Just for Seniors
Planning for the future is important. Let us help you develop your graduation plan, register for college, and find resources and ideas for college funding.
Graduation
Stay on track. Visit the resources below.
- Senior Timeline
- Commencement Expectations
- Commencement Speaker Application
- Application for Early Graduation
- Open Period Request
Financial Aid Resources
Paying for college requires planning. Know what to expect and how to get help.
Available Scholarships
Scholarship opportunities are everywhere. Visit these sites to help you get started.
- Local Scholarships
- American Legion Auxiliary Career and Technical Education Scholarship - Due March 1, 2024
- American Legion Auxiliary Healthcare Professional Scholarship - Due March 1, 2024
- Alumni and Friends Society Senior Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Bill Lewis Scholarship - Due February 19, 2024
- Carriage House Foundation Scholarship - Due April 5, 2024
- Cole Shemek Memorial Scholarship - Trades - Due April 15, 2024
- Cole Shemek Memorial Scholarship - Trap Team - Due April 15, 2024
- Concordia University's Paul Scholar Program
- Davis Chambers Community College Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- Don and Judith Petersen Family Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- First United Methodist Church of Springfield Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Friends of the Springfield Memorial Library Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- Frontier Cooperative Scholarship - Due March 8, 2024
- Greater Grand Island Community Foundation Scholarships - Various Due Dates
- Greg Alan Adair Memorial Scholarship - Due April 12, 2024
- Heartland Business Systems Scholarship - Due March 30, 2024
- James M. Cox Foundation Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Jerry “Ozzie” Osborn Memorial Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Kracher Family Memorial Scholarship for the Skilled Trades - Due April 5, 2024
- Lee L. Fowler II Memorial Scholarship - Due April 12, 2024
- Letter Club Scholarship - Due May 1, 2024
- McAleer/Pierce Memorial Scholarship - Due March 1, 2024
- Milks Family Memorial Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- Nebraska American Legion Auxiliary Memorial Scholarship - Due March 1, 2024
- Nebraska Public Leadership Foundation Scholarship - Due March 1, 2024
- Lofte Community Theatre Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- Offutt Enlisted Spouses Club Scholarship - Due April 8, 2024
- Offutt Officers Spouses Club Charitable Association, Inc. Scholarship - Due March 17, 2024
- Platteview High School Booster Club Scholarship - Due April 19, 2024
- Ralston Volunteer Fire Department Memorial Scholarship - Due March 1, 2024
- Rick Reck Scholarship Application - Due March 1, 2024
- Sarpy County Bar Association Scholarship - Due March 20, 2024
- Schram Seeds Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Shirley Buskirk Memorial Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Springfield American Legion Auxilary Unit #143 Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- Springfield-At-Heart Scholarship - Due April 5, 2024
- Springfield Elementary PTO Scholarship - Due April 1, 2024
- Springfield Platteview Education Association Scholarship - Due April 5, 2024
- St. Joseph Catholic Church High School Scholarships for Knights of Columbus and Ladies Guild - Due March 3, 2024
- The Norden Club of Lincoln Foundation Scholarship - Due May 1, 2024
- The Salvation Army D.J.’s Hero Awards Program
- UNK Industrial Distribution Incoming Freshmen Scholarship - Due February 28, 2024
- Wade Lanum Scholarship - Due April 15, 2024
- Westmont Elementary PTO Scholarship - Due March 31, 2024
- Non-Local Scholarships
- 5Estimates.com Scholarship Program
- AKRS Jump Start Scholarship
- American Legion Auxiliary Scholarships
- Balanced Man Scholarship
- Bilingual Service Scholarship
- Coca Cola
- Diversity Service Scholarship
- Grand Island Community Foundation
- Hagan Scholarship Foundation
- Kids Chance of Nebraska
- Nebraska Press Association Foundation Scholarship
- Peter R. Marsh Foundation Scholarship
- Silent Servant Scholarship Award - Peter R. Marsh Foundation
- Suburban Rotary Scholarship
Other Scholarship Resources
- EducationQuest
- Complete a profile in ScholarshipQuest.
- If you are a Nebraska resident in grades 9 through 12, you will see the EducationQuest Scavenger Hunt Scholarship in your results.
- “Scavenge” around the EducationQuest website to find answers to the questions in the survey.
- Complete and submit the survey.
- EducationQuest will draw two winners from those who answered all the questions correctly.
- Facebook drawing when we hit 7,500 followers.
- Twitter drawing when we hit 3,500 followers.
- Instagram drawing when we hit 1,000 followers.
- EducationQuest will continue to award $500 Get Social Scholarships each time we reach an additional 500 followers on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
- Be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.
- Be a junior or senior attending a Nebraska high school.
- Attend an EducationQuest Financial Aid Program before December 1, 2018 (parents/guardians may attend on their student’s behalf).
- Complete an online scholarship entry form (details provided at the Financial Aid Program).
- Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) and Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) Scholarships
EducationQuest offers three scholarships to all Nebraska high school students: the EducationQuest Scavenger Hunt Scholarship, Get Social Scholarship, and Financial Aid Program Scholarship.
Scavenger Hunt Scholarship
Here’s how it works:
Awards: Two $500 scholarships via the NEST 529 College Savings Plan. If you are a winner, you will need to open a NEST account to receive the funds.
Deadline: Complete the survey by March 31, 2019.
EducationQuest will deposit the $500 scholarships into the winners’ NEST 529 College Savings Plan account. Winners who do not have an account will need to set one up.
Get Social Scholarship
Follow EducationQuest on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and you’ll get more than important college planning information. You might win a $500 Get Social Scholarship!
How it works:
Each time EducationQuest
reaches specific follower milestones on our social media pages, we’ll invite current and new followers to enter into a drawing for a $500 scholarship. We’ll conduct a:
We will announce on social media when we've reached a milestone, and will provide a link to a scholarship entry form. You will have 72 hours to submit the form.
EducationQuest will deposit the $500 scholarships into the winners’ NEST 529 College Savings Plan account. Winners who do not have an account will need to set one up.
Financial Aid Program Scholarship
Students who attend an EducationQuest Financial Aid Program will be eligible to register for one of six $500 scholarships. A Financial Aid Program will be at Platteview
HS on Wednesday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m.
EducationQuest will randomly select six student winners on or around December 1, 2018.
To be eligible, a student must:
EducationQuest will deposit the $500 scholarships into the winners’ NEST 529 College Savings Plan account. Winners who do not have an account will need to set one up.
Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) and Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) offer qualified students the opportunity to apply for a full-tuition scholarship and a guaranteed seat in medical (all fields of medicine) or law school.
Other Nebraska colleges offering RHOP opportunities include Chadron State College (a PHS grad is in his first year of RHOP at CSC), Peru State College, and University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Besides Wayne State College, RLOP is also available at Chadron State and UNK. For more information, please read our RHOP and RLOP flier.
Lots of seniors from across the state will be selected for RHOP and RLOP, so throw your hat in the ring!