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  2. Presidential Scholars Program - Wikipedia

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    Candidates are notified of eligibility, and if interested in being considered for the scholarship, must submit an essay, self-assessments, high school reports, and transcripts. They are evaluated on their academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and an analysis of their essay. 500 students are chosen as ...

  3. Kennedy Scholarship - Wikipedia

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    Following wide consultation, Franks wrote to the Prime Minister to recommend that the memorial should be in two parts: a living memorial, in the form of a scholarship to attend either Harvard or MIT, and a permanent memorial site in Runnymede, England, the site of the Magna Carta. This location was chosen because it was regarded as the ...

  4. Voice of Democracy (scholarship) - Wikipedia

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    It is endorsed by the contest criteria of the National Association of Secondary School Principals and is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to voice their opinion in a three- to five-minute essay based on an annual theme. Historically, the Voice of Democracy theme (chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief annually ...

  5. New Frontier - Wikipedia

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    Scholarships and student loans were broadened under existing laws by Kennedy, and new means of specialized aid to education were invented or expanded by the president, including an increase in funds for libraries and school lunches, the provision of funds to teach the deaf, children with physical or cognitive disabilities, and gifted children ...

  6. John F. Kennedy High School (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    John F. Kennedy High School was a four-year comprehensive New York City public high school, opened in 1972 and graduating its final class in 2014. The building and associated facilities currently operates as John F. Kennedy Educational Campus , housing five public high schools and two charter high schools . [ 2 ]

  7. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956

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    JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, (1917–1956) is a 2020 biography written by historian Fredrik Logevall.Published by Random House in September 2020, the work examines the education, military service, and political career of an American president who had acquired a great deal of his knowledge of international relations in his early years.

  8. List of educational institutions named after presidents of ...

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    John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University; John F. Kennedy University; John F. Kennedy College, Wahoo, Nebraska; John F. Kennedy High School (disambiguation) President Kennedy School, a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Coventry, England; Kennedy Middle School (disambiguation)

  9. Presidential Fitness Test - Wikipedia

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    The transition into John F. Kennedy's presidency marked a new era for the Fitness Test. Before he took office, Kennedy advocated for youth physical fitness in his article "The Soft American", published in Sports Illustrated. In the widely popular article, the president fed into Cold War paranoia about American subservience, articulating ...