{"id":5586,"date":"2023-12-12T09:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pittsfieldnhschools.org\/pmhs\/?page_id=5586"},"modified":"2023-12-12T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:11:09","slug":"nh-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/guidance-office\/college-career-planning\/nh-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"NH Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NH-Scholars.jpg\" alt=\"NH Scholars\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NH-Scholars.jpg 160w, https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NH-Scholars-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b52424;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">BECOME A<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;\">\u00a0<a title=\"NH Scholars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhscholars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0707ba;\">NH SCHOLAR<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TODAY!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2015, the NH Scholars program added two new emphasis,<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>STEM<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>ARTS<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0in addition to their standard pathway.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pgPtDpUbKfR2atUX9cZItl2_sIsgmpvB\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">NH SCHOLARS FLYER 2023-2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/10E79EzvFUjtlwyqB-0xzKFAgkVmAfURD\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">NH SCHOLARS STUDENT PLANNER 2023-2024<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PMHS-CCR-SuggestedCourseSequence-2017-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMHS SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ZBLI--s7aFys38E2SzXCRDaESv1-KgVN\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NH SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIPS 2023-2024<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5618\" src=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DOE.jpg\" alt=\"DOE\" width=\"259\" height=\"78\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NHCUC-LogoFinal-275x67.jpg\" alt=\"NHCUC\" width=\"275\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NHCUC-LogoFinal-275x67.jpg 275w, https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NHCUC-LogoFinal.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Forum-on-the-Future.gif\" alt=\"Forum on the Future\" width=\"117\" height=\"59\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/State-Scholars-Initiative.gif\" alt=\"State Scholars Initiative\" width=\"113\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; background-color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\">MISSION<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #00008b; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"NH Scholars Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhscholars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Hampshire Scholars<\/a><\/span> Initiative is an effort by area business and school volunteers to encourage\u00a0and motivate all high school students to complete a defined, rigorous academic course of study that prepares them for successful transition to college or university coursework or vocational and technical training necessary to enter today&#8217;s competitive job market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; background-color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\">BENEFITS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Developing advanced academic skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Learning strong decision-making and critical-thinking capabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Advanced preparation for success in college<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Better candidacy for certain types of\u00a0scholarships\u00a0and financial aid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Enhanced opportunities for job placement and advancement with employers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; background-color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>NEED MORE REASONS?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Preparation to not only attend college but to graduate with a degree! Students who participate in this program are more likely to finish their education!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #0038a1; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>-New Hampshire Scholars are more likely to continue on to college and earn a degree which in turn means more $$! On average, college graduates earn over a million dollars more in a lifetime than students who only get a high school education!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>-Groundwork for future employment! NH Scholars prepares you with the ability to communicate clearly (written and verbal), the ability to analyze information effectively, conduct research and solve complex problems.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0038a1;\"><em>-Building the foundation for your future! What you learn now will prepare you for a future of learning, reading, writing, speaking and listening, independent learning, study skills, higher-order thinking skills, and &#8220;thinking about thinking.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; background-color: #ff0000;\"><strong>HOW DOES IT HELP WITH <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">COLLEGE ADMISSION<\/span> OR <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FINANCIAL AID<\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Currently 24 states participate in the State Scholars program. Across the country, colleges and universities recognize State Scholars through transcript review. In New Hampshire, colleges are well aware of the program and the rigorous course curriculum it entails. Regarding financial aid, a NH Scholar that is eligible for the Federal Pell Grant will also be automatically eligible for an additional grant called the ACG (Academic Competitiveness Grant). Visit<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studentaid.ed.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.studentaid.ed.gov<\/a><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for more information.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline; background-color: #ff0000;\">NH SCHOLARS: THE FOUR YEAR PLAN<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can plan to be a\u00a0NH Scholar before you even enter high school!\u00a0\u00a0To officially become a NH Scholar, you will need to fill out the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">NH Scholars Planner<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">with the Director of College and Career Readiness. \u00a0The CCR Office will then help in the selection of\u00a0courses\u00a0that best fits your selected pathway.\u00a0In 2015, the NH Scholars program added\u00a0two additional pathways: STEM and ARTS! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NH-Scholars-Pathways-and-Flyer_17-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0for the requirement list for the three\u00a0NH Scholars Pathways.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As stated on the NH Scholars website, we encourage students to take high school level courses in middle school to afford them the opportunity to take higher level courses later in high school. Courses taken in middle school count towards PMHS graduation requirements, however, you will need to complete the NH Scholars requirements during your high school career.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: lighter; color: #00008b; text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Being a NH Scholar is not just about completing the required courses, it is also a state of mind. A &#8220;scholar&#8221; is defined as &#8220;a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic&#8221;. An academic scholar must be motivated, focused and above all, a role model to other classmates. Please contact the Guidance Office if you are interested in becoming a NH Scholar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">PLEASE SEE THE GUIDANCE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BECOME A\u00a0NH SCHOLAR\u00a0TODAY! In 2015, the NH Scholars program added two new emphasis, STEM\u00a0and\u00a0ARTS,\u00a0in addition to their standard pathway.\u00a0 NH SCHOLARS FLYER 2023-2024 NH SCHOLARS STUDENT PLANNER 2023-2024 PMHS SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE NH SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIPS 2023-2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MISSION The New Hampshire Scholars Initiative is an effort by area business and school volunteers to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":4709,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11980,"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5586\/revisions\/11980"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sau51.org\/pmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}