Miami Dade County Fair & Exposition Scholarships due Feb. 23

 The Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition Scholarships

Return all completed application materials together to: CAP Advisor by Friday, February 24, 2017.

The Fair is proud to sponsor a $1,000 non-renewable scholarship to one student in every Miami-Dade County public senior high school. Please see the attached Adobe file for the application and more information.

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must be United States citizens or eligible non-citizens, Miami-Dade County graduating high school seniors with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and planning to attend an accredited college, university or M-DCPS certified adult/vocational school. You may only be a recipient/winner of a fair scholarship once. Employees of The Fair, agencies, contractors, vendors and their dependents are ineligible.

THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants must:

1. Meet all eligibility requirements

2. Complete the application.

3. Secure a current high school transcript.

4. Obtain 2 faculty (or 1 faculty and 1 community service related) recommendations.

5. Return all application materials together to your CAP Advisor by Friday, February 24, 2017.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

The determinations will be made using the applicants’ abilities to demonstrate dedication to scholarship; their participation and excellence in school and community activities; two recommendations; and the students’ personal statements defining goals and exhibiting energy and dedication to a plan. Awards are made without regard to race, creed, color, sex, religion, or national origin. Financial need is not a factor.

THE ACADEMIC AWARDS

The Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition Scholarship Program awards $1,000 scholarship per school annually.

ANNOUNCEMENT & DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS

Recipients will be notified in March 2017. An award ceremony honoring all recipients will be held April 2017. All award payments are made payable to the recipient pending containing the official seal of the registrar from the adult/vocational certified program, college or university.

Scholarship checks will be awarded beginning July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. After award period due date of June 30, 2018; scholarships are forfeited.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE APPLICANTS

Applicants to The Fair Scholarship Program should remember that is their sole responsibility to:

1. Gather and submit all information necessary for The Fair and M-DCPS to select the recipients.

2. Ensure that all materials are returned to the school’s CAP office no later than February 24, 2017.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The application with all require documents must be submitted to the CAP Advisors office by the deadline of February 24, 2017. If more than one application is submitted, a school scholarship committee will select the winner based on the criteria in the application.