Fill out the DISC Scholarship Application

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Download Challenge Instructions in PDF Form

Download the Scholarship Checklist: PDF Form

Special Note: A Group may submit an Internet Scholarship Application. Each Member of the Group must submit a separate Scholarship Application form with accompanying support materials.

Send us your Solution to the following DISC Challenge

1. Challenge: Create internet content related to The DISC Mission Statement.

2. Time: Your application, solution and any supporting materials must be received by February 1, 2008

3. Scene: The DISC Mission Statement

The mission of DISC is to support the goals of Destination ImagiNation® and its
participants through scholarships and community building activities.

Background: We believe in the idea that Internet communications related to creativity and teamwork competitions for children should be an information resource for the global community. These Internet communications should provide a safe place where creative problem solvers of all ages can try out ideas, concepts and thoughts without fear of ridicule. This should be a place where through open communications and shared knowledge, the entire world can be part of the "team" in which the end goal is "...to make the world a better place in which to live."

4. The Scene: Examples of Presentation topics include (but are not limited to): Team Manager or Team Member training, Appraiser Training and DI Program Introduction

5. Materials: Contents must be submitted in a form distributable via the Internet
(i.e. free of intellectual property infringements and viewable with a standard browser).

6. Scoring: You will receive

A. Points for creativity
B. Points for Relevancy
C. Points for Creative Problem Solving Participation
D. Points for correct grammar and spelling (you ARE going to college after all)

7. Clarifications: All files and links are case sensitive. We suggest using all lower case when naming your files and do not use spaces (use underline characters _ instead). Your home page must be under 35KB, and your entire site should be under 1 MB if it is to be hosted by DISC. We will point to it from the URL you specify. Please send an email to:stevecre8z@windstream.net listing your contact information and the URL of your entry in the body of the email, or you can push it via the email by providing a directory, e.g. zip it.

Provide the following Supporting Information

1. Two letters of endorsement. One shall be from a team manager or other adult involved in DI (e.g., school coordinator, or regional director). The other may be from a person of your choice (e.g., school administrator, educator, guidance counselor, clergy, community leader, or teammate). Letters can be on paper, but an electronic format is also required – this may be in the form of a scanned copy of a printed letter or an email from the endorser. Letters should be one page (double spaced). Letters of endorsement should accompany the applicant's completed application. Email submissions should be from the endorser's own account to: ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org.

2. Photograph (in digital form): Submit via email to: ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org. File size should not exceed 400K. The photographs are not used in the review process but will be used for publicity purposes once awards are made.

3. Original signed copy of Application form. If you emailed an electronic copy of the application (or completed the online application) you must mail an original signed copy of the application or online application confirmation page. A scanned version of the signed form must also be submitted electronically.

Submit your Information to the Committee:

Via email to: stevecre8z@windstream.net

Via Mail to: Steve Shearer

If Regular Postal Service is used:
Post Office Box Address
PO Box 1291
Capitan, NM 88316

If UPS, Fed Ex, etc. is used:
Physical Address
141 La Cumbre
Capitan, NM 88316

Please be sure to read and follow ALL instructions on this form and on the 2007-2008 DISC Scholarship web pages carefully! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email:

ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org

Be sure to allow adequate mailing time for the materials to reach the committee by the Extended Deadline of February 1, 2008  No late entries will be accepted.