Hardy high school or General Education Development (GED) and will attend a vocational, technical or trade school on a full-time basis with the intent to graduate with a degree or certification.

The Hope Scholarship empowers families to make school choices that are right for their educational needs. The Hope Scholarship program offers qualifying West Virginia’s K-12 students an opportunity to build an individual learning experience that works best for their child. The scholarship allows K-12 students to receive financial assistance that can be used for tuition, homeschool curriculum, and other qualifying expenses.

Eastern's official certification.

The Tucker Community Foundation supports students in Eastern's service district residing in Tucker, Grant, and Mineral counties through a variety of scholarships. The scholarship cycle for the foundation begins early in each new year, with awards selected in the spring.

"Post-9/11" Education Benefits

A scholarship program administered by the West Virginia Department of Education is offered annually to WV high school equivalency diploma graduates. You may complete a WVDE Application if you

• are a high school equivalency graduate
• are a resident of West Virginia
• show financial need based upon FAFSA application
• have been accepted or are enrolled full-time (12 or more hours) in school
• Deadline: April
• See the online WVDE application for additional information

For questions about the scholarship and application, or for more information, call: 1-800-642-2670; or (304) 558-0280 or visit https://wvde.state.wv.us/forms/2015/scholarship.

West Virginia State-Level Financial Aid Programs through the College Foundation of West Virginia (CFWV) are sponsored by the WV Council for Community and Technical College Education and the WV Higher Education Policy Commission.

• West Virginia PROMISE Scholarship
  A merit-based scholarship for qualifying West Virginia high school graduates.
• West Virginia Engineering, Science and Technology Scholarship
  A scholarship available to qualified students interested in pursuing an education in engineering, science or technology.
• Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship
  A scholarship available to qualified students interested in pursuing a teaching career.
• See also: WV HEAPS Academic Grant Program

This $2000 scholarship is available to students who are transferring to Franklin.

Destination Franklin Scholarship (PDF)

CollegeBoard.com Scholarships has a very good reputation—its president is Gaston Caperton, a former West Virginia governor. The site provides a variety of tools to analyze college costs and financial aid needs, as well as a comprehensive scholarship search engine.

Student Scholarships.org is a reputable website with many scholarships available to sudents in West Virginia, this organization bills itself as "West Virginia's leading souce for finding scholarship money."

CollegeScholarships.org provides many useful tools that you may find helpful in making applications for scholarships, including a webpage that offers what it calls comprehensive reviews of other leading scholarship search websites. You may find their reviews useful, but you should also realize that they are reviewing their own competitors, some of which are listed below:

Additional websites offering scholarship search engines:

•  Scholarships.com
•  FastWeb
•  SmartStudent Guide