Wheaton High School
Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA)
This page is intended to provide information about SSL opportunities (75 hours are required for High School graduation), Summer work opportunities, and scholarships
Student Work
PTSA knows that volunteering and work are both valuable to the community and individual students. The following information is for students needing SSL hours and looking for summer employment opportunities. Your student needs 75 hours of volunteer work before they are eligible to graduate. There are lots of opportunities to complete this requirement. Many in-school and PTSA activities can be eligible, just ask. When your student is ready, there are also lots of opportunities to work during the summer through the county or through special internships. In addition, scholarships are an important way your student can fund their own education. Below is just some of the available information and opportunities.
Student Service Learning (SSL)
Montgomery County Public School students address real need in the community by fully participating in service-learning activities that are
- embedded in specific middle and high school courses
- included in specific school-sponsored clubs and organizations and
- supervised by preapproved community organizations.
REMEMBER: All service-learning opportunities in the community must be preapproved. Look for organizations to be tagged, "Approved SSL MCPS" and opportunities to be tagged, "MCPS SSL Approved" on this website. If they are not there then submit MCPS Form 560-50, Request for SSL Preapproval in advance of any service.
Request for SSL Pre approval - Submit this form to your school's SSL coordinator BEFORE the activity if the organization or activity is not listed as Approved for SSL.
Verification Form - Submit this form to your school's SSL coordinator by the end of each semester when service is performed.
More Information
Find pre-approved SSL
opportunities on the Montgomery County Volunteer Center's
1-800-Volunteer web site. You can find opportunities by:
- Location, e.g. Rockville
- Interest, e.g. Animal Protection/ Welfare
- Day, Week, Month via a calendar
- Organization
- FIND OPPORTUNITIES NOW
Please be aware that you do not have to create a 1-800-Volunteer account or log in to view the opportunities or contact the organization.
Need to talk to the Wheaton High School SSL Coordinator?
Ms Hellman, 301-929-2075 elizabeth_l_hellman@mcpsmd.org
Scholarships
Our students a Wheaton High School have lots of opportunties to succeed even beyond high school. Here are some available scholarships WHS PTSA has received that your student might want to consider.
Syracuse Architecture Scholarships
Syracuse University has 10 full-ride scholarships for African American men and women interested in studying Architecture. Mark Robbins, Dean of Syracuse University's School of Architecture is desperately seeking young men and women of color interested in pursuing a five year professional degree in Architecture. He says he's deeply committed to bringing diversity to his field and has scholarship money set aside to fully cover education costs for 10 students.
Contact: Mark Robbins, Dean, School of Architecture
(315) 443-2256 (315) 443-2256 (315) 443-2256 (315) 443-2256
School of Architecture Syracuse University
201 Slocum Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1250
Four-Week Engineering Innovation Summer Program
JHU Whiting School of Engineering offers a four-week Engineering Innovation program at JHU’s Montgomery County Campus in Rockville for high school students. At the end of the course, students with a passing grade earn three transferable Johns Hopkins University credits!
This year, the program at JHU MCC will run from July 6 – July 30, with classes going from 9am – 3pm, Monday-Friday. The application deadline is Monday, May 3, 2010. Download the brochure or find out more.
Kensington Volunteer Fire Department
Students 17 and older who are insterested in volunteering for the KVFD can receive up to $9000/academic year for college and live at the firehouse. Read the scholarship fact sheet or visit http://www.KVFD.org.
2009/2010 Letters About Literature Contest
Students grades 4 to 12, are invited to express their admiration for a favorite author and showcase their reading and writing talents by participating in Letters About Literature.
This national contest encourages students to write a personal letter to an author—such as from Carl Hiaasen to Anne Frank—that explores how the author’s work changed their thinking about the world and their place in it. Fans of any genre, fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic, are invited to participate, with the chance to receive awards and recognition at the state and national level. Contest guidelines are available at the Maryland Center for the Book website at http://www.mdhc.org/programs/maryland-center-for-the-book/letters-about-literature.
Delegate Carr Scholarship
Delegate Carr has state scholarship money available for local students. Students must be enrolled in a Maryland College or University (of if attending an out-of-state school, must be in a field of study not offered by a Maryland School).
Interested students must fill out a short application and write a brief letter detailing their accomplishments. Students must also have a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on file. www.fafsa.ed.gov
The application deadline is May 2010. For more information, please contact Legislative Aide Kristin Fulkerson via phone on 301 858-3638 or via email at alfred.carr@house.state.md.us.
Last updated: January 19 2010 10:59:42.
