The Garden Club of St. Augustine is offering several scholarships for those interested in a career in horticulture, landscape design, landscapearchitecture, ecology, conservation, botany, forestry or related fields. Applications are available on the Garden Club website at http://www.gardenclubofstaugustine.org or from local high school counselors or by calling Cathy Snyder at 827-1519.

Qualifications are 2.75 GPA or higher, career interest and financial need. The deadline is Saturday.

The St. Augustine/Ketterlinus Alumni Association will award two renewable scholarships to qualified 2012 graduating seniors of St. Augustine High School: the Carol A. Melton Scholarship for $1,000 and the Terrell G. Davis Scholarship for $1,000.

The Jonah Ash Scholarship is being established for SAHS graduates attending Flagler College. Donations from the Class of 1972 will be used to fund a scholarship for SAHS graduates attending First Coast Technical College. Scholarship funds are also available for SAHS graduates at St. Johns River State College. Scholarship applications can be found at http://www.mysahs.com. The deadline is April 1.

The St. Augustine Chapter of Altrusa International Inc., is offering two scholarships for the 2012-13 school year open to women in transition attending First Coast Technical College. The goal of these awards is to assist deserving women who are returning to school to improve their job skills or to learn new vocational skills with which they can support themselves and their family.

To apply for one of the $500 scholarships, female students must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of St. Johns County for at least one year. Applicants must have a high school diploma or a GED certificate, and be a full-time student at FCTC.

A new feature of this years Women in Transition scholarship program is that the scholarship may be renewed for a second semester of study at FCTC if the student maintains a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Application forms are available from Dotty Moore in the FCTC Financial Aid Office. The completed application and two letters of reference must be submitted to the FCTC Financial Aid Office no later than Friday. Awards will be made at the FCTC Awards Night in May.

Maria Jefferson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will award a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving junior or senior who is a citizen of the U.S. and resident of Florida. The student must be matriculated in an accredited four-year college or university.

Application packets are available from the office of Leslie Keys, Flagler College; office of financial aid, University of North Florida; Caroline Tingle, St. Johns State College, Palatka; or DAR member Beverly Henry, 408 Camelia Trail, St. Augustine, FL 32086.

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