Applying For Catholic High School Scholarships
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Applying For Catholic High School Scholarships
February 16th, 2010
Written by Melanie Ullman
Catholic High School Scholarships are made for those students, who cannot cope up with the rising cost of tuition fees and are in a mental dilemma on how to continue their education. Their parents look for alternatives of getting some kind of financial aid for their children so that they are able to continue their education. These scholarship programs for Catholic high school are actually annual awards, especially for those students who cannot pay for the high Catholic tuition.
Students are considered eligible for the scholarship, based on their household income (there are also specific scholarships for high school freshmen). This is indeed a boon for the students as well as the parents of those students, who wish to carry on with their education, but cannot do so, due to the lack of any kind of financial help. Those who wish to apply for the applications should need to know about the schools of the region in which they would to have their child admitted.
The Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition (PERT) Program, a collaborative program supported by the Virginia Departments of Education and administered through the Department of Rehabilitative Services at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC), is a highly effective school-to-work transition initiative for eligible youth with disabilities available to all Virginia local school divisions. The PERT Program operates from a best practices model in which youth and adult service providers partner to provide an integrated continuum of secondary to postsecondary transition services for participating clients. Parents and former PERT clients are integral members of the PERT Advisory Committee. PERT administrators work jointly with an interagency Transition Partners group which guides youth in transition efforts throughout the state.(PERT)