With NETC, FOUR Students Will Travel for FREE in 2009!

HOW TO APPLY

STEP 1: FOR TEACHERS – How to Nominate an NETC Travel Scholar

Each teacher can submit prospective students for either category, but not both. There is no limit to the number of submissions. Please write a cover letter to the NETC Scholarship Committee, for each nominated student. Download the Scholarship Application, complete and sign it. Then forward a copy of your cover letter and application to each nominated student

STEP 2: FOR PROSPECTIVE NETC TRAVEL SCHOLARS – Why Not You?

Each student must submit an Application Letter to the NETC Scholarship Committee telling why he/she is applying for the scholarship, and what the trip would mean to him/her if they were to be awarded the scholarship. Please choose only one activity from below:

Category 1: Visual Art

• Design a poster: (Using the medium of your choice, create a tourism campaign for one of the cities or countries to which NETC travels. It should be targeted towards students.
• Shoot a 60-Second Video/DVD Commercial: Design a tourism promotion for your favorite city or country. Incorporate NETC and the importance of world travel to high school/middle school students.

Category 2: Writing

• Design a LEAP!™ activity: Using a city that NETC travels to, design a LEAP! activity. The activity should incorporate local flavor and be interactive, to follow NETC’s approach to experiential learning.

STEP 3: SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY!

Students must send their Scholarship Entry, Application Letter, Completed Scholarship Application Form, Cover Letter and Recommendation to:

NETC Travel Scholarship Committee>
50 Franklin St, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02110

All entries must be received by NETC by October 1, 2008. Winners will be announced November 15, 2008, and featured on the NETC website for two months.

* NETC Travel Scholars will receive the full amount of their program fee, registration fee and all optional excursion fees for the program being led in 2009 by the nominating teacher.

* Group entries are accepted, however, please note, a winning group will be treated as one individual winner. This means that the group will receive one of the four available scholarships, and the one scholarship will be evenly divided among the members of the winning group. If any member of a winning group is unable to travel on their 2009 tour, his/her portion of the scholarship will be dispersed among the other members of the winning group that are traveling on their 2009 tour.

* Please do not include any Student Enrollment Applications with your scholarship entry. Student Enrollment Applications should be sent in a separate envelope to: NETC, Attn: Student Accounts, 50 Franklin Street 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02110.