TRiO Talent Search

ACTIVITIES

Talent Search has many activities for students throughout the year. Regularly scheduled workshops, college campus tours, and enrichment trips are conducted during the school year. Summer activities include campus tours and cultural enrichment trips. Talent Search also provides newsletters to both students and parents. Talent Search strongly encourages parents to become actively involved in preparing for their child’s educational goals. Topics covered by Talent Search include: 

• All of our services are FREE to you as a student! 
• Tool-kit Saturdays Workshops 
• Career Exploration and Job Prep 
• Academic Support and Drop Out Prevention 
• College Admission Information Sessions 
• Financial Aid Workshops and Scholarship Search 
• Goal Setting
• College Campus Tours
• Cultural Diversity and Educational Field Trips Post-Secondary Selection Information Study Skills and Note Taking 
• ACT/SAT waivers and prep . Critical Thinking and Communication Skills 
• 6 – Week Summer Bridge Program for Graduating Seniors
• Community Service Opportunities

Students can earn a stipend (in the form of a check) that is based on attendance and participation. 

During the school year, Talent Search advisors conduct regularly scheduled in-school workshops that are designed to be both fun and pertinent to successfully completing secondary education and enrolling in a program of postsecondary education. Workshops topics include career games, bridge building, college information, money for college, career information and character-building activities.

IN THE FIELD

College Visits 

Talent Search takes students on various campus visits.

Some of the campuses visited may include: Middle Georgia State University, Mercer University, University of Georgia, Valdosta State University, Georgia State University, University of West Georgia, Georgia Southern University, Albany State University, Morehouse and Spellman Colleges, Clark Atlanta University, Savannah State University, Georgia Southwestern State University, and multiple Community and Technical Colleges throughout the state. 

Cultural and Career Trips 

Participants are also given the opportunity to participate in cultural and career trips. Examples of cultural experience and career trips include the Rosa Parks Museum, George Washington Carver Museum, Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, Huntsville Space Center, CNN Center, Local Television Stations, Kumho Tire Factory, and Irving Tissue Plant. 

Summer Trips 

Our Talent Search program also give the opportunity for seniors to take summer trips to places like Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia, and Florida Beaches. 

After acceptance into the Talent Search program, regular attendance and participation at the monthly in-school workshop are required to participate in scheduled activities. All activities are paid for by the federally funded TRIO Talent Search program. 

IMPORTANT LINKS

Financial Aid 

www.fafsa.ed.gov – Online form to complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid over the Internet

www.studentaid.ed.gov – Overview of Federal Student Aid

www.usa.gov – Explanation of Financial Aid and the process

www.finaid.org – A financial aid page providing a vast source of financial aid information

www.knowhow2go.org – Collection of information that outlines the steps students should take to ensure they are ready to apply to college.

bigfuture.collegeboard.org – Learn about different colleges, financial aid and scholarship opportunities 

Scholarships 

www.fastweb.com – Tailored scholarship search of over 180,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and grants available to students free.

www.scholarships.com – Offers college scholarship search service

www.chegg.com/scholarships – Database of scholarships

www.cappex.com – Database of scholarships and college information

www.niche.com/colleges/scholarships – Database of scholarship