Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Essay Scholarships

It’s time again to enroll your school and be eligible to receive $500 for submitting the most essays!
Please go to: https://yourturn2apply.com/NMcounselorpage.html  to enroll - it will only take a minute! Please enroll again this year, even if you have enrolled prior years. 
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Nationwide over $453,000 in scholarships has been awarded to 259 students to date. Along with this, $48,500 has been awarded to 99 high schools for submitting the ...
We hope you will also post this unique scholarship opportunity on your school website.

Your department should have recently  received posters featuring last year’s scholarship winners from you area as well as detailed information on our scholarship program.  
Your local Jiffy Lube owners are offering one $5,000 scholarship award and  two $1,500 scholarship awards  to 3 local high school students – students simply have to write about “What Drives You?” – no grade point or test score requirements!  This scholarship is open to all teen drivers in your high school as well as those in driver’s education.

Program Overview:
Three finalists will be selected from the 500 word “What Drives You?” essays submitted.  Each finalist will be guaranteed a minimum $1,500 award if they create and submit a 1-2 minute video that expands on their essay in their own candid words, visuals, etc.  The overall $5,000 scholarship winner will be chosen from these videos. 

Students can apply NOW directly online at: 
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The Jiffy Lube “What Drives You?” scholarship program is based solely on your interests, goals and ideas. Simply tell us about what drives you! Serving Utah, Oregon and New Mexico

Students will also see last year’s scholarship winners and the videos they submitted on our site! 

Deadline isMarch 12th, 2018

Ideas from other schools to promote this program within your school:
  • Email Blast to parents
  • Inform Language Arts/English  & Driver’s Ed teachers of the essay assignment “What Drives You?” for extra credit/class project – great exercise for any teen to think and write about.

Thank you again for your dedication to the future education of your students,

Laura Worthen
801-566-6083
New Mexico  Jiffy Lube “What Drives You?” Scholarship Program

P.S. Please feel free to contact me directly.  We look forward to reading many inspiring essays this year from your students.  The school that submits the most essays in your area will receive $500! – Congrats last year to Rio Rancho High School!