The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is offering two high school scholarships to current high school seniors (one for $2500 and the other will be between $2000-$2500): The Donald & Lorena Meier Scholarship and the 2010 Silver Circle Scholarship. Deadline to receive materials:  Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  Download the 2010 High School Scholarship Application. 

These scholarships have been established by the Board of Governors to assist and encourage talented high school seniors preparing to attend post-secondary institutions and who are committed to careers in the television industry. 

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
* Have attained 2009/2010 senior level status in high school.
* Be able to demonstrate a planned course of study in a college or university that supports the intention to pursue a career in the television industry.
* Be enrolled in a high school within the ADI (area of dominant influence) of the television stations within the Chicago/Midwest chapter jurisdiction OR be a relative of a member in good standing of the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the Television Academy. The television markets that the Chicago/Midwest Chapter covers are: Chicago, IL; Peoria-Bloomington, IL; Rockford, IL; Green Bay-Appleton, WI; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Wausau-Rhinelander, WI; and South Bend-Elkhart, IN. Contact the Television Academy office to clarify any details in regard to the chapter's ADI or scholarship eligibility requirements. 

Download the 2010 High School Scholarship Application.