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Autism College Students - Can Do Scholarship, Create a Design for John's Crazy Socks $5,000 DUE June 15, 2020

Autism College Student’s – Crazy John’s Socks Can Do Scholarship ($5,000) DUE June 15, 2020

Autistic College Students with creativity should certainly consider their arts a gift from God. However, wouldn’t it be great if the autism spectrum they are on allowed them to secure scholarships based on their own individual creative genius and imagination? Well, here’s one opportunity I don’t want you to miss …

John’s Crazy Socks is now accepting applications for its Autism Can Do Scholarship. It’s a collaboration between John’s Crazy Socks and The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism who co-sponsors the Autism Can Do Scholarship.

In exchange for just a little of your creative juice, you can design your way to a $5,000 scholarship. Regardless of where you are on the autism spectrum, s long you live in the United States and attend a college, trade school, or university you qualify!

It’s supposed to be really easy, but if you need help – Please Ask! You can even ask me (Ms. Patrina), and I will be happy to assist you in completing these parts once you’ve completed your design. Leave me a message in the comments section below. Help is one click away.

How to Apply

Complete a Brief Form

  1. First and Last Name
  2. Contact Information: Address, Phone Number and Email Address
  3. Social Media Handles Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

Write a Brief Personal Statement

  1. What will you do with the $5,000 Scholarship: Where are you going to school and what major course of study will you pursue?
  2. Keep this writing under 250 Words
  3. Attestation that you are on the Autism Spectrum

Personal Reference

  1. This reference can be a teacher, aid or job coach
  2. Include Contact: First & last name, address, phone number, and email address
  3. Submit ALL Requested information before the deadline (June 15, 2020)

How to Submit Your Crazy Sock Design

  1. Download Crazy John’s Sock Design Template: https://s3.amazonaws.com/scholarjet-staging/public/sock-design-template.jpg
  2. Design your socks on Crazy John’s template
  3. When ready to submit, click this link: https://johnscrazysocks.com/pages/autism-can-do-scholarship, scroll down to the bottom where you will see a box reading “Submit Your Design.” Click on that link
  4. Once inside, you can copy and paste info from what you’ve already written. If you’ve not started yet, simply begin the application process by answering questions (from above)
  5. Upload your Crazy Socks Design along with personal statement and personal reference – Voila! You’re done!
  6. Remember – If you need help, do not hesitate to ask. Leave me a message in the comments section below and I will help you to complete this process
  7. Think positive and do your best

Winner Announcement

The winner will be announced on July 15, 2020

What Does the Winner Get

  1. The winner gets a scholarship ($5,000)
  2. The winner gets to promote her/his own Crazy Sock Design
  3. The winner gets a Pair of her/his own Crazy Sock Design
  4. The winner gets her/his name and photo on promotional materials
  5. The winner gets her/his name and photo in social media posts

Ready, Design, Submit

Please do NOT procrastinate – This opportunity is over June 15, 2020. Let’s get started. Again, if you need help, leave a message in the comments section below and I would be thrilled to help you submit your design. All the best to you. Here’s the submission link again: https://johnscrazysocks.com/pages/autism-can-do-scholarship

CONTACT: Scholarship Committee, 40 Republic Road, Melville, NY 11747, scholarship@johnscrazysocks.com| https://johnscrazysocks.com/

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~ Patrina

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Cash for College! List of 10 Scholarships Opps – Applications Due in March

FREE Cash for College 10-Scholarships Due Now

Free cash is easy to come by when you know where to look and are ready and armed with a scholarship application packet that will get you noticed by school administrators. If you can write an appealing letter indicating why you wish to attend college – Your specific dreams and goals, there is a great chance that you and all your college-bound peers can not only attend your top choices of colleges/universities but without any student loan debt once you graduate.

