Spring Guidance Update

EGHS School Counseling Office Spring Update 2014 

Seniors: 

If you hear from your colleges, make sure you pop into guidance and let Mrs. Mong know of the outcome so she can update our data book.

Scholarship opportunities are posted every couple of weeks on the list serve and on the guidance bulletin board.   Make sure you follow all of the required details when applying for a scholarship.   Failure to do so will take you out of the running in many cases.

CCRI applications are free if done online.  You can do them in the guidance office but you will need your social security number in order to complete the application.  If you need help make an appointment with your counselor to get started.

The CCRI representative will be here this Wednesday during Advisory.  Sign up in the guidance office if you would like to meet with the representative.

Senioritis is spreading!  Don’t catch this harmful virus!  Stay on top of your academic obligations and keep your eye on the prize of graduation!

Juniors:

Junior meetings are winding down in the guidance office.  Some of you know just where you want to go to college and what you want to do after high school and some of you are literally, “all over the map”!  Either way, no need to panic just yet.   Check your red folder for a listing of websites to help you zoom in on ideas for career choices, colleges and majors.   If you have no idea where to start on the college search visit some of the many colleges we have within a two-hour radius to experience various sized campuses including urban, rural and suburban.  Taking a tour will help you start to formalize what you may want or may not want on a campus or as part of campus life.   If you have a better idea of what you are looking for after visiting, come back and talk to your counselor to formalize a list of colleges that might be similar to what you saw.   Remember, it is about what is a good fit for you and that is something that cannot be determined a lot of times until you step onto a campus.  Before that, it is about honing down lists that meet your criteria and match your qualifications.  We are here to help!  Also, always check the data book for how our past students have fared when applying to a specific college.

SAT Deadline registration is May 9th for the upcoming June 7th SATs which are given at EGHS.

Stay strong academically as the final grades for this school year will be included in your GPA that will be used for college applications!

UPCOMING NEWS FOR ALL

• APRIL 8th is the end of third quarter! 

• Scheduling for next year is in progress.  Several parents have asked about the Waiver Process.  The details of that are located on the waiver form and in the Program of Studies.  Waiver forms will be available after the spring break. 

• MAY will be a busy testing month with AP Exams the first two weeks, Science NECAPs for juniors on May 6,7 and 8 and an end of year PARCC Field Test for a small group of freshmen and sophomores.  Details have been and will be posted for each of these as time gets closer. 

• MAY 7th during Advisory we are planning on a career forum that will consist of four panels of outside professionals representing the top choices of career clusters chosen by the student body in a recent survey.  Thanks to several parent volunteers that helped the guidance office gather and compile this survey information during two consecutive advisory periods.   More to follow on this exciting event. 

• Job Hunting?  Periodically people will give the guidance office postings for local jobs.  Check with Mrs. McCowan for any current job listings.

Be sure to stop by and see us, we are here to help.

EGHS School Counseling Office