The C-Span annual competition asks students  to make a short video about a political subject that means something to them.  The 75 winners won more than $50,000 in prizes.   You can check out this year’s winners at  studentcam.org.

Now you can send your SAT studying friends on Facebook study gifts.  You can compete against each other in quizzes too.  Check out the new Princeton Review Facebook SAT Ap. Might make studying for the SAT a teeny bit more entertaining.

Check out Fresh-Films summer program 2010 and see if they are coming to your city.  Fresh Films offers teens a chance to make their own movie with real Hollywood actors and actresses and professional direction and equipment.    It’s a great jumpstart to choosing a college major or a future career in the movies.

Coke Scholars win BIG!  250 students are selected as either regional or national scholarship winners.   Applications are accepted online starting August 1.  Parents of high school juniors pay attention to this one!

Do you have a future politician in the family?  They may be interested in the Junior Statesmen Institutes that are offered in various cities around the country.  Unlike so many summer programs this one is pretty reasonably priced.   Institutes are offered this summer at Arizona State University, University of Texas in Austin, Stanford University, Princeton University and University of California at Los Angeles.    The programs are for high school students and are either 3 or 4 days in length.  This type of summer activity looks great on resumes and offers a chance to put some of that book learning into action.