For K-20 Students

(A Shout Out to our wonderful NCVPS World Language Department for sharing these resources)

November 16 Deadline

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for Community College, Undergraduate and Graduate Students

The CLS Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.

The CLS application is now available online (https://clscholarship.org/apply). Applications are due November 16, 2021, at 8:00 pm Eastern.

December 8 Deadline

YES Abroad Program, High School Students (ages 15 - 18.5)

The U.S. Department of State's Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad (YES Abroad) program provides competitive merit-based scholarships for U.S. citizens in secondary school (age 15-18.5) to study for one academic year in select
countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, and Turkey. Please go to the YES Abroad website (http://www.yes-abroad.org/) for details and the 2022-23 program application due on December 8, 2021.

December 1 Deadline

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for High School Students

The U.S. State Department-funded Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) is for motivated high school students who want to fully immerse themselves in German culture by living with a host family and attending a local high school. No previous language experience is required. Please go to the CBYX website (http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org/about) for details and the online application, which must be submitted by December 1, 2021, by 11:59 pm PST.

January 31 Deadline

SCOLT Ken Stewart Future Language Educator Scholarship for a High School Senior

The Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) is excited to announce the Ken Stewart Future Language Educator Scholarship! SCOLT is dedicated to building professional capacity and wants to encourage students to pursue language teaching careers. Due to a generous gift by North Carolina's own Ken Stewart, SCOLT is now able to award $1000 annually to a high school senior who wants to be a World Language teacher.

The recipient will receive $1000 to be used for college expenses. S/he will also receive free registration to the SCOLT Conference in their senior year of college as well as his/her first year of teaching. The scholarship recipient will be asked to give SCOLT progress updates throughout his/her college career.

What are the requirements?

1. Current high school transcript
2. List of school and community activities
3. Three letters of recommendation, each not to exceed one page (1 from a language teacher, 1 from a peer, and 1 from a teacher or administrator at your high school)
4. One page statement of your future plans to become a language teacher (750 words maximum)
5. College or university you plan to attend (copy of acceptance, if available). State briefly how your plans fit within the offerings, programs, and opportunities of this college or university.
6. Hyperlink to video (maximum 3 minutes) of the candidate's response in their language of study/L2 to this question: What makes an A+ teacher? The video should focus entirely on the candidate while speaking.
(Application Link: https://scoltconf.wufoo.com/forms/z2388xc1uet13y/)

March 15 Deadline
Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest for High School Students

The Monmouth College Classics Department would like to announce the Fox Writing Contest 2022 Info for pre-collegiate students. The theme for this year's contest will be "Topic: Nostos("Return").'"