<p>PAParent, some of them are hard to find. I’ll read an announcement in our local paper about a kid winning this or that and I’ll wonder how the heck they knew about it. If you’ve ever got some free time with the computer, google whatever categories your 9th grader falls into (Eagle Scout, volunteer, DAR, autistic, deaf, skateboarder, the name of your county or town, your religious denomination, your status as a veteran, nationality of family origin even if way back, etc etc) plus “scholarship” and see what comes up. There are a lot of very specific scholarships out there.</p>
<p>Once your child has been admitted to a school, dig through the web site for very specific scholarships…ones for which alums can recommend them, ones based on your state or county, ones based on your religious denomination. It can be a lot of work because we found that some of those had January 15th or Feb 1st application deadlines, so you have to be admitted and leaning toward the school to know to apply.</p>