1. Senior Advisements 2018

2. Student Services Team Mary Williams 9-12 A-Cl
Portia Jacobs Co-F
Jewel Jeffreys G-J
Deondra Jenkins K-Ni
Christina Yarborough No-Sh
Cathy Sebring Si-Z
Sheena Brooks Career Development Coord.
Kanika Lawson
Special Populations
Kisha Bardonille Social Worker
Arbre’ya Lewis
College Advising Corp
Tyesha Arnold
Durham Tech Liaison

3. To schedule a Counselor appointment :
Go to
(the link is on RHS website under the Students tab)
Click on Services
Click on Student Meeting Request
Choose a Provider (your Counselor)
Click on date you prefer
Click on time you prefer
Click on book it
Click on printer icon
Print the confirmation to show your teacher at the time of your appointment.
*A computer will be available in Student Services if needed.

4. NC/DPS Future Ready Core Graduation Requirements
English I, II, III, IV
Math I, Math II, Math III, 4th Math
World History, American History I, American History II, Civics & Economics (variations based on ability- see Course Guides
Earth/Environmental, Biology, a Physical Science course (Physics or Chemistry or Physical Science)
Health/PE (NOT PE elective)
2 Credit Concentration (CTE, Arts, World Languages)
4 Credit Concentration (Recommended)
28 Credits to Graduate

5. Options after High School
Visit Ms. Brooks, Career Dev. Coordinator
to meet with military recruiters
to take an interest inventory
inquire about jobs or job readiness
Visit Ms. Arbre’ya Lewis, College Advisor
for assistance with college applications, applying for scholarships & financial aid
Visit Mrs. Arnold, Durham Tech Liaison
Durham Tech career options
College Transfer

6. Complete College Applications Online
CFNC.org CFNC All NC 2 & 4 year colleges
Spanish services – CFNC.org Here
Students can apply to college and submit transcripts electronically
Student must submit all information as it appears on his/her transcript and include Student Number.
Commonapp.org - includes over 700 colleges nationwide, 22 in NC Common App in NC
Students provide teacher and counselor information for online recommendations and online transcript submissions (Please contact your preferred recommender if you wish to submit his/her name).
SEND.edu – method used by these NC colleges to obtain supplemental doc’s and transcript from your counselor (contact him/her)
Individual College websites

7. Transcript Request
If not using CFNC, Common App or SEBD.edu, you can request a transcript for colleges or scholarships through RHS website:
Go to riverside.dpsnc.net
click Students tab
click Transcript Requests and scroll down
Click on DPS transcript request page, scroll down to bookbag icon on left (DPS page)and complete the form and submit

8. Student responsibilities
Submitting Application
Requesting/Submitting Transcript online
Application Fee (fee waivers available to eligible students - form linked here )
Submitting SAT/ACT Scores
SAT Send SAT scores
ACT Send ACT Scores
Requesting Letters of Recommendation (Contact your recommender beforehand. You may also submit a Senior Brag Sheet or Senior Résumé in Student Services and make an appointment)

9. Financial Aid & Scholarships
Check college websites-most schools automatically consider you for in-house merit money when you complete the FAFSA. Some have prestigious scholarships with separate applications NCSU, UNC-CH)
RHS Website – click About Us; Student Services, scroll down
(You should also subscribe to the weekly E-Newsletter)
Scholarship search websites
Fastweb.com HERE
Mycollegedollars.com HERE
Bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search HERE
FAFSA ~ FREE Application for Federal Student Aid – this form feeds the college information used to generate your financial award letter
may begin Oct. 1, 2017
*****NEVER PAY A SITE/PERSON TO HELP YOU FIND FREE MONEY*****

10. Ongoing & Upcoming Activities
College Representative Visits to RHS
10/2/18 - Senior Information Night; 6-7:30pm
TBD 2018 – College Fair, Northgate Mall
9/21/1 – Senior Picture Make-up day
Fall TBD 2018 – ASVAB (sign-up in Student Services)
10/27/1 – ACT (Registration Deadline – Sept. 28th)
10/6/18 – SAT (Registration Deadline – Sept. 7th)
OCTOBER – CFNC’s College Application Month