Need Help with arranging your application, the College Bound Guide is a great place to start! This little book will help you to get organized and ready when scholarships become available. Also, feel free to visit Urban-Academics often, as there are always opportunities for students and families here, many of which have cash or savings attached! Let’s get started …

1. 2020 Cathay Bank Foundation Scholarship Amount: $1,000 Due: March 25 More Info About this Scholarship …

Scholarship Coordinator 1145 Wilshire Blvd, Unit #105 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213-624-6400 x6 213-624-6406 scholarships@apcf.org

2. 2020 Diversity Scholarship Application

Award Amount: $10,000 Applications Due: March 25 More Info About this Scholarship …

NYIPLEF Board 2125 Center Ave., Suite 406 Fort Lee, NJ 07024 201-461-6603, admin@nyiplef.org

3. The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Award Amount: $10,000 Applications Due: March 31 More Info About this Scholarship …

Overview:  Dr. Anita Borg devoted her adult life to revolutionizing the way we think about technology and dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields. Recipients of The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship will each receive a $10,000 award for the upcoming academic year.

4. Foster Care to Success Scholarship Award Amount: $2,500 – $5,000 Applications Due: March 31 More Info About this Scholarship …

Foster Care to Success is a college fund for foster youth that provides annual scholarships to support students seeking additional education. A variety of undergraduate scholarships are offered to students who have been accepted into or expect to be accepted into an accredited, Pell-eligible college or other postsecondary schools. These scholarships can be renewable for up to five years if the student remains compliant with the program requirements. CLICK HERE TO APPLY!

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As a high school senior, you have the power to raise awareness about the importance of registering to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor through the Leslie A. Ebert Legacy of Life Scholarship Program. Simply write a persuasive essay and/or produce a video that educates, then motivates, an audience to become a registered organ, eye, and tissue donors! All essay and video entrants must be a current high school senior who both resides and attends high school, or is homeschooled, in one of the following locations: Northern Virginia (specifically the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Clarke, Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Fauquier as well as the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park); Maryland (Montgomery, Prince George’s, and Charles counties only); and the District of Columbia; and plan to attend a college, university or community college in the upcoming fall semester. You are not eligible for the scholarship if you reside and attend high school (or are homeschooled) outside the aforementioned counties and cities. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
CONTACT:  Scholarship Committee, 3190 Fairview park dr., suite 700, falls church, VA 22042, 703-641-0100, lisa@wrtc.orgwww.wrtc.org

Legacy of Life Essay & Video Scholarship ($5,000) Due March 31, 2020:

Scholarship Description:Eligible students of the Legacy of Life Essay & Video Scholarships must reside and attend high school (or home schooled) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (see website for details). Applicants must write an essay or produce a video that will convince an audience to register to be organ, eye, and tissue donors. Winners will be announced by May 20. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
CONTACT:  Scholarship Committee, 3190 fairview park dr., suite 700, falls church, VA 22042, 703-641-0100,, contactwrtc@wrtc.orgwww.wrtc.org

6. RARE Scholars Scholarship ($20,000) – Due March 31

  • Scholarship Description
  • RARE Scholars, an annual scholarship for students living with rare disease, aims to empower patients with continued education by recognizing students who have demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities. The RARE Scholars program will distribute up to $20,000 each year, awarding $5,000 for undergraduate four-year or graduate studies or $2,500 for two-year or vocational-technical studies. Applicants must be high school seniors, graduates or current post-secondary or graduate-level students diagnosed with Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Phenylketonuria (PKU) or Batten disease. Applicants must be high school seniors, graduates, current post-secondary undergraduates, or graduate-level students with a minimum of 3.0 (out of 4.0) GPA. Must plan to enroll in full-time or part-time (minimum 6 credits per term) undergraduate or graduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the entire academic year. Must be U.S. and ex-U.S. residents enrolled in U.S.-based schools, including U.S. territories. Recipients are notified in May. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
    

7. STARS Scholarship Fund (Various Amounts) Due March 31, 2020

Scholarship Description:

The Stars Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to academically talented and highly motivated students who intend to pursue full-time undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees. Applicants can attend any accredited college or university of their choosing. Eligibility: Be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident with a permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551, be a permanent resident (5 or more consecutive years) of and have a permanent South or West Texas address in one of our 31 counties. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Contact: 
Scholarship Committee, 3900 N McColl Rd, McAllen, TX 78501,  tel: 866-939-7827,  fax: 956-928-0327,  helpdesk@starsscholarship.comwww.starsscholarship.com

8. E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship ($8,000) Due March 31, 2020

Scholarship Description:

The APWU E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship awards 10 recipients $2,000 annually for four years to use toward an undergraduate program. The Hallbeck Scholarship provides financial assistance to one male and one female recipient from each of five regions: Central, Eastern, Northeast, Southern, and Western. Hallbeck Scholarship recipients must attend an accredited college or university and must maintain a “B” average (or “Pass” if on a “Pass/Fail” system). Applicants must be a child or grandchild, including stepchild or legally adopted child of an active member, Retirees Department member, or deceased member of the American Postal Workers Union, their parent or grandparent must be a full dues-paying member or retiree member [as defined in the APWU National Constitution and Bylaws, reference Article 3, Section 1, Section 4(d)] in good standing or must have been a member immediately preceding death. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Contact:  Scholarship Committee,  American Postal Workers Union, 1300 L Street NW,  Washington, DC 20005,  tel: 202-842-4215,  fax: 202-842-8530,  scholarships@apwu.orgwww.apwu.org

9. Mega Bank Scholarship ($1,000) Due March 25, 2020

Scholarship Description

Ten $1,000 Scholarships Available for High School Seniors Planning to Attend College as a Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Student in the Fall of 2020. Mega Bank is committed to supporting youth residing in its business service territories to fulfill their dreams of obtaining a higher education. For more information, or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.

Contact :  scholarships@apcf.org, 1145 Wilshire Blvd, Unit# 105, Los Angeles, CA 90017, tel: 213-624-6400 x7,  fax: 213-624-6406, Laura.perez.220@my.csun.eduwww.my.csun.edu

10. Army Nurse Corps Association (ANCA) Education Fund Scholarship ($3,000) Due March 31, 2020

Scholarship Description

Applicants of the ANCA Education Fund must be currently enrolled in an accredited baccalaureate or advanced degree program in nursing, nurse anesthesia, or related healthcare field who are serving or have previously served in any branch, and at any rank, of a component of the US Army (Active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve) and are not currently receiving funding by a component of the US Army, (e.g., scholarship ROTC students and students receiving full GI Bill benefits are not eligible). Applicants will, as applicable, have received an Honorable Discharge. For more information, or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.

Contact:  Scholarship Committee,  ANCA Scholarship Program, PO Box 458, Lisbon, MD 21765-0458,  210-650-3534, education@e-anca.org

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Scholarship Description

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Contact:  jhollar@aasa.mema.org,  Scholarship Committee, 919-237-9378

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Scholarship Description

he CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship was established in 2006 to provide financial assistance to African-American or Black students who are pursuing a degree in the visual arts. Visual arts include architecture, ceramics, drawing, fashion, graphic design, illustration, interior design, painting, photography, sketching, video production, etc. Selected applicants will be constituents of a CBC member’s district. To determine your Representative, enter your permanent address zipcode here. Qualified applicants must be currently enrolled full-time in an accredited academic institution, and have a minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

  • Scholarship Committee, 1720 Massachusetts Ave, NW,  Washington, DC 20036,  tel: 202-263-2800, fax: 202-263-0846,  scholarships@cbcfinc.org

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Welcome to Urban Academics

Welcome

Welcome to Urban Academics, your one stop shop for all things urban as it relates to educating inner-city kids.  Urban kids come in all shapes sizes and colors, and each child is an individual.  However, the cookie cutter approach to working with this population must stop, but how?

Here you will find the best information, knowledge and cutting-edge resources for your entire family, as we know life is a continuous cycle of learning.  At the point at which we stop learning, everything else will follow.

 

Taking Responsibility for Educating of Our Kids

My name is Patrina S Reddick, and I’ve been working on the front lines with children and families in some capacity for most of my life. While I am a masters level social worker by degree, my career path started in my local church, then expanding to the larger community.

I’ve worked in a number of different roles over the years, but I’ll tell you what frustrates me more today than anything else, which is also the driving force behind Urban Academics.

