John F. Kennedy Scholarship Award
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation,
Award: $1000 – $1000
Deadline: November 1.
To support the highest ranked undergraduate applicants in their continuing education. Qualifications: Applicants must be a major in Health, Physical Education, Recreation or Dance; have completed (or be enrolled in) a minimum of 60 semester/90 quarter units of college work; be a resident of California and attend a California 2 or 4-year college/university; have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA; be a CAHPERD member for a minimum of 30 days prior to application deadline; student recipients must wait one year before they can qualify as candidates for a scholarship not previously awarded. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on criteria includes: scholastic proficiency: minimum 3.0 GPA required; leadership ability: in school, community, and professional activities; personal qualities: enthusiasm, cooperativeness, high degree of individual responsibility, initiative, evidence of good personal relations, and the ability to work with others. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; three (3) letters of recommendation; transcripts of all college work (unofficial transcript or other verification of units completed by university enrollment services). Focus: Dance; Education, Physical; Health sciences.