Scholarships

How to tell if you qualify for financial aid

FAFSA

At 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2024, the 2025-256 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Iowa Financial Aid Application will become available to students, 3 months earlier than the traditional January 1 timeframe. In addition, the newly developed Iowa Financial Aid Application made its debut.

The 2025-26 Iowa Financial Aid Application is available on the Iowa College Aid website, or directly here.  

Application deadlines for state scholarship/grant programs in 2025-26 are available on the Iowa College Aid website.

Complete the FAFSA to be considered for need-based state and federal financial aid.

Raise.ME

Through a new program called raise.me, your student can automatically earn scholarships from colleges each time he or she achieves any of the following goals in school:

• Get an A in a course  ($100 - $1,000)
• Get a B in a course ($50 - $600)
• Participate in a school club or sport ($25 - $250)
• And much more

Our school is among the first in the country to take advantage of this opportunity, which is funded in part by the Bill  Melinda Gates Foundation and U.S. colleges. High school students will be given information about raise.me and the opportunity to create an account during their STAR (advisory) time.

Here is how you can best support your student to get the most from this opportunity:

1. Ensure that your student creates an account at www.raise.me.
2. Congratulate your student for regularly adding good grades, community service, extracurricular activities, and other achievements to his or her raise.me “Portfolio” in order to earn “Micro-Scholarships” from colleges.  Your student is eligible to receive scholarship money for each achievement from the start of 9th grade until midway through 12th grade.
3. Visit www.raise.me/parents for more information.

We hope using raise.me will make your student’s path to college both more fun and affordable.

If you have questions, please contact Emily Hall (933-2218 or (ehall@starmont.k12.ia.us), or send an email to support@raise.me. Increasing numbers of public and private colleges continue to join the raise.me program, such as Cornell College, Drake University, Dordt College, Clarke University, and over 150 other colleges. Colleges are added on a monthly basis and you can request colleges at any time. Your student will automatically get related Micro-Scholarships from all new colleges as they become available.

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LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP

The Last Dollar Scholarship pays most of the community college costs on eligible programs.  Please visit this website to find out more information http://www.futurereadyiowa.gov/college-list

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MARCH due dates

PEARL HULL FALK SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is made available and administered by MidWestOne Bank, as the Trustee of the Pearl Hull Falk Trust.

Eligibility Requiremts:

• Of a Protestant Faith
• Resident of the State of Iowa
• Attending the University of Iowa full-time

The application deadline for the 2025-2026 academic year is March 3, 2026

See Mrs. Zitelman if you are interested in this scholarship