It saddens me – the number of young people who graduate high school without the necessary skills to compete in the world. Things are changing so rapidly that it will only get worse before it can get better. In today’s business sector, a General Equivalency Degree (GED) is worth more than a high school diploma.

How can you say that Ms. Patrina? Well, at least we know that you can read, count, and follow directions, which is NOT true for more than 60% of the inner city youth walking across the stage to receive diplomas next spring.

Parents should at the very least, check homework nightly and communicate with teachers at least once weekly.  This small intervention will make a world of difference in your child’s academic experience.  Just finding out what method of communication your child’s teacher likes will indicate that your child has a concerned parent who wants to be on the same page.

Parents are their children’s first teachers.  If parents are absent, caring, considerate, ignorant, impolite, important, late, loving, neglectful, petty, prompt, respectful, smart, or talented their child is more likely to any or all those things.  There are, however, occasions where children make decisions to be the exact opposite of parents as well.

 

Taking Ownership of Negative Behaviors

In practice, teachers and I converse daily with students who just happen to live in urban inner cities across the country.  There’s a push to do better, but without an increase in parental involvement, I don’t know how much we can do.

Parenting is different than it was in times past when we fought for education and the right to guess what? Read, libraries, restaurant, and public restrooms.  In many cases, I’ve seen parents respond faster to a teacher taking a cell phone than the phone call about negative behaviors expressed in a classroom of learning.

Have we become so comfortable with our things (outside) that we forfeit the fruits (inside)?  I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I’m willing to start a dialogue with you – If you are here, please become an active part of these issues faced every day in our schools.

Little learning can go on if we’re always dealing with behavior.  I believe in my heart that parents need to be more accountable to their children’s schools.  It’s not enough to take kids from parents who can’t afford certain things.  Some students who have the least learn the most – simply because they want to.

Disrespecting teachers and administrators on any level is inappropriate and parents need to be held accountable for the actions of our children.  How else will this stop?  If you have ideas, please leave them in the comments section below.  I would love to hear your thoughts.

Becoming Partners with Teachers & Administrators

Parents must become an active participant in their child’s success in school and also learn to partner with teachers.  Put short – A house divided against itself cannot stand!  Why send your child somewhere just so they’re gone?  There will be little success if any, if there’s no collaboration, with the child in the driver’s seat.

If as a parent, we don’t take time to listen to our children with “parenting” ears, it will be difficult to see them through “parenting” eyes.  What I mean by this is the fact that there are far too many parents these who want nothing more than to be “friends” with their kids – QUIT THAT!

You were not chosen by God to be your child’s friend.  There will time for that later in life after they’ve gotten their education.  It is our responsibility to raise our children that they become active and progressive citizens of the world and able to take care of themselves through work or business.

Tip:  Get yourself a professional planner, write down your child’s schedule and plan around which events you must attend and those that are optional.  Your phone will not satisfy this requirement – you need something in your hand that you can both see and touch – at a glance.

 

Becoming a Village Once Again

Schools all over the world must subscribe to the “village” philosophy, because in a nutshell that’s what it is.  There are many teachers, administrators, clerical folks, maintenance people all working to get the job of running a safe and productive school environment for our children.

The village philosophy, however, that I’m speaking of has little to do with bodies and more to do with concern.  For example, if you have 50 people around but only 5 of them care, there’s not enough to go around.

I advocate regularly and sit in meetings that would make you cry.  My recommendation for parents is to make appointments with school administrators (principals or guidance counselors).  The purpose of this meeting is to formally introduce yourself as a concerned and loving parent who wants to partner with he/she and the school to make sure your child is successful academically.

Not every parent will do this, but those that do have a better chance at getting concerned teachers and administrators to look out for your child.  I believe in the village philosophy so much, my son & I founded an organization called People Involved in Motivating Our Students Higher (PIMOSH.net). To support this effort, CLICK HERE!

 

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Again, welcome to Urban Academics!  Please keep in touch by subscribing to this blog.  I promise to keep it fresh interesting and entertaining too!  All we need now is you.

If you have concerns, questions or want to contribute to this article, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

 

Patrina Reddick, MSW,

Executive Director

Urban Academics