Clay County Fair looking for Miss Clay Scholarship Pageant contestants

CLAY COUNTY – Women and girls are encouraged to join the Miss Clay County Fair Scholarship Pageant.

The annual pageant will crown queens from four age groups for this year’s Clay County Agriculture Fair, and it comes with scholarships between $1,000 and $1,500.

The age groups are Miss (ages 16-19), Teen Miss (13-15), Pre-Teen (11-12) and Junior Miss (9-10). There is a $100 fee for each applicant, and everyone should provide fun facts about themselves, three words that best describe them, describe their future plans, a favorite family tradition and in the past year, community service/volunteer projects, hobbies and clubs and academic achievements, awards and recognitions.

To upload an application, visit claycountyfair.org/getinvolves/scholarships. The entry deadline is March 8.
At least one parent or guardian must accompany contestants younger than 18.

A mandatory meeting of all contestants will be at the Spring Park Pavillion in Green Cove Springs at 2 p.m. on March 10, and a rehearsal at Hibernia Baptist Church, 7100 U.S. Highway 17 on Fleming Island, will be at 6 p.m. on March 22.

The pageant will be on March 23 at the church. Interviews will be at 10 a.m., and the stage competition starts at 4 p.m.

CCDS: Two winning senior essays will get two-year scholarships

CLAY COUNTY – Superintendent Broskie, in partnership with Florida Prepaid, will provide two Clay County District School’s current seniors a two-year college scholarship valued at $8,000.

All entries are due by Friday, Feb. 23, by 4 p.m. to the county office at 900 Walnut St. in Green Cove Springs. Scholarship-winning essays will be announced by the end of March. Entries can be sent to myoneclay/net/leadership/superintendent/flprepaid. If you have questions regarding the entry packets, contact Terri Dennis, Coordinator of Communications, at terri.dennis@myoneclay.net.

Orange Park Art Guild accepting Courtenay Hunt scholarship applications

ORANGE PARK – The Art Guild of Orange Park established a scholarship in 2002 for Clay County high school seniors who want to pursue a career in visual arts or art education. In 2013, the Art Guild named this scholarship in honor of prominent local artist Courtenay Hunt following his death at 95. He was a founding member of the Art Guild.

Hunt was recognized as Jacksonville’s portrait artist in the 50s and 60s. In 1967, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Andrew Jackson, which still hangs in Jacksonville’s City Hall.

This year’s $1,000 scholarship application is now available online at artguildoforangepark.org and in each school’s guidance office. The deadline for the application is April 1. Applicants will also present a portfolio of their work at an interview with the AGOP Scholarship Committee in April.

Other scholarship award considerations are the applicant’s academic record, extracurricular activities, employment, community service, awards and recommendations.

In addition, the Art Guild will award the winner’s art teacher $100 for art supplies for the classroom.

For more information, contact the AGOP Scholarship Chair, Nancy Page, at starlady01@comcast.net or (904) 945-0687.

Clay County Cruzers to present $2,000 scholarship

CLAY COUNTY – Graduating seniors are eligible and encouraged to apply for a $2,000 CCC Scholarship from the Clay County Cruzers.

Applicants must be graduating from the Clay County School System. Students are eligible if they attend any post-secondary program of study, including colleges, universities or vocational/technical schools.

Applicants are requested to write an essay of approximately 150 words and complete a short application form. Clay County Cruzers must receive scholarship applications on or before March 31.

The scholarship documents will be provided to each high school guidance office. The instructions and application form provide all relevant information a student needs to apply. These forms are also available on the Clay County Cruzers website at claycountycruzers.com.

Selected candidates may be asked to attend a Clay County Cruzer meeting to introduce themselves and describe their plans.

Applications and essays should be mailed to: Clay County Cruzers, PO Box 65691, Orange Park, FL 32065-9998. Each applicant will be notified once their application is received.

The winners will be announced in April.

DAR accepting applications for $1,000 scholarship

CLAY COUNTY – Graduating high school seniors are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by the Sophia Fleming Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Applicants must graduate this year from the Clay County Public School System, St. Johns Country Day School or be home-schooled in Clay County. Students are eligible if they attend any post-secondary program of study, including colleges, universities or vocational/technical schools. No GPA information is required.

Points will be awarded from an essay, awards, recognitions, community service, and school and community letters of recommendation.

The instruction sheet and application form is available at all public high school guidance offices in Clay County and St. Johns Country Day School. They are also available by clicking on Sophia Fleming Scholarship at sophiaflemingchapter.org.

Applications are due Feb.16, and the winning recipient will be notified the week of March 23. Applications need not be hand delivered or mailed by certified or registered mail. Each applicant will receive an email or telephone call saying his/her application has been received. The applications must be received on or before the deadline date to be eligible.

Completed applications are to be printed or typed and mailed to Terreca Hurley, Scholarship Chair, 1912 Moorings Cr., Middleburg, 32068.