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September 22, 2022: Financial Aid Night - Parents of college bound students (Fall 2023) should attend this seminar to learn about your many financial options on how to pay for college. It will be hosted at Lightridge High School. 7pm-8:30pm Auditorium.

September 25, 2022: College Fair, Independence High School, 3pm-5pm. Registration is highly recommended. Click HERE to register.

October 12, 2022: FAFSA Workshop - If you need assistance in completing the FAFSA, plan to attend this workshop. This workshop will be hosted at JCH. 6:30pm-8:30pm - CAFE. See PDF below the "save the dates" for the documentation needed for you to bring to the workshop.

October 18, 2022: The College Funding Coach - Send your kids to college without going broke! This parent workshop will discuss the many avenues available to fund your child's college tuition and housing costs. It will be held at John Champe in the Library from 6:30pm-8:00pm Sign up today! Click HERE to make your reservation.

November 1, 2022: Elevate Loudoun Conference & Computer Science Internship Fair, Riverside High School, 9am-3pm. (School is closed on this day)

November 9, 2002: Job For The Day - for Juniors & Seniors.

If you will be applying to colleges for Fall 2023 acceptance, you must apply for FAFSA. CLICK HERE FOR THE FAFSA LINK TO GET STARTED !!! If you start this weekend and get stuck, there is a side bar "chat" live while you are in FAFSA where someone can help you.

Here is the list of upcoming College Rep Visits. Below the Rep Visit list are instructions on how to sign up in Naviance. If you sign up for a visit that starts at 1:15, you must eat during A lunch. You must be signed up in Naviance to attend the Rep Visits. Please plan ahead.

Iowa State University - September 19th at 10:00AM

George Mason University - September 19th at 11:35AM (GMU)

Johns Hopkins University - September 20th at 1:15PM

Hollins University - September 21st at 10:00AM

Hofstra University - September 21st at 11:35AM

Gettysburg College - September 21st at 3:15PM

VA Tech - September 22nd at 1:15PM (VA TECH)

Washington and Lee University - September 22nd at 3:15PM

Arizona State University-Temple - September 27th at 1:15PM

Christopher Newport University (CNU) - September 28th at 10:00AM (CNU)

West Virginia University (WVU) - September 28th at 11:35AM (WVU)

U of Tennessee-Knoxville - September 28th at 3:15PM

U of South Carolina-Columbia - September 29th at 1:15PM

U of Alabama - September 29th at 3:15PM

How to sign up for College Rep Visits:

How to Sign Up for a College Rep Visit:

Log in to LCPS Go

Click on the Naviance Student Icon

Click Home Page and scroll half way down page on right to "What's New" to see list of schools

Click Show More to view the complete list

Once you find the school click on blue link that says "more information"

Choose Register for visits of interest, then set a reminder on your phone for the visits you choose.

Students may register until a session is full and will receive an email reminder 48 hours before the visit.

The link to open the visit window will be active 15 minutes before the virtual visit begins.

The first time you register for a visit, update your email address under About Me, My Account. You'll receive a reminder email 48 hours before the visit.

If you have a brother or sister that is a JCH Alum, that graduated from high school between 2015-2018, and would be willing to share their college experience, trade experience and/or first job experience with current JCH students, please email Karen.King@LCPS.ORG and in the subject line please put "College/Career Talk." I am looking for speakers for next year's Career Month (in March 2023).

Thank you.

January 6, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RICHMOND — Today the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) launched the Virginia Alternative State Aid (VASA) Application and related web portal at www.VASAapp.org. With this application, Virginia students who are ineligible to complete the federal FAFSA form, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and undocumented students, now have a way to access state financial aid to help pay for college. Virginia need-based aid relies on a calculation of a family’s ability to pay. Historically this was accomplished using the federal FAFSA, which produced the Expected Family Contribution or EFC; however, many of these students were ineligible to complete the FAFSA because they are not a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen.

Interested students should work with their college admissions and/or domicile officers to determine whether they meet the Commonwealth’s domicile or tuition equity requirements. Students would then complete the VASA application so that the institution’s financial aid office can determine eligibility for state need-based aid.

The VASA application came about as a result of the 2021 legislative session, which expanded prior legislation to allow certain previously ineligible students to have access to state financial aid programs beginning in 2022-23. This legislation is one of the signature pieces of education legislation for the Northam administration and was patroned by Delegate Lopez and Senator Boysko.

According to Virginia’s Secretary of Education, Fran Bradford, “The outcome of this legislation is a new tool for obtaining state aid, the benefits of which will reach previously marginalized students far and wide across Virginia. It’s the right solution at the right time, one that makes the dream of attending college a reality for many."

Said SCHEV Director, Peter Blake, “We are proud to offer this alternative resource for state financial aid for non-citizen Virginia residents. The VASA Application not only supports previously ineligible students, but also supports the statewide strategic plan’s goals of making college access more equitable and affordable for all Virginia students.

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Media resources including news advisories, logos and releases are available at www.schev.edu/media.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is the state’s coordinating agency for higher education. With Pathways to Opportunity: The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, SCHEV is dedicated to making Virginia the best state for education by 2030. For more on this statewide strategic plan, visit schev.edu/TheVirginiaPlan.

Click here for the list. This is a great resource as you can sort by 4-year public or private, 2-year community college, trade/career, by program, HBCU, Hispanic-Serving institutions, and much, much more.

Email: Karen.King@LCPS.org
Website: www.LCPS.org
Location: 41535 Sacred Mountain Street, Aldie, VA, USA
Phone: 703-722-2680