2025 Government-in-Action Youth Tour application

Visit Washington, D.C. June 15-23, 2025, and receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Deadline: Jan. 17, 2025

Before you begin:

  • Click here to view a sample of the application
  • You can save by clicking "Save Draft" at the bottom of the page and return to complete your application by the deadline using the same browser
  • Be prepared to attach a brief video (limit 5 minutes) responding to the prompt provided
  • If you are a senior and plan to also submit a Scholarship of Excellence application at the same time, you will need to have a copy of your transcript available
  • Tip: We recommend completing this application on a computer, and drafting your responses in a separate document before completing the online application

To be eligible, students must:

  • Be a junior or senior in high school
  • Reside in the home of a parent or legal guardian who is a current Bluebonnet member with an active account and whose primary residence is within the outer boundaries of Bluebonnet’s service area (including city limits that are within those outer boundaries)
  • Participate in the tour to Washington, D.C., June 16-23, 2025
  • Submit a completed application form and brief video (limited to 5 minutes) by 5 p.m. January 17, 2025.  
  • Winners will be asked to attend an orientation session in March and do a magazine interview after the trip. 

Application Procedures
All completed applications will be reviewed and verified by Bluebonnet’s Scholarship Committee.

All applications and attachments become the property of Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and will not be returned.

Fields marked with * are required. Submissions will not be processed if all required fields are not completed.

If you have questions about the application, please contact Barbara Turner by email or 512-332-7975.

Are your mailing and physical addresses the same?
List both parents/guardians names, including the name of the parent/guardian on the Bluebonnet account.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY

Please list up to 10 extracurricular activities you have participated in during high school, both at school and within your community. Activities may include athletics, band, school organizations, 4-H, FFA, church groups, community service clubs, student governance, vocational activities or charitable organizations.

For each line, list the following:

  • Organization, club or activity: Specify an organization, club or activity in which you participated (e.g., football, volleyball, robotics team, National Honor Society). List all involvement associated with that organization in the respective columns on the same line.
  • Roles/levels of involvement: Indicate the roles you held or your level of involvement, and the grade level you held this role (e.g., member 9th-12th, volunteer 10th, team captain 12th, president 12th, treasurer 10th).
  • Awards: List any awards, honors or recognition you received related to the activity, and the year(s) when the award was received (e.g., Most Valuable Player 12th; All-State Choir 11th-12th).
  • Grade level(s) of participation: Select all the years during high school when you participated in the activity.

Click here for an example.

Note: Judges will focus on the quality of the activities listed, not necessarily the quantity.

Organization, club or activity Roles/levels of involvement Awards Check the grade levels you participated in this organization
WORK HISTORY

List up to five jobs you have held during high school, including both paid and volunteer positions.

Note: Judges will focus on the quality of the jobs listed rather than the quantity. 

Employer Position/title Job duties Employment dates (from-to) Average hours worked per week
VIDEO SUBMISSION

Submit a video with you answering the question: Tell us about yourself and why you think you would be an ideal candidate to represent your cooperative in Washington, D.C. (5-minutes max)

Videos can be submitted either as a video file OR by providing a link to the video.

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: avi, mov, mp4, ogg, wav, webm.
Please provide a link to your video hosted on a platform such as Google Drive or YouTube. Ensure that viewing permissions are set to allow access.
WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP OF EXCELLENCE?

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative will award $2,500 Scholarships of Excellence to eligible high school seniors graduating in the 2024-25 school year who will attend junior college, college or trade and technical school.

If you answer "yes," you will see an essay prompt to complete. If you answer "no," please continue and complete your application.
Application type
For graduating high school seniors pursing a bachelor's degree
For graduating high school seniors pursing a certificate or associate's degree

ARE YOU A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT?

Responses should be between 100 to 300 words. For best results, type your response in a Word document and paste into this text box.
Please upload a copy of your most recent transcript.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
I agree to permit the review of this application
and my school records by members of the
Bluebonnet Scholarship Committee and certify
the information I've completed above is correct. 
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