Class of 2025 Scholarships

College of the Florida Keys Scholarships

The CFK Foundation was established to support The College of the Florida Keys' students, programs and services by providing scholarships to CFK students through the support of private donors and public agencies. Criteria for awards differ for each scholarship and may be based on financial need, grade point average, essay submissions, leadership, and character. Please see the lists below for available opportunities. 

Southern Scholarship Foundation

The Southern Scholarship Foundation provides rent-free housing and cooperative living for students in Florida who lack financial resources, demonstrate excellent academic merit, and exemplify good character. They have 26 houses across the state and offer various resources.

9th Annual Epic Aviation Scholarship Award

Epic Flight Academy offers annual aviation scholarships to U.S. high school students, awarding both pilot and aircraft mechanic scholarships, due October 1st.

The Florida Keys Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America 2025 College Scholarship

The Florida Keys Chapter of IWLA works to conserve, maintain, protect and restore the fragile natural resources of the Florida Keys and South Florida, to educate the public, particularly our youth, regarding those resources, and to promote ways to enjoy and use those resources in ways that simultaneously protect those resources and the ability of future generations to enjoy and use them.  The Florida Keys Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America 2025 College Scholarship  is a competitive award of $2,000.00, to be given next year to one student graduating from Monroe County’s Public High Schools; Coral Shores, Marathon or Key West.  Student’s college plans must be for some aspect of biological or environmental study to be eligible for this scholarship. 

PKS PTA Scholarship:

The Plantation School PTA is proud to offer several scholarships each year to current Coral Shores High School seniors.
This application is open to all Coral Shores seniors who attended PKS for a minimum of one year.
 Please include two letters of recommendation with your application.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on April 15, 2025.
There is a place on the Google Form to upload your two letters of recommendation; however, you must be logged into Google. If you have issues uploading through the form, you can email them to ptapks@gmail.com - be sure to include your name.

 Miami HEAT Scholarship

DEADLINE: February 8, 2025- Awarded to students who have excelled in academics and community service and have demonstrated a financial need.

Dr. Jack Ramsay Scholarship

DEADLINE: February 8, 2025- Awarded to students who have excelled in academics and community service and have demonstrated a financial need.

Alec Kessler Student-Athlete Scholarship

DEADLINE: February 8, 2025- Awarded to students who have excelled in academics, participates in a sport and community service and have demonstrated a financial need.

Coldwell Banker Schmitt Charitable Foundation Scholarship

DEADLINE: April 1st 2025

Coldwell Banker will award (3) essay contest winners. The essay is open to all graduating seniors who live in Monroe County (public, private, or homeschooled).  All essays must be accompanied by the official cover form and your logged community service/volunteer hours. Must be submitted to Coldwell Banker Schmitt office, located at 29967 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043. They can be emailed to applications@gooddeedsinthekeys.org , mailed to the listed address, or delivered personally.

Credit Worthy Scholarship Contest

DEADLINE: January 15, 2025 (Fall Semester) and May 6, 2025 (Spring Semester)  

OneMain Financial will be awarding thirty six students nationally with $1,000 in educational funding. The Credit Worthy Scholarship is open to U.S. high school students between 13-19 years old who have completed Build: Credit Fundamentals or at least 3 modules of a
course offered in the Credit Worthy program presented by OneMain Financial. Students will submit a short essay about what they learned and how the Credit Worthy program by OneMain Financial has made an impact on them for a chance to win. 

Financial Futures Tax Simulation Scholarship

DEADLINE: January 12, 2025 (Fall Semester) and May 4, 2025 (Spring Semester)  

In partnership with Intuit for Education, one student winner will be awarded $2,500 in educational funding from each
semester-based entry period during the 2024-25 school year. The Financial Futures Student Scholarship Contest is open to students (age 13-19) who have completed at least one lesson within the course Tax Simulation: Understanding Taxes. 

Sigma Omega General Scholarship

DEADLINE for submission is March 31, 2025

Sponsored by Sigma Omega Sorority, the scholarship is open to all 2025 Coral Shores graduating seniors who plan to continue their education by attending a University, College or Technical/Trade school.  Both the CS General Scholarship Application and the Sigma Omega Financial Need Questionnaire must be submitted to sigmaomega.keys@gmail.com.  Please include the applicant’s name and the scholarship name (General Scholarship Application) in the subject line of your email submission.

Sigma Omega Outstanding Young Woman Scholarship

DEADLINE for submission is March 31, 2025

This scholarship is open to all 2025 Coral Shores senior young women who plan to continue their education at a university, college, or technical/trade school.  A weighted GPA of 3.5 or higher is required. The Outstanding Young Woman scholarship application, the General Scholarship application  and the Sigma Omega Financial Needs questionnaire should be submitted to sigmaomega.keys@gmail.com.  Please include the applicant’s name and the scholarship name (Outstanding Young Woman) in the subject line of your email submission.