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Scholarship Program for All Iowa High School Grades Open Now

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The ISL Education Lending Scholarship is an opportunity for all high school students, not just seniors, to learn about planning and paying for college. In addition, their parents or guardians and current college students may enter. Winners receive deposits into ISave 529 (formerly College Savings Iowa) accounts so they can choose when and how to use the awards.

About the Opportunity

Ninth- to 12th-grade students who are residents of Iowa are eligible for this scholarship program from ISL Education Lending.

Qualification and registration is easy. Your students simply:

  1. Visit www.IowaStudentLoan.org/Enter to register by April 3, 2026.
  2. Provide basic contact information for themselves and their parents or guardians.

After registering, students may continue to read three quick college planning and financing tips and answer a multiple choice question for each.

For the remainder of the scholarship period, registered students receive emailed information on college planning and financing.

Forty-five winners will be drawn from eligible high school, college and parent entries in December. Each winner will receive a $1,000 deposit into an ISave 529 account.

Additional Chances to Win

Each student may enter themselves only once per program period, but a parent or guardian, or another adult who holds an ISave 529 account naming the student as a beneficiary, can enter on their student’s behalf once per program period.

Those who registered last year and remain eligible are encouraged to participate again.

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Rock Island Post

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The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Rock Island Post, has a scholarship trust fund to encourage and support talented students in their pursuit of careers in engineering and the physical sciences. This year, SAME is offering a combination of one-year, two year, and four-year scholarships to qualified students who are pursuing a baccalaureate degree in these fields. In addition, at least one Need-Based Scholarship is also being offered. Applicants should indicate on the application which category (.or categories) they wish to be considered for. A downloadable version of the scholarship application is available on our website.

Multiple one-year and two-year scholarships will be awarded at the $1,500 and $3,000 ($1,500 per year for two years) levels respectively to a combination of graduating high school seniors and student members of the University of Iowa SAME Student Post. SAME will award the scholarships to the students who best fit the enclosed criteria. In selecting scholarship recipients, graduating high school seniors and University of Iowa SAME Student Post members will be ranked separately. Four-year scholarships will be awarded at the $6,000 level ($1,500 per year for four years) to graduating high school seniors. SAME will award the scholarships to high school seniors who best fit the enclosed criteria.

Deadline:  March 18, 2026

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Application Instructions for the 2026-2027 School Year

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Application Instructions 2026-2027

NEW FAMILIES to SCCS (Scott County Catholic Schools)

This is only for families who are new to Scott County Catholic Schools. If a parent has ever had a student enrolled in an SCCS school, you are considered a returning family, even if the student you are applying for is new to SCCS.

Website for SCCS Application

To apply for the first time, please visit https://apply.sccsiowa.org/ .

Click the “I’m new to SCCS” tab. Complete all steps within the application and submit.

Annual Application Fee

A non-refundable $150 annual application fee per 3yo, 5yo, and kdg-12th grade student is due at the time of application to SCCS. Application will not be considered if the application fee has not been paid. This fee is non-refundable, and funds remaining in a student’s ESA account from prior school years may be used to pay an application fee through the Odyssey Marketplace. For new incoming families, please use the following link to pay the application fee: https://bngn.blackbaud.school/?id=fihorvago5i. Please include the name and grade (26-27) of all students in the family.

 

RETURNING FAMILIES to SCCS (Scott County Catholic Schools)

Website for SCCS Re-Enrollment

To re-enroll a student for the 2026-2027 school year by completing the Annual Information Update, please visit https://apply.sccsiowa.org/.

Select the “I have an enrolled student at SCCS” tab.  Your PowerSchool parent username and password are used to login to complete the re-enrollment Information Update. Please note that this update must be completed for each student in a family that is re-enrolling in an SCCS school. If you need assistance with your login credentials, please contact Donica Mokosak at donica.mokosak@assumptionhigh.org or 563-326-5313 x2210.

Annual Application Fee

A non-refundable $150 annual application fee per 3yo, 5yo, and kdg-12th grade student is due each year at the time of application to SCCS. Re-enrollment will not be considered if the application fee has not been paid. This fee is non-refundable, and funds remaining in a student’s ESA account from prior school years may be used to pay an application fee through the Odyssey Marketplace.

For RETURNING families already in the SCCS system: Parents can pay for their application fees through their Blackbaud account. https://parent.blackbaud.school/Login.aspx. Under the shopping cart there will be items for 26-27 Fees.

 

Iowa’s Educational Savings Account (ESA) Families (All Iowa Residents)

ESA for 2026-2027 – The State of Iowa uses a program called Odyssey for processing all ESA information. For the 2026-2027 school year, all families that reside in Iowa will be eligible for this tuition assistance.

  1. All Iowa families will need to apply and follow all steps and meet all deadlines in the Odyssey website  to be approved.  The website is https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/educational-choice/education-savings-accounts
  2. The ESA application for the 26-27 school year is not currently open. Families will receive communication from SCCS when it is open.
  3. ESA funds may be used by approved families to go toward tuition and other qualified education expenses.
  4. For fall and spring semester, once tuition is entered by the Business Office staff in Odyssey, a parent must go into his/her Odyssey account and approve the tuition for each student so the State will send the funds to SCCS. Odyssey will send an email as a reminder.