March 2007

NEXT SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: 05.01.07
Academic Paper Award

Important Dates and Events

  • New mailing address:
  • The National Society of High School Scholars
  • National Headquarters
  • 1936 North Druid Hills Road
  • Atlanta, GA 30319

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

  • Annual Scholar's Day Program
  • Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senate Caucus Room
  • NSHSS members and their families are invited to celebrate our annual Scholar’s Day this June in Washington D.C., a gala event recognizing members, educators, families, and scholarship recipients. The event will honor our members, scholarship recipients, and Educators of Distinction. Mr. Nobel will give an inspiring keynote speech, along with other luminaries from the Board of Advisors and supporting organizations and corporations. This grand event will also feature talented student musicians from around the world. Details will be posted soon.

    Read about the 2006 Scholar's Day, held in the Dirksen Senate Building, in member Nathaly Hewawasam's article.

JULY

  • July 8-18 — Travel to Sydney Australia and the Great Barrier Reef with Claes Nobel. Review highlights of this past summer's trip on the website in the Fall 2006 Scholar's Journal. For information, contact Gloria Smith.

NSHSS group in Sydney, July 2006



AUGUST

December 1 Atlanta, Georgia — The Carter Presidential Center

Holiday Event, Collegiate Panel Discussion, & College Fair

This December NSHSS will hold its annual holiday event at The Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 2007. The event will honor our scholars and distinguished educators, and include a panel discussion with college admissions officials from several top colleges and universities in the southeast. Topics covered will range from the various elements of the college application process, including timelines, common applications, early action and early decision, interviews, college visits, college selection, and much more. After the program, members will have the opportunity to meet the college representatives and ask questions in a college fair setting. Last year colleges in attendance were Emory, Yale, the University of Georgia, Spelman College, Morehouse College, SUNY Stony Brook, and Agnes Scott College.

Our previous member events have been held in a variety of locations, including the Harvard, UCLA, and Marquette campuses; The Senate Caucus Room, the House Caucus Room, and the Washington Press Club in Washington, D.C.; The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California; the USS Intrepid in New York City; the Southwest Airlines Headquarters in Dallas; and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, among others. View previous events on our website.

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