The Weekly Update
In This Week's Newsletter
- ⭐⭐Last Week's Newsletter ⭐⭐
- Attention Juniors!! Check out WORK BASED LEARNING for your senior year!
- 🚩🚩FAFSA DELAYS- What Now?! 🚩🚩
- How to make the most of college visits
- Opinion- Blurring the lines between high school, college, and careers
- ASVAB Testing
- 📢📢NEW SCHOLARSHIPS POSTED!
- Xello for Families & Xello for Students
- Positivity Project- Spiral Review
- Scholarship Information & Opportunities 💸🎓
- ⭐Employment/Volunteer Opportunities
- Useful Links
- Simon Says...🐶
- Past Newsletters
FAFSA DELAYS- Now What?!
WASHINGTON, D.C, JANUARY 30, 2024 — Today, the White House and U.S. Department of Education officially announced that institutions will not receive FAFSA applicant information until "the first half of March," further delaying an already sluggish process. Normally, the FAFSA is available on October 1, with institutions receiving FAFSA applicant information shortly thereafter.
Click on the following links for addition information:
Spring Break- Make the Most of College Visits
College campus visits can play a crucial role in the decision-making process, allowing prospective students to get a feel for the campus atmosphere, academic environment, and overall college experience. Let’s explore how families can make the most of their campus visits over spring break.
Opinion: Blurring the Lines Between High School, College, and Careers
"...as the global economy rapidly evolves, we must rethink the way we educate students and our workforce. A fragmented approach—where high schools, postsecondary institutions, and employers all work in their own silos— shortchanges everyone. We need to create more seamless pathways from school to careers." Read more of How Blurring the Lines Between High School, College and Careers Can Set More Teens Up for Success
ASVAB TESTING
ATTENTION 10th, 11th & 12th Graders:
The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) Exam/Career Exploration Program can help you to take steps now toward finding a career that is right for you. You can benefit from the exam regardless of your plans for after high school. It will be given during 1st, 2nd & 3rd hours on Wednesday, February 21st. Booklets about the ASVAB are available in the FHS Counseling Office.
If you are in grades 10 - 12, and you are interested in taking advantage of this exclusive career exploration, please sign up in the Counseling Office by Thursday, February 15th. If you are unable to come in and sign up for it, please let Mrs. Stapp know and she will be happy to put your name on the list.
What Can I Add to My Xello Profile?
Xello provides students with a platform to save all sorts of information. From winning a competition to researching a career field or college, and to saving important research paper, Xello offers students the opportunity to save all of the important events, memories, and assignments in one place.
- Did you have a job over the summer? Add it to your Xello profile!
- Are applying for colleges? Apprenticeships or trade schools? Check out the resources in the Xello program (and addit to your profile!).
- Have you completed a class assignment that you're particularly proud of? Add it your Xello profile!
- Thinking about a certain career field but want to know more? Check out career fields in depth in the Xello program!
- Xello is an amazing resource that contains LOTS of information for career & college readiness- CHECK IT OUT!
2024 Health Career Scholarship Contest – DEADLINE 2/22/24
The 7th Annual Health Career Scholarship Contest is open to all high school seniors in Flint and Genesee County, pursuing a career in a healthcare field. Students should include what they have learned from their exploration of their family’s health history in developing and writing their essay. Students may also include information they have learned in their science classes as it applies to their essay. Two (2) $1,500 scholarships will be awarded. CLICK HERE to apply!
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The 2024 HSF Scholar Program Application is now open and closes on February 15, 2024,
5:00 PM PT. We encourage you to share this opportunity with students in your network.
Deadline: February 15, 2024, 5:00 PM PT
Eligibility:
- Must be of Hispanic heritage
- U.S. citizen, permanent legal resident, or DACA
- Minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for high school students; minimum of 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for college and graduate students
- Plan to enroll full-time in an accredited, public or not-for-profit, four-year university, or graduate school, in the U.S., for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Submit the FAFSA or state-based financial aid forms (if applicable)
See Mrs. Grady in the Counseling Office for More Information
- Sovita Credit Union-customer service member (drop off a copy of your resume to Mrs. Grady in the counseling office to apply)
- Local childcare center is looking for individuals interested in working with children
- Lucky's Steakhouse- host, bussing, to-go staff needed (paid hourly + tips)
- Visiting Angels (click on the flyer below)
- Creative Foam Products- light assembly work, 2 to 4 hour shifts available
