Scholarship
Required minimum GPA for Horizon Scholars
What is 2.5?
Number of grade specific workshops required each year
Number of community service hours required by graduation
What is 100?
Minimum number of required mentor sessions each year
What is 15?
Grade you must be in to apply for Horizon Scholars
What is 8th grade?
Name of the State-wide organization we are a part of
What is Take Stock in Children?
Grade you must be in to submit an application for the Horizon Scholars Student Ambassador Team for the next year
What is freshmen?
What is 25?
Mentors must pass this before becoming a mentor
What is a background check?
Number of times you meet with your College Success Coordinator each year
What is four (4)?
This application can be used to apply to more than 900 colleges and universities in all 50 states
What is The Common Application (CommonApp)?
General location face-to-face workshops usually take place
What is Valencia College Campuses?
Where you find community service forms
Where is my high school guidance office or website?
Students are asked to write these for their mentor at the end of each year
What is a thank you note?
Current number of Horizon Scholars staff members
What is 8? 1 director, 1 assistant director, and 6 coordinators
What Horizon Scholars scholarship covers
What is Tuition & Fees?
LOTC Stands for
Lessons Outside the Classroom
What is Bright Futures?
Number of students most mentors work with
What is one (1)?
Current largest Horizon Scholars Class
What is Sophomores? (68 Seniors, 136 Juniors, 183 Sophomores, 80 Freshmen)
Filling out this out is required senior year and allows you to receive additional aid for college.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA)?
Name the workshop subject areas covered for each grade level
What is student development (freshmen), career exploration (sophomore), college exploration (junior), college transition (senior)?
Person who must pre-approve and later log your service hours.
Who is my High School Guidance Counselor?
Average Length of a Mentor Training
This digital tool originally launched in Spring 2020 and added a video feature in January 2021
What is the Take Stock in Children Mentor App?