A rising junior at one of Kentucky’s public or private high schools will win a $500 scholarship and a photo shoot at his or her school through the “Promote Your School” scholarship contest, sponsored by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA).
The school must participate in the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) program for a student to be eligible to enter. To be considered for the scholarship, students must submit an essay about one of these two subjects:
*How I will inspire others to do better.
*How education makes a community stronger.
The essay must be no more than 200 words long and cannot mention the student’s name, school, county or community. The essay topic must be shown at the top of the page. The student’s name, address and high school must be listed at the bottom of the essay. The student must be a junior during the 2020–2021 school year.
For contest details, visit http://www.kheaa.com/website/contest/intro
Photos from the winning school will be used in KHEAA publications and on KHEAA websites.
To enter, mail your essay to KHEAA Publications, P.O. Box 798, Frankfort, KY 40602. You may also email your essay to publications@kheaa.com or fax it to (502) 696-7574. The winner will be chosen by a committee of KHEAA employees. The deadline for submissions is May 31. KHEAA cannot accept entries sent via file-sharing apps.
The scholarship funds will be sent to the winner’s school when he or she enters college as a freshman.
Students from high schools that have been featured in the past five years — Warren East, Paducah St. Mary, Logan County, Daviess County and Lexington STEAM Academy — are not eligible to enter this year’s contest.
KHEAA is the state agency that administers KEES, need-based grants and other programs to help students pay their higher education expenses. It also disburses low-cost Advantage Education Loans for its sister agency, the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation (KHESLC).
For more information about Kentucky scholarships and grants, visit http://www.kheaa.com or write KHEAA, P.O. Box 798, Frankfort, KY 40602; or call 800-928-8926, ext. 6-7214.
(provided by KHEAA)
