High School Awards: DiscusAwards.com
Honoring the All-Around High School Student
Reinventing the traditional high school award for today’s changing college admissions landscape, the Discus Awards recognize students who excel in at least three of the areas below, that demonstrate their multi-dimensional talents and passions.
10 Key Attributes
Academics: For grades, honors, competitions...
Arts: For drama, writing, music, film, photography...
Athletics: For sports, training, coaching, cheerleading...
Community Service: For volunteering, tutoring, mentoring...
Faith: For youth groups, missions, retreats...
Government: For student government, model UN, politics, campaigns...
Green: For clean-ups, recycling, building awareness...
Technology: For Web, programming, science, blogging...
Work: For part-time jobs, family business, entrepreneurship...
Other Achievements: For clubs, student activities, overcoming obstacles, and more...
Judged by a panel of teachers, counselors, and education professionals, Discus winners secure a significant credential for college applications and a chance to win one of 10 college scholarships awarded each year.
The Discus Awards will honor one winner each month of the school year with a $2,000 college scholarship. Scholarship recipients will be selected from the growing ranks of winners of the Discus Awards. Since its 2009 launch, the Discus Awards have attracted thousands of nominations from every state in the U.S., with winners ranging from a synchronized swimming champ who speaks fluent French, to a karate black belt who’s also class treasurer, to a junior firefighter who organized a benefit dance for a local girl with cancer.
Like all of Campus Direct’s initiatives, the Discus Awards is another way to champion the student. The Discus Awards advocate for student engagement in and out of the classroom, reward superstars with college scholarships, and offer students one additional way to showcase their strengths to college admissions officers.