March 15th Reminder and Updates

Happy Friday!

The 2019 ExxonMobil Scholarship Application deadline is today Friday, March 15, 2019.

Please go to go to www.secme.org and click on 2019 ExxonMobil Scholarship Application. SECME Coordinators, please encourage all your active SECME graduating seniors to apply. Also, to help these active SECME graduating seniors prepare their best scholarship application package, the SECME National Office has released the 2019 ExxonMobil Scholarship Guidelines, which are available on the SECME homepage. Please have the students go to www.secme.org and click on the button labeled 2019 ExxonMobil Scholarship Guidelines.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

To SECME Program Directors and those interested in starting a new SECME Program or club, the SECME National Office has a new on-line process for submitting principal commitment forms (PCF) and ISL forms. Visit our website at www.secme.org and click on School and ISL Commitment Form to submit. SECME School or ISL Coordinators, the 2018-19 SECME National Student Competition Guidelines are available. Click here to login to get your copy today! SECME School Coordinators, your 2018-19 school and student data must be entered electronically into the SECME National database as follows:

1. Existing SECME schools or ISL, competing in a SECME Competition or not, please login the SECME National Database System update your school (for 2018-19), existing students (for 2018-19), and add new students’ information ASAP.

2. New SECME participating schools or ISL, please complete principal commitment form within 7 days of receiving your Welcome Letter.

3. Remember ALL SECME students participating in SECME programs MUST be registered and updated in the SECME National Database System (Student Management System) to ADVANCE to National Student Competition Finals and apply for scholarships. If your SECME school or ISL have not done so, please do so ASAP.

4. Additionally, SECME schools or ISL competing in any SECME competition, (at the local, state, or regional), must be registered with the SECME National Database System. Please do so ASAP!!

5. The SECME National Office encourages the SECME coordinators to have ALL SECME students participating in the SECME program to complete the SECME student survey for their respected grade level (i.e. 3-5 grade only, 6-8 grade only, and 9-12 grade only). Please click hyperlink to complete the SECME student survey. Remember, it is a requirement for ALL SECME students participating in SECME’s National Student Competition Finals (including Non-traveling SECME student teams included) to complete the SECME student survey by Monday, April 22, 2019.

43rd Summer Institute

The University of Florida in Gainesville, FL will host the 43rd Summer Institute; save the dates Sunday-Friday June 23-2*, 2019. Stay tune for additional information!