KHIS College Enrollment Resources

Hawaii State BOE Banquet

Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program
In order to apply, you must fill out the application, provide all the required materials and mail the completed forms and materials in one package by the deadline.

American math exam
Various contests and exams for different grade levels are given. Registration dates vary from October, November and December.

National essay contest
Write a 750 to 1,000 word essay on a specific topic and win up to $2,500. March 1st is the deadline.

Arts Recognition and Talent Search
ARTS Week is a national art/performing art competition with top the top award worth $10,000. Categories are Dance, Film and Video, Jazz, Music, Photography, Theater, Visual Arts, Voice and Writing. The final deadline to register is October 1st.

Center for Talented Youth
The center identifies middle school students who are exceptional in science, math and reasoning abilities. It is possible to win a scholarship to attend the center located in Baltimore, Maryland at Johns Hopkins University.

Coca Cola scholars foundation
Scholarship for high school seniors, deadline is October 31st.

Columbia Scholastic Press Association Awards Programs
Offers awards to schools for outstanding newspapers and yearbooks as well as awards to individual students for outstanding articles and photographs in various categories. Open to middle and high school students.

Congressional Arts Competition
High school students submit work through their high schools – one winner is chosen in each congressional district.

DAR Scholarship programs
DAR sponsors several scholarship and essay contests

DECA scholarships
Scholarships are available for students interested in careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship

National Technical Honor Society
Scholarships are offered in a variety of categories

Discover Card Tribute Award
This award is only available for juniors.

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Competition
Open to students in grades 5-8 who are nominated through a local or regional International Science and Engineering affiliated science fair.

Electron Marathon
Click on Generation e Teams of high school students compete in an electric car race to represent Hawaii in a national competition.

Elks Foundation Scholarships
Various scholarship programs are available, with The Most Valuable Student competition the most popular.

For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology
Scholarship are awarded involving the annual robotics competition.

Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Various awards and scholarships that focus on American history are available.

National Geographic Geography Bee
Schools must register to enter the contest – six students is the minimum number for a team. Students must be in grades 4 through 8.

Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists
Several contests are available for high school students to enter.

Girl Scout Awards
Two achievement awards are open to current girl scouts

Hawaii Speech League
Students compete in many different categories to represent Hawaii in the national competition. History Day competition http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ Competition is designed to spark interest in
American History.

Horatio Alger Scholarship
The foundation sponsors one national scholarship.

Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation
One sophomore from each high school in the country can attend the annual leadership seminar. Typically, the high schools pay the registration fee and the seminars are held in each state.

Intel Science Talent Search
Annual science competition for high school students

Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair
Annual competition open to high schools in Hawaii

International Chemistry Olympiad
Please refer to the web site for more information

International Schools CyberFair
The CyberFair encourages youth to connect the knowledge they learn in school to real world applications. Projects are researched, enacted then published on the internet.

International Student Media Festival
Annual event designed to recognize student media projects.

Youth for Understanding
Many programs are available for overseas study and travel.

Journalism Education Association Awards
State representatives of the high school student journalist of the year and several write-off competitions are sponsored.

Jostens Yearbook Photo Contest
Exciting yearbook pictures are rated and prizes are awarded for top photos.

Kid Witness News – New Vision Awards
Schools must register to be part of the competition. For students in grades 5 – 8. Students submit videos in several categories.

Mathcounts competition
For students in grades 7 and 8 – schools must register for students to enter the competition.

Minority introduction to engineering, entrepreneurship and science
http://web.mit.edu/mites/www/ Six week summer program for juniors at MIT. Participants only pay for travel to and from Boston.

NASA student involvement program
Competitions are available for students in grade 7-12.

National Foundation for Women Legislators
An essay contest is open to female seniors.

National Mock Trial Competition
High schools send teams to the national trial and compete against teams from around the country.

National Shakespeare Competition
Schools can enter the competition after following strict guidelines.

National Youth Leadership Forum
Seminars in Washington DC prepare students for future careers in leadership.

National Youth Science Camp
Annual summer camp for students in the summer after graduation. Two students from each state are selected to attend at no cost to the students.

Presidential Scholars Program
Open to US citizens who are graduating seniors. Not a monetary award but winners get to go to Washington DC. Deadline typically is October.

Prudential Spirit of the Community Awards
Middle school and high school students are eligible to participate in this program. State winners win $1,000 and go to Washington DC. Volunteerism and community involvement are rewarded. Deadline is in October.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Art and writing awards are open to students in grades 7-12. Many different categories are available. Students must first register then send in their projects in January.

Sudler Cup
To identify, recognize and honor junior high school and middle school concert band programs that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years.

ThinkQuest
Students in grades 7-12 submit proposals for web site design. Competition begins in August and all web site designs must be completed by March. Must form teams of three to six students. No monetary prizes, just recognition.

Toyota Community Scholars Program
Applications must be submitted by December. Each school may nominate one student who exemplifies outstanding academic excellence, leadership and most importantly - commitment to community service.

Academic Decathlon
A team of nine students in grades 9-12 compete on specially prepared tests. A teacher must sponsor you and the registration fee is $500.

US Senate Youth Program
Program materials come to the school each year. Participants must take a test at school then move on to an interview selection process. Two students from Hawaii are chosen to represent the state.

Voice of Democracy
Sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, students submit audio essays designed to foster patriotism. This year’s themes is “How I demonstrate my freedom”