Financial aid & scholarships
FAFSA
You MUST complete and submit a FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid - as soon as possible after December 1, 2024. This is the only way to apply for federal student aid for college or career school - and for most state and institutional aid. Financial aid offices use information from the FAFSA to determine if you are eligible to receive federal student aid (grants, loans, and work-study programs). Be SURE to file a FAFSA even if you think you won't qualify so you won't be locked out of monetary awards. If you aren’t sure you qualify for the FAFSA, you may need to fill out a TASFA (Texas Application for State Financial Aid). Come by the counselor’s office for help with either one.
Go to FAFSA to apply online. If you would like to have a FAFSA worksheet before going online to apply, pick one up in the counselors' office. Check the calendar of events for district and school financial aid workshops.
FAFSA help
If you find FAFSA confusing, you are not alone. Help can be found in the SGHS Counselors' offices or you can take a look at the FAFSA produced instructional video.
For more information on financial aid, check out GISD Financial Aid page.
Scholarships
Below are links to counselor recommended websites for scholarships:
- Apply for Scholarships, Texas A&M Foundation
- Garland ISD Scholarships
- Brooks Law Group
- Big Future
- Cappex
- Career One Stop
- CCS Profile
- Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
- College Board's Scholarship Search
- Communities Foundation of Texas
- EIF Scholarship List
- Garland Scottish Rite - deadline April 24
- Fastweb
- Foundation Scholarship - deadline April 24
- Going Merry - lots of scholarships, one application for all of them
- Immigrant Journey - deadline May 5
- James W. Tyra Memorial Scholarship - deadline April 30
- Minority scholarships - 50 plus college scholarships for minority students
- No Sweat Scholarship ($2,500) - deadline June 30th
- Scholarships.com
- Texas PTA
Garland ISD Education Foundation Scholarships - Deadline for all scholarships listed below is April 7
- Atmos Energy Scholarship - Atmos Energy Scholarship - All Schools
- Baylor Scott & White Lake Pointe Scholarship - Baylor Scott & White - Lake Pointe Scholarship - All Schools
- Bettie Hudson Scholarship - Bettie Hudson Memorial Scholarship - SGHS
- Blake Davis Memorial Scholarship - Blake Davis Memorial Scholarship - SGHS
- Carl Luna Scholarship - Carl Luna
- Don Cleavinger Family & Ryan Ackels Family Scholarship - Don Cleavinger Family & Ryan Ackles Family IT Scholarship - All Schools
- Future Educator Scholarship - Future Educator Scholarship - All Schools
- Garland Housing Finance Corporation Scholarship - Garland Housing Finance Corporation Scholarship - All Schools
- Jack and Jill of America, Northeast Dallas Chapter Stipend - Jack & Jill Scholarship - All Schools
- Jill Shugart Scholarship - Jill Shugart Scholarship - All Schools
- Laura Selby Scholarship - Laura Selby Memorial Scholarship - SGHS
- M.G. Garvin Scholarship - MG Garvin Memorial Scholarship - All Schools
- Rhonda Lewis Memorial Scholarship - Rhonda Lewis Memorial Scholarship - SGHS
- Scott & Norma Dorsey Scholarship - Norma & Scott Dorsey Scholarship - All Schools
- Thomas Guillory Scholarship - Thomas Guillory Scholarship - All Schools
Newsletter Scholarships - a list of scholarships with varying deadlines.
- May 8 Scholarship Newsletter
- April 22 Scholarship Newsletter
- March 31 Scholarship Newsletter
- March 27 Scholarship Newsletter
- March 10 Scholarship Newsletter
- February 27 Scholarship Newsletter
- February 17 Scholarship Newsletter
- February 13 Scholarship Newsletter
- January 21 Scholarship Newsletter
- January Scholarship Newsletter
- December 16 Scholarship Newsletter
- December 9 Scholarship Newsletter
- December 5 Scholarship Newsletter
- November 18 Scholarship Newsletter
- November 11 Scholarship Newsletter
- November 7 Scholarship Newsletter
- November 1 Scholarship Newsletter
- October 24 Scholarship Newsletter
- October 7 Scholarship Newsletter
- September 26 Scholarship Newsletter
- September 30th Scholarship Newsletter
- September 12th Scholarship Newsletter