Guidance Office
Local scholarship applications need to be turned in to Counselor Kara Curran. For more information, please contact her at 270-665-8400, ext. 2503, or email kara.curran@ballard.kyschools.us.
A description of local scholarships may be downloaded at right. Most local scholarships require a specific application form, which also may be found at right.
Links to other scholarships also may be found at right.
Counselor's Corner
Annual Destruction of Permanent Records
Graduates may pick up their records five years after their graduation date, and before June 1 of that year.
For more information, please contact BMHS Guidance Counselor Kara Curran at 270-665-8400, ext. 2503
ACT Information
ACT : All testing is done in the BMHS cafeteria. Students should be here no later than 7:45 a.m. and plan to stay until 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Dates are as follows:
See Testing Dates on actstudent.org
For ACT, Compass, WorkKeys, and ASVAB information and practice, please click the College and Career Readiness button, found in the column at left.
You can access the fre ACT prep site, PrepFactory, by clicking here.
College Assistance Programs
Affordable Colleges
Searchable scholarship database with over 20,000 free-to-apply scholarships, Frequently Asked Questions section and other information.
Federal Student Aid
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Financial Aid for Online Schools
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
Create an account with KHEAA to view KEES money, scholarship opportunities, and other financial aid services.
The Student Loan Report
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Help For Understanding The FAFSA
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NitroCollege FAFSA step-by-step guide
Private Student Loans Guide - Eligibility, Costs, Repayment, and Warnings
2020-21 FAFSA completion guide
Statewide Opportunities
Local Scholarships
- FBC Barlow First time scholarship application 2023.pdf
- Monica Glisson Shelter Insurance Scholarship application 1-23.pdf
- 2022 Ingevity Leader Scholarship Application.pdf
- USDA Langston University Full Scholarship
- Tommy Case Memorial scholarship application (2021)
- Tuition Waver Application for Children of Veterans
- Paducah Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training information
- Signet Federal Credit Union scholarship application
- Civil Engineering Scholarship Information
- Head Start Alumni scholarship
- KSP Trooper Island scholarship application
- Joey Fosko Memorial Scholarship Application