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Seeking 2025 seniors going into education – Apply for the Missouri PTA Scholarship!

 

Seeking 2025 seniors going into education. Apply for the Missouri PTA Scholarship. Deadline February 15.

Hello Local Unit & Council Leaders!

Missouri PTA Teacher Education Scholarships are open to any high school senior in a Missouri public high school with at least one PTA/PTSA unit in the school district in good standing.  Only one application is accepted from each school.  Missouri PTA offers $500 renewable scholarships to seniors who plan to major in education.

Please help us promote this opportunity to the high school(s) in your district by reminding your high school counselor(s) to include the Missouri PTA Scholarship on their website.  They can use this link to connect to the application process and guidelines to their sites https://mopta.org/accordion-slider/scholarships/.  The postmark/submission deadline to scholarships@mopta.org is February 15.

Download the application itself directly here.

 

You may email the Missouri PTA at scholarships@mopta.org with any additional questions regarding scholarship opportunities available through the Missouri PTA.

Please contact office1@mopta.org with questions or concerns regarding good standing.

Don’t let our future educators miss out on an opportunity for money to attend college!

Thank you for your help in supporting future Missouri Teachers!

 

 

 


College Acceptance: What if you are rejected from your dream school?

 

It is officially Spring!  Seniors are checking their emails and mailboxes daily.  They are waiting for a very special envelope.  It’s the one that contains the acceptance letter from their first choice of colleges.

Is your house on pins & needles?  Mine is!  As a parent, I am in the seat right next to my child on the roller coaster of emotions.   The waiting is almost unbearable!  The fear of rejection and the uncertainty about what to do next is heart breaking.   I hate the “what if” game!

About Parenting has some great information about how to help your child deal with the rejection, finding other options and what to do now if he/she is having second thoughts about their choice or post-secondary plan.