1. Senior Transitions

2. Apply for scholarships!
April 14, 2017: Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce Scholarship – GPA of 3.0 or better based on need, character, activities, involvement.
April 30, 2017: Margaret & William Ginder Scholarship – interest in economics and history with a financial need.
May 1, 2017: Camas-Washougal Rotary Scholarship – community service.
May 15, 2017: Camas-Washougal Business Alliance Scholarship – essay based on how you will use your education and experience to assist your community.
Navy 4 year ROTC Scholarship – visit the Career Center.
Apply for scholarships!

3. Update scholarship info
Update scholarship info

4. Transitions and emotions
You are arriving at a crossroads of your life and likely one of the first major transitions you’ve experienced. With transitions come a variety of emotions and they are all valid.
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5. Senior Transitions… Change can be…
For some, change is exciting and filled with the possibility of adventure
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6. Senior Transitions… Change can be…
For others, change is frightening and stressful. Regardless, your perceptions and feelings are valid.
Regardless of how you feel, honor yourself and the feelings and know the emotions may swing from one end of the spectrum to another as summer progresses
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7. “The Honeymoon Period”
Researchers have termed the first 45 days of a new experience as “the honeymoon period.” Things typically can be exciting, fresh, full of hope and new. Then reality hits and perspectives change.
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8. Senior Transitions… Changes in relationships are inevitable
Juggling of roles and identity is tricky
Healthy communication and self advocacy are KEY factors!
One of the most notable changes you will experience in the changes in your relationships. Your relationship with your parents will change, as will the one with your peers. The people you are closest to now may not be your BFFs forever. We all mature and change and that is developmentally what we should do, yet right now you may not be able to imagine it.
You will juggle more roles than you do right now. You will juggle roles as a student, as a roommate, as a young adult, an employee, a volunteer. Of all the roles you juggle, I ask that you maintain you follow your authentic moral compass because it is difficult, if not impossible, to change people’s perceptions of you once they’ve made up their minds. Protect your personal boundaries fiercely because you are worthy of not compromising.
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9. Senior Transitions… Attend orientation 3 “go-to” people
Get involved on campus
Graduation is for you and others…don’t forget
Orientation is one of the most important events in the beginning of a new year. Orientation is totally and completely dedicated to you and your transition from high school. It’s a lot of fun and at times might seem cheesy, but understand that everything done during orientation is intentional and has a purpose.
Life after high school can come with some stress and at times we make choices we are not proud of. Think of adults in your life who are not your parents, yet who you can count on. Ask them if they would be willing to be available for you should you need to talk or get help. Make sure you have their cell and home numbers so you can call or text at any hour of the day.
Graduation is a celebration for you and it’s also a gift for your family. They have supported you for 18+ years so please take a moment to thank them.
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10. Senior Transitions… May 1st is National College Acceptance Day!
Please remember to accept your financial aid and look at upcoming housing deadline dates that require a deposit.
If you are going to Clark College, please begin registration as classes fill up quickly.
May 1st is National College Acceptance Day so please RSVP and send in your deposit to the school you will be attending before the 1st. Follow up with a note or to all of the schools you were accepted to and graciously decline their offer of admission.
If your plans are to stay close by or not go to college right out of high school, please know that you are equally as important and valued. Consider ways to make your transition equally as exciting and valuable- redecorate your room and ask your parents/guardians if you can discuss some different house rules now that you are a young adult.
Where you go, does not define you or your success. The name on your diploma or certificate does not define your success. You and what you do with your future define success so don’t get caught up in the social and emotional games that imply you are inferior because you are not following the same path as others are.
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