MAY—JUNE 2008

AHS GUIDANCE COUNSELORS

Jennifer Winkelman: A-G— jwinkelman@asd5.org

Tracy Miner: H-O— tminer@asd5.org

Kristie Traweek: P-Z— ktraweek@asd5.org

WELLNESS WEEK

SADD Club is organizing this valuable offering for students this spring. Many community volunteers offer their expertise and time to share with students. These may include the health department, fire department, nutritionists and many more—Scheduled for a week in May—They have exciting plans for sharing ‘wellness’ to students and staff.

TWELVE WEEK GRADES

April 25^th ended the 12 week grading period. Student grades will be distributed in Advisory classes during the week of April 28-May 5. Please check with your student regarding grades—Thanks!

AP TESTING

AP offers the opportunity for high school juniors and seniors taking high school AP classes, to test and qualify for college credit if they score in the appropriate range for college level. The cost for each test is $83. The deadline for ordering materials was March 28^th. Students who pre-registered will be sent reminders.

SENIOR NEWSLETTER

The Senior Spring Events—Newsletter 2008 with all the important dates for seniors and their parents to put on the calendar will be posted soon—watch for this on the front page of the Bobcat website. A personal copy will be mailed home to each graduating senior as well.

SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT

Senior Awards Night 2008 will take place at the Aberdeen High School Auditorium on Tuesday, June 10th at 7:00 pm. All seniors are invited and encouraged to attend. Known Seniors to be honored, and their parents, will receive an invitation prior to the event.

SAT I& II (Registration packets are available in the Counseling Center or register on line—www.collegeboard.com) Testing fee is $43

June 7, Register by 5/15

ACT (Registration packets are available in the Counseling Center or register on line—

www.act.org) Testing fee is $30.00

June 14, Register by 5/9

Juniors are reminded that spring is a great time to take the SAT and ACT. Check the dates and deadlines above and come in to the Guidance Center to pick up an application or apply on line at one of their websites.

WEB SITES

SAT I & II: www.collegeboard.com <http://www.collegeboard.org>

ACT: www.act.org

Scholarship Search: www.fastweb.com

College Search: www.petersons.com

Financial Aid: www.fafsa.ed.gov

College Board’s Scholarship Search

http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp

CollegeNET MACH 25

http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index

FinAid

www.finaid.org

Scholarship Resource Network Express

www.srnexperss.com

$CHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships continue to arrive in the Guidance Center. Seniors are reminded to visit us on a weekly basis to see what new scholarships are available. Scholarship information is also sent to English classes and Senior Advisories & the entire list is posted on the Bobcat webpage http://bobcat.asd5.org/ Left click on Scholarships

COLLEGE APPLICATIONS

Please be aware of deadlines for SAT & ACT testing. College applications require an updated transcript that reflects your most recent testing scores. Transcripts are automatically sent to colleges and universities as requested by Seniors. Don’t hesitate to come in and ask for help from your counselors. They are here to help and would very much like to assist you with applications.

Our Congratulations to the Graduates of 2008!