Teachers,

Please read the following announcement.  Our students should
be some of the most qualified candidates for the community
service scholarship.

John

PRESIDENTIAL FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPS

An online certification form is now available for all high
schools nationwide to select up to two students to receive a
$1,000 Presidential Freedom Scholarship. The program
highlights and promotes student service and active
citizenship and provides Presidential recognition and a
college scholarship. The students selected may be either
high school juniors or seniors.

The scholarship certification process is fast and easy.
Please visit the program's web site,
www.nationalservice.org/scholarships, where you will find
program information and the online certification process.
Paper applications are also available on the site.

Scholarship application forms must be submitted by school
personnel, and contain the school principal signature.

The Corporation for National and Community Service provides
$500 which must be matched with $500 secured by the school
from the community. Each participating high school must
arrange for a local matching scholarship of $500, but local
support for your students is easy to find. More than 31,000
scholarships have been awarded to date, and local
scholarship matching funds have been provided by a wide
range of sources, such as the PTAs, booster or alumni clubs,
businesses, and local civic and fraternal organizations.
Many existing scholarship programs require 100 hours of
service, and these can be matched with the Presidential
Freedom Scholarship.

Certification forms will be accepted until July 16, 2004.
All scholarship recipients will receive a letter of
recognition and a President's Volunteer Service Award pin.
Each scholarship check of $500 from the Corporation for
National and Community Service will be mailed directly to
the student made payable jointly to the student and his/her
institution of higher education.

For more information, please contact us by email at
[log in to unmask] or by phone at (866) 291-
7700 (toll-free). Make sure your school takes advantage of
this great opportunity to honor students committed to
leadership in service with Presidential recognition and a
college scholarship.

The Presidential Freedom Scholarship is a program of the
Corporation for National and Community Service and Learn and
Serve America in collaboration with USA Freedom Corps.