The Oklahoma Association for Serving Impacted Schools (OASIS) will again be sponsoring scholarships to eligible students in each congressional district.
The one-time, $1,000 scholarship will be in the names of the five Oklahoma members of congress, two Oklahoma senators, and one to honor the late Mr. Ed Hennessee, who served as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Association for Serving Impacted Schools and the National Council for Impacted Schools.
Scholarship winners will be selected from eligible school districts within each congressional district. School districts meet eligibility through membership in OASIS, and students are eligible by being a graduating senior in 2010, an eligible impact aid student and future enrollment in an Oklahoma institution of higher learning.
As part of the application the student will be asked to prepare a mini essay topic “How do instant forms of electronic communications such as, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube affect our views of politics and politicians now and possibly in the future?” plus the completion of various questions including the listing of school and community activities, and two personal recommendations.
Applications and essays must be submitted by April 10, 2010. Winners will be notified by May 1, 2010.
OASIS is an organization of school administrators who focus on obtaining federal “in lieu of taxes” reimbursements from the federal government due to the process of non-taxable federal property, such as Indian Land, military bases and federal forest reserves, in their school districts. An “impact aid student” is one who lives with their parent or guardian who works and/or lives on the federal property.
Click here to get scholarship information and application package
