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Help open the doors of discovery and make college an option for all kids. As someone who cares about kids, you want to help them develop to their full potential — and that includes a fulfilling career. ScholarShop’s Options for Kids helps kids find their way down the wondrous, winding road of self-discovery.

The combo of work and play is the crux of ScholarShop’s Options for Kids, which has four online modules that play like video games and illuminate a path of self-discovery. Kids must complete one module before moving onto the next, while creating and adding to an online journal.

Kids today are e-learners. They regularly use the Internet to communicate, learn, and have fun. To meet their educational needs we need to blend traditional with e-learning opportunities. ScholarShop’s Options for kids can help you do just that. For a $50 annual subscription, you have access to:

• Detailed lesson plans for blending online and traditional activities
• Ability to track the progress of each of the students in your group
• Pre- and post-surveys to evaluate program impact
  

To subscribe, call 800-537-4180, ext. 656. Encourage the kids you care about to explore themselves and their futures.

According to The Carnegie Council of Adolescent Development, the years from ten to fourteen are a crucial turning point in life’s trajectory. By reaching kids early, ScholarShop helps kids reach their limitless potential through education.

Scholarshop’s Options for Kids is a secure web site, free of advertising. No personal information is required, but logging on is a necessary step to create your online journal — the roadmap for your journey. Activities align with American School Counselor Association Standards and National Career Development Guidelines.

ScholarShop® is a program of Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest nonprofit scholarship and educational support organization. Scholarship America seeks to make it possible for all students, regardless of their financial situation, to have the access to college and the support they need to get there, from the time they begin school until they finish college. Since 1958, Scholarship America has helped more than one million students further their education by distributing more than one billion dollars in scholarships. Scholarship America’s programs, Dollars for Scholars®, Scholarship Management Services® and ScholarShop®, are united in the mission to expand access to education. For more information, visit www.scholarshipamerica.org.

ScholarShop’s Options for Kids is a component of ScholarShop, an activity-based curriculum and resource library designed to prepare and motivate students in grades 7-12 to succeed in school, career, and life. The modules of ScholarShop pick up where ScholarShop’s Options for Kids leaves off, propelling young people progressively closer to realizing their goals via education.

Scholarship America is an active member in an initiative called the Learning Communities Coalition, for which Scholarship America is helping communities implement both ScholarShop program and its Dollars for Scholars program, which establishes grassroots scholarship foundations that grant scholarships to local students.

ParentShop® is another component of ScholarShop, available in both English and Spanish. ParentShop is an interactive toolbox to help parents help their kids build solid futures by:

• Matching careers with interests, abilities, and academic preparation
• Understanding college selection, admission, and financing
• Developing goals and organizational skills
• Understanding different learning styles
• Advocating for their children in school

Tap the power of parenthood with the ParentShop Facilitator’s Manual, including script, handouts, transparencies, and instructional video. Call 800-537-4180, ext.656, or email scholarshop@scholarshipamerica